anh06005 MSN, APRN, NP

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    What you are doing completely wrong

    anh06005 replied to sauce's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I will say I do wish I had asked more about the business side of things. I had the perfect opportunity with one of my preceptors who actually owned and ran the clinic. Unfortunately that was my first...
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    can i drop bsn school and get aas for now

    anh06005 replied to iluvpink29's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    So how will you have 2.5 years left at the "ridiculous" college but transfer to this new place and end with a BSN in 1 year? Just curious because that doesn't seem logical. If it is correct I'd make...
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    Can you have piercings in the nursing program?

    anh06005 replied to choomtop's topic in General Students

    Is it that jewelry that makes taking it out an issue or is it difficult in general? You MIGHT can get by with flipping it up. Might. But he nursing programs are sticklers because you are not only...
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    flushing iv

    anh06005 replied to ocdstudent's topic in General Students

    I think Rose_Queen hit the nail on the head. If I immediately disconnect from an IV port, keep it in my grasp and it doesn't touch anything, I will skip swabbing and flush immediately. My thoughts:...
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    50 Things New Nurses Need to Know about Orientation

    anh06005 replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can't stress enough the use of a brain sheet and getting down a way YOU like to organize your information. I had a brain sheet and would make notes on it then highlight things as I charted it. Then...
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    Quit Nursing?

    anh06005 replied to tayabee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Lol. Apparently you posted while I was typing and we basically said the same thing! Still don't know WHY any agencies hire new grads for home care! It's not safe for anyone
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    Quit Nursing?

    anh06005 replied to tayabee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It is situations like this that make me wonder WHY any agency who does home visits hires new grads. I work home health and see the occasional post on here from new grads considering it. As a new grad...
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    FNP practicing as a Neonatal NP?

    anh06005 replied to adboehnen's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This. An FNP is trained to work in primary care with patients of all age groups. I don't know about you but I'd rather an NP who was specifically trained to care for my NICU baby yo care for my NICU...
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    How to get the most out of PP clinical

    anh06005 replied to JSkims's topic in General Students

    Feel every fundus you can. Lol. And PP moms usually don't need much as they are happy, busy with visitors, etc. When other nurses got pulled to the new life floor we were always given PP moms because...
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    Ancc exam/aanp failure

    anh06005 replied to Success2014np's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Congrats!! Good luck at your new job! (I think I remember you saying you had one
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    Scheduling/Vacations?

    anh06005 replied to mollysdirtysprocket's topic in Advanced Practice

    It's easier working on the floor to accommodate these requests. If you schedule it right on the floor you can have 14 days off in a row only taking 1 week of vacation. As an NP I'd think it'd be...
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    Scoring High 40s on APEA Q Bank..

    anh06005 replied to Gdschild's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would also be leery of taking the exam with scores in the 40's. I took the APEA predictor exam and made a 72%. It said I had a good chance of passing (and I did) but I'd imagine with a score of 48%...
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    Travel Nursing While in Graduate School

    anh06005 replied to Soliloquy's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I considered this also but chickened out! When I was doing my "bookwork" type classes I probably could have considering I only had to be on campus about 3 days each semester. The rest was online. Not...
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    I need HELP

    anh06005 replied to Blindstudent's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm a bit confused. You are near sighted. I do believe that means you can see up close but not far away. Do you have corrective lenses? Are you legally blind with corrective lenses? I ask because I'm...
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    peg tube cap dislodge, spills on finger

    anh06005 replied to dont.give.up's topic in Infectious Disease

    What exactly is a "small allergy" on her finger? Biggest concern I'd have is if she had an open area on her skin. Even then I don't think there is much that would be spread via gastric secretions. All...
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    What specialty/job would this be?

    anh06005 replied to catelynjo16's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think L&D nursing is a definite possibility even for new grads. L&D isn't like any other nursing specialty so I don't see much preparing you for it. On med surg you'd take care of UTI's,...
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    NP review course for aanp

    anh06005 replied to thakurvnu's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That was my thought after looking at the syllabus but I'd hate to tell someone wrong!! Thanks for
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    3 months in and feeling incompetent

    anh06005 replied to quirkystar's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As PP's have said find a brain sheet! Make your own with your needs. I made my own specifically for the tele unit I was on. I had basic info, allergies, quick PMH, few labs, my assessment, etc. and...
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    My sisters wedding is when I'm in my 1st year of nursing school?

    anh06005 replied to ateka's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sometimes sacrifices must be made to achieve something you want. I read your comment about the significance of a wedding. Just because wedding festivities will last 2 weeks doesn't mean you have to be...
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    Area of nursing with the least amount of vomit?

    anh06005 replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in home health for 3 years and only dealt with vomit once that I remember. I held bucket for pt waiting for ambulance. Was in surgery later that day so pt was pretty legit lol. But I had to...
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    FNP work schedule

    anh06005 replied to sometimesagreat...'s topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The urgent cares in my area do 12 hour shifts. I just landed 4 10's in a clinic. Full time yes but I don't mind it because my main issue was working 5 days per week. HATE 5 days per
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    Medical School or Nursing School?

    anh06005 replied to Chocolate39's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nursing school absolutely teaches you pathophysiology, treatment, etc. maybe in more general terms (versus cellular level in med school). The nurse must understand all of that to catch subtle changes...
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    ED experience would help for FNP

    anh06005 replied to amiable's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think you have a broad enough experience. If you just WANT some ED experience sure. If your ED employs APRN's and you want to get hired there, go ahead. I don't think it will necessarily make you...
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    wRVU bonus - am I calculating this right??

    anh06005 replied to anh06005's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think that's actually the presentation I looked at lol. Just seemed a little too easy to get a bonus but maybe it just is. Just a
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    wRVU bonus - am I calculating this right??

    anh06005 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So I've got a tentative job offer with salary of 80K plus production bonus of $27 per wRVU in excess of base salary. The paper they gave me gave some examples: Base salary: 80,000 wRVU 3000...