Joe NightingMale MSN, RN

Med surg, cardiac, case management

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  1. Joe NightingMale

    Anyone know what happened to the CNL?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Just curious what the programs are like, and what people do with the certification later
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    Interested in cardiology, any point in getting an FNP?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Definitely many routes to consider. And lots of helpful information here. Ironically, I may wait on the NP for now. And perhaps might never pursue it. Right now I dread the thought of going back to...
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    Interested in cardiology, any point in getting an FNP?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A double certification is something I've thought of. And since many of the classes overlap it probably wouldn't be that much extra time. But the clinicals probably don't overlap, and I believe...
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    Those of you in inpatient/specialty practices...

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What is your training? I'm bouncing back and forth between FNP and ACNP. I'm pretty sure I don't want to do a high-volume primary care practice. I'd like fewer patients and I'd like to specialize....
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    Which NPs don't deal with dozens of patient per day?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    And that's my other big concern about primary care: Some of the patients may have serious medical conditions that aren't obvious. I shudder to think of the liability, really would like to avoid...
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    How to evaluate NP programs

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    An informal advisor of mine suggested that I investigate the reputations of various NP programs before considering any of them. Which is a good suggestion, except that I'm not sure where to look for...
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    Which NPs don't deal with dozens of patient per day?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So, procedure bring in more money than exams, and you have fewer patients in inpatient, whereas in outpatient you need either high acuity or high volume. That's good, I need to understand the...
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    Which NPs don't deal with dozens of patient per day?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Really don't care that much for kids, but as long as it was older kids I wouldn't mind. Don't want to do psych, that's for sure. Don't think OB is a good match either. Not really that big into the...
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    Which NPs don't deal with dozens of patient per day?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That's a good point, I hadn't considered that specifically. Although I have wondered if it wouldn't be better to see more healthy patients. My med-surg floor is high acuity, with many nursing home...
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    Which NPs don't deal with dozens of patient per day?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I figured that acute care would probably see fewer patients than primary care. Not sure I want to spend so much time in hospitals, though. I do enough of that now. I know it also varies on what...
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    Which NPs don't deal with dozens of patient per day?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Naw, not much money in teaching. And that can be exhausting too! Just imagine lecturing in front of a big class for 3 to 4 hours... I'm glad that there are practices where you aren't scheduling...
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    Employment problems?

    Joe NightingMale replied to HumptyDumpty's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Kind of disappointing to hear this. I'm interested in NP, but I don't want to get another degree in order to have a hard time finding a job. Or have to move to another state to find a job. If that's...
  13. Joe NightingMale

    How's the job market there in Indiana?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Indiana Nursing

    I'm in Chicago and going to be graduating soon, and I've found out some of the area hospitals have hiring freezes. I've also heard that these freezes may be ended by the summer, but in case they...
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    What primary care areas have the best variety?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'd like to know where an FNP in primary care would be most likely to encounter a wide variety of conditions. This does not necessarily mean high acuity...I'm past the point where I think more acute...
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    Med-Surg good preparation for ER?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Emergency

    I'm thinking of doing ER at some point in the near future. I'm presently almost a year into my first RN job, on a heavy med-surg floor. I am likely to become an NP at some point in the future, and...
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    Anyone here work fast track/urgent care?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    And what was your educational background? You see, I work on a med-surg floor uses private physicians, so after hours the NPs from our fast track clinic (an alternative to the ER for less-urgent...
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    Anyone here work fast track/urgent care?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    40 patients a day is what I heard from a classmate who's in an NP
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    How to contact NPs for shadowing

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've decided to get serious about considering NP programs. So I'd like to shadow a few NPs, both in primary care and acute settings. My question is, how do I go about doing that? I can't say I...
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    I want to continue on with school... but which route?

    Joe NightingMale replied to JSBoston's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    How much of the CNS role is administration? I'm curious because that's something I'd like to avoid. I'm very good with being patient, but not so good at being confrontational, and if I had to deal...
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    Anyone here work fast track/urgent care?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Actually, I should have clarified: I'm not interested in seeing dozens of patients having only very simple problems...ie needing vaccinations, treatment of a cold, counseling for obesity or...
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    When did you decide to become an NP?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Was it something you wanted to do from the start? Was it something you kind of fell into? Was there some specific job or incident? Or was it a gradual progression throughout your
  22. Joe NightingMale

    When did you decide to become an NP?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That's the reason I'm looking to get out of med-surg. Just tiresome and
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    More leeway in the ICU?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I was talking to a former classmate, who also does med-surg, and we were talking about how we were using so few of our skills in our present positions. I also noted that we don't have a lot of leeway...
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    Any other new grads considering a PhD?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I know some of my classmates are, and now I'm giving this particular area a second look. I have a direct-entry MSN and have been doing med-surg for 4 months now at an understaffed inner-city hospital....
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    ACLS and EKG classes needed for ICU?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm on a med-surg unit right now, thinking of going into ICU. I know I need to take ACLS (only have BLS right now), but should I take an EKG class as well? You see, I could save some money by taking...