Joe NightingMale MSN, RN

Med surg, cardiac, case management

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    Greater range of knowledge as NP than as RN?

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

    Actually, that's the preliminary plan...to work in a Tele unit before going on to CCU (which I liked best of the ICUs). I might also do med-surg, which I suspect would be good training in case I want...
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    How do you shadow an NP?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sounds like a dumb question, but I've actually never shadowed anyone before. And I really need to see what being an NP is like. I've bounced back and forth between all of the advanced practice...
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    How do you shadow an NP?

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

    I'm not an RN, at least for another 7 months, so that's why it might be an isssue... I've heard other recommend FNP for its flexibility...but I don't want to work with kids so an ANP or ACNP would be...
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    Acute Care CNS: Any of you out there?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    When I applied to the UIC program I had to choose a specialization and I chose Acute Care CNS; I was interested in doing differential diagnosis. I didn't get accepted, but I'm considering going on...
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    Acute Care CNS: Any of you out there?

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

    Don't know why I didn't get in. Probably just the competition. I did get into DePaul's generic MSN program, getting near the end. So far I've liked it pretty well. But I'm still not sure what I want...
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    Greater range of knowledge as NP than as RN?

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

    Thanks! I'm thinking of the ANP/ACNP; I don't have any interest in kids so getting the FNP wouldn't be worth it for me. Someone has suggested becoming a Cardiovascular NP; I do have a fairly strong...
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    Dumb question--What do you NPs do?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My program attracts a lot of people interested in becoming NPs. I'm looking more towards the CNS role, as I'm looking for something more hospital-oriented and specialized. I've never wanted to do...
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    Suggestions for upcoming practicum

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in General Nursing

    In the spring we're going to have a 5 week practicum, working full time alongside an RN. Before Thanksgiving we have to tell the school where we'd like to work. And therein lies the problem, I'm...
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    Suggestions for upcoming practicum

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in General Nursing

    I think we do have to be in the hospital. I'm really not sure what type of patients interest me. I want the chance to handle meds, assessments, wound care, etc...I just don't want to get burned out....
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    MICU/SICU vs. other units?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I was wondering how an MICU/SICU compares to other units, like med-surg or rehab. I've had clinicals in the latter two units, but until this week we've never been in a critical care setting. I kind of...
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    MICU/SICU vs. other units?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks. I'm looking for something a bit more interesting than your standard medical-surgical nursing. If I'm going to have stress--and it's pretty inevitable in nursing--I'd also like to have...
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    Do NPs work only 5 days a week?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A classmate of mine wants to become an NP and do primary care. However, since he's a former chiropractor he wants to do some of that on the side as well. So he wants to know if there are NPs who...
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    Problems with an "Old Battle Axes"?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    My brother-in-law was telling me that he sometimes gets flack from some of the more senior female nurses---or as he calls them, "the old battle axes"---and that they seem to strongly dislike any...
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    Interested in this specialty : )

    Joe NightingMale replied to Kittyfeet's topic in Research

    I'm interested in a research specialty as well. If you wanted to study micro in particular you'd probably be best served by getting a degree in that area. If you just wanted to do research in general...
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    So, what's your background?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Meaning, what did you do before going into education? Also, I'm curious where you work...as staff educators? Clinical instructors? NS faculty? I'm an MSN student (direct entry) who, to the horror of...
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    So, what's your background?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    The pay does suck, which is why no one wants to do nursing education. Which will make being a nursing educator tricky, but I'll have to manage with some sort of combination of
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    Why become a NP

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

    The best explanation of why become an NP (in this case vs a CNS) was that an NP expands the nursing role horazontally, that is into new areas (whereas a CNS expands the nursing role vertically,...
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    Tell me about your RN-MSN program...

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

    I've heard that Rush has good NP programs. I'm in an MSN program at DePaul, but it's a generalist degree. They have a long-running NP program there too but I haven't heard much about
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    So, what's your background?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Interesting...I've heard plenty of RNs who have gone and gotten an EdD after their masters's. Also interesting that you come from a family of educators. I have some education background too: years...
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    NP working as RN

    Joe NightingMale replied to love-d-OR's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The impression I've gotten is that the choice of becoming an NP or staying an RN has more to do with working conditions than money. It seems that if things like poop, tense co-workers, arrogant...
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    NP working as RN

    Joe NightingMale replied to love-d-OR's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just to clarify (since I've seen this confusion before) MEPN don't necessarily result in an NP or CNS. Quite a few produce the generic MSN. Though a number of these generic MSN students go directly...
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    So, what's it really like?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Being a CRNA or CRNA student, that is. Basic question, but one I've heard multiple answer for: "It's great, you get lots of independence, and you're in great demand." "It's boring, you're fighting...
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    So, what's it really like?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Nope. In fact, I'm not sure how shadowing works these days, with all the HIPAA concerns. I'm not sure anesthesia's something I'm going to see during
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    Hospital NPs: What's your specialty?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just curious. I know there are probably a lot of ACNPs, but I wondered what other specialties were working at the bedside. I'm in a program that pushes its grads toward primary care NP roles (and...
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    CNS vs NP?

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

    I'll have to look into that. Though since I'm already going to have a generic MSN, I wonder if my goals really require further education. Which doesn't really enthuse me right