Barbiegirlnurse

Barbiegirlnurse specializes in Women's health/primary care.

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1. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

   Barbiegirlnurse replied to Blurr156's topic in NP Students

   Nursing diagnoses are not the same as medical diagnoses. Most nursing diagnoses give the diagnosis and a "secondary to" statement. The "secondary to" statement includes the etiology that is affecting the patient's homeostasis. Most times it is this p...

2. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

   Barbiegirlnurse replied to Blurr156's topic in NP Students

   Wow, you all really dislike nursing theory! I can appreciate our difference of opinion and take no offense. We are on here to discuss, and if we all agreed--what would we learn? So, that being said--the topic of nursing diagnoses seems to be the seco...

3. NP Licenses and Liability

   Barbiegirlnurse replied to jjjoy's topic in NP

   JJOY: Yes, there is reluctance to hire in a NP into the RN role in the hospital, as well as allowing a new NP to maintain his or her RN position on the floor. Although, it is occasionally done, there are issues with the liablilty. Liability insurance...

4. NP Licenses and Liability

   Barbiegirlnurse replied to jjjoy's topic in NP

   JJoy, You may be having trouble obtaining the nursing role you desire, because even though you would be performing tasks similar to the LPN- you are still held to the standard of the RN, because that is your highest held license. Therefore the hospi...

5. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

   Barbiegirlnurse replied to Blurr156's topic in NP Students

   To CoreO: I have to say that I do partially agree with what you said about NP schools preparring NPs for professional practice. In my program we did have one whole semester of professional policy issues in advanced practice,(dealing with insurance, m...

6. Aspiring Nurses: Why not Med School??

   Barbiegirlnurse replied to muurman's topic in Pre-Nursing

   moncj66, I am just curious as to whether you went into nursing, since you say that the prerequisites for medicine and pharmacy are much harder than those for nursing. Just to point out--Nurses with a BSN typically have two years of prerequisites, wh...

7. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

   Barbiegirlnurse replied to Blurr156's topic in NP Students

   CoreO Thanks for the tips for contract negotiations! We did go through it in school and did sample contracts, but I didn't know if it was realistic to expect to get the same things in the real setting. The preceptor I worked with for my practicum ow...

8. NP Licenses and Liability

   Barbiegirlnurse replied to jjjoy's topic in NP

   JJOY, I agree with your statement of the nurse staying within the scope of practice. However, if you are a NP and practicing bedside care, your standard of care expectations are that of a NP, not just a RN. If a legal situation came up, you would be ...

9. Yes your highness...I mean doctor!! rant!!!

   Barbiegirlnurse replied to irish_std/n's topic in General Nursing

   I think that we have all encountered physicians like the one discussed at the beginning of this thread. The physician that I worked with at the hospital, had such a reputation for being rude to nurses. As charge nurse, I would have to round with him,...

10. Womens interest in male nurses

    Barbiegirlnurse replied to johny1's topic in Men

    This thread brings up a very important issue. Traditional views of nursing have tended to be very maternalistic. Males are entering the nursing profession in increasing numbers. Still, people have a hard time accepting that many men want to be nurses...

11. What's the proper way to address an NP?

    Barbiegirlnurse replied to PurrRN's topic in NP

    I think that this topic is so interesting. It has been my experience that most patients call me by my first name. However, I think that it would be more respectful to be called either Nurse (insert last name) or Ms (insert last name). The reason is t...

12. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    Barbiegirlnurse replied to Blurr156's topic in NP Students

    To TraumaRN, On the subject of still working as a staff RN after graduation: The hospital that I work at didn't even want to change my creditentials on my name badge to include MSN. They said that it didn't matter and there was no need to include it...

13. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    Barbiegirlnurse replied to Blurr156's topic in NP Students

    To CoreO: Thank you so much for your reply. The insight that you offer is very helpful to me, as new entry into the NP field. I do agree with what you are saying on the use of the word Doctor in a healthcare setting. It can be very misleading to th...

14. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    Barbiegirlnurse replied to Blurr156's topic in NP Students

    To jjoy: You bring up a valid concern with saying that some NPs go into the field, with no visible desire to become a nurse. However the two are so interconnected that it is impossible to be a NP, without the nursing process. NPs are advanced practic...

15. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    Barbiegirlnurse replied to Blurr156's topic in NP Students

    In response to the comment that PA's require a certain level of upper level classes in their prerequisite training, so do nurses. For a BSN degree, I took two whole years of prerequisites including statistics, Anatomy and physiology, advanced A and P...