Joe NightingMale MSN, RN

Med surg, cardiac, case management

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    CNS vs NP?

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

    While I wouldn't go as far as llg, I am worried that the APN roles are not clearly defined...that they're hard to tell apart from medical roles. Though it could probably be argued that nursing in...
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    CNS vs NP?

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

    Not sure I agree with the purported uselessness of nursing theory. Theories can help with understanding patients, their decisions, and their communities. Which helps you treat them. After all, if...
  3. Joe NightingMale

    How repetitive is your job?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just curious as to how much of a factor that is in APN positions. I've heard that floor nursing, even in the ICU, can get boring and repetitive. I've often thought that primary care APNs would have...
  4. Joe NightingMale

    How repetitive is your job?

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

    I know that, I'm not asking if it's OK to be less than vigilant, I was asking how much variety you see in a given position. To see if my assumptions about various positions are correct or
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    How repetitive is your job?

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

    Don't know how many opportunities I'll get to see primary care, but I'll get lots of opportunities to see acute care over the next few
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    When it comes to NPs and other APNs, is the answer always "It depends"?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A crabby question for sure. But it seems that nothing is set, nothing well-defined when it comes to advanced practice. Unless you're a CRNA, PhD, or administrator, which seem to be better defined....
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    Serious illness: More seen by NP or CNS?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I've thought about becoming an ACNP, because I like complex illness and the ICU atmosphere and don't really care for primary care and prevention. However, I've heard from some ACNPs and it seems that...
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    Serious illness: More seen by NP or CNS?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've thought about becoming an ACNP, because I like complex illness and the ICU atmosphere and don't really care for primary care and prevention. However, I've heard from some ACNPs and it seems that...
  9. Joe NightingMale

    NPs more likely to be laid off than RNs?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was doing a clinical at the local PICU and the RN there said that several NPs on their team had been laid off. To the best of my knowledge this particular institution has not laid off RNs or...
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    Just curious.. will I get a pay cut as an NP

    Joe NightingMale replied to tammyg652's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It's funny...so often the answer to a question about NPs is usually "Well, it
  11. Joe NightingMale

    What's in like in the OR as a CRNA?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I know that CRNAs perform anesthesia, but I wonder what they do during the surgery besides that. I've heard people say that once they've induced the patient there's really nothing to do except...
  12. Joe NightingMale

    How much technology do NPs normally use?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've always wondered that. I tend to get excited over technology...my heart races when I hear things like "Swan-Ganz" or "vasoactive drip" or "A line". I know I'm not supposed to, that nurses today...
  13. Joe NightingMale

    Getting through NP school

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

    I don't know about NP programs, but my in my MSN program generally the lectures have the material you need. So far there's only been one class where I've actually needed to read the
  14. Joe NightingMale

    Passed ACNP exam today

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

    Great
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    Hey Cardiac NP - talk to me!!!

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

    Glad you started this thread. I'm not an NP...not even a nurse yet...but I'm considering the same route. I'm hoping to go Telemetry--CCU--Cardio
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    What's the point of the ACNP?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'd always thought that the ACNPs worked in hospitals doing specialized care while ANPs/FNPs/PNPs worked in clinics doing primary care. However, I've learned that the ANP/FNP/PNP can specialize and...
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    What's the point of the ACNP?

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

    Wow, quite a thread I've started. Thanks, all of this is helpful. Guess I'm going to plan for the ACNP route for now. It's not that I want to work in a hospital necessarily, it's just that I'd...
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    What's the point of the ACNP?

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

    Still a bit unclear...is it that only ACNPs can work in hospitals, or that only ACNPs can do care for acute conditions? It's something I want to clear up, because if I go the NP route I don't want to...
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    Can FNPs specialize?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was talking to a classmate and telling him I wanted to do Cardio ACNP. He said he'd considered ACNP as well, but thought it was too restrictive, and said that FNPs could specialize in areas like...
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    Can FNPs specialize?

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

    I admit I'm still a bit confused...although probably that's because practices vary so much from state to state. How would, say, an ANP differ from an ACNP? If both can work in inpatient settings and...
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    Starting to apply for new grad positions - help!

    Joe NightingMale replied to lei7's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Glad to hear that I'm not the only one freaking out right now. I'm graduating in June, and I figure that now is the time to apply. But I'm having a hard time finding out who to contact at the various...
  22. Joe NightingMale

    Is there a complete listing of NP programs?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've been to All Nursing Schools, but I notice that it doens't include all programs, at least not all ACNP programs--it excluded Loyola and Vanderbuilt. Is there any resource out there that's more...
  23. Joe NightingMale

    What do you like about CVICU/CCU?

    Joe NightingMale replied to jspacegirl's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thanks, this is as good thread! I too have a strong liking for cardiology, and I hope to end up in the CCU. One of my favorite clinical rotations was in the CCU/HTU. At present I'm hoping to get a...
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    Greater range of knowledge as NP than as RN?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm back! With more questions about the NP role! I'm sure both jobs can get tedious, seeing the same conditions over and over. But I'would you say need a broader range of knowledge as an NP than as...
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    Torn Between NP and CRNA

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

    :yeahthat: Especially about the limited patient interaction with CRNA, that puts quite a number of people off. Also, surgeries can be long and boring; people I know who have shadowed CRNAs say they...