apocatastasis

apocatastasis

Psychiatry, ICU, ER

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  1. The Nurse Practice Acts and Direct Entry Programs

    apocatastasis replied to AnaLong's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm in the alternate entry NP program at UT Austin, with 2 semesters left before I'm an NP. I have not heard of anyone having such an

  2. New grad here. If I got cancelled for a shift do I need to make up the hours lost?

    apocatastasis replied to mnf4ever's topic in General Nursing

    At the facilities I've worked at, it gets taken out of your PTO unless you request that it

  3. Noncompliant parents. Do I have any rights to protect my license?

    apocatastasis replied to RNC-NIC's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, but in a situation like this, all it takes is a dead baby and a lawsuit brought against you to cause you serious trouble. You don't need to be guilty to have to shell out a ton of money for...

  4. Noncompliant parents. Do I have any rights to protect my license?

    apocatastasis replied to RNC-NIC's topic in General Nursing

    I would go up the chain of command. Discuss with nurse manager, higher ups if necessary. Involve the physician. Most importantly, document everything. EVERYTHING. Encourage your co-workers to do...

  5. Med Surg experience a must?

    apocatastasis replied to SaraStrong's topic in General Nursing

    I knew that I'd be a TERRIBLE med/surg nurse. I started off right in a high acuity SICU. Worked there for a year and some months. Now I've been in ED for 9 months and have been very successful at...

  6. Does your hospital have a prayer or some other inspirational message overhead?

    apocatastasis replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    One of our local hospital systems (not mine, thankfully) does have overhead prayer except at the level I trauma center they manage (which receives city/state funding), and that's one of the reasons I...

  7. Understanding limited DNR

    apocatastasis replied to me2shugar's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah. If you're talking about what I think you are... generally they're not called "limited DNRs" they're called something like chem code, or category IIs, or whatever your facility policy is. A...

  8. Working throughout a NP program?

    apocatastasis replied to jamesy7's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm excited for you, and I hope it's a great and worthwhile

  9. Is this professional?

    apocatastasis replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see what sunglasses and professional have to do with each other. Don't you have your own business that you could be

  10. What is the one piece of advice you wish you could tell yourself as a nursing student

    apocatastasis replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    (I'm finding that the above is true no matter how long I've been in nursing... write that one down,

  11. What is the one piece of advice you wish you could tell yourself as a nursing student

    apocatastasis replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you just need to stop stressing the you-know-what out for once and have a

  12. Working throughout a NP program?

    apocatastasis replied to jamesy7's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm in a psych NP program. The first year I and one of my classmates (in a similar situation as yours) split into two part-time years. I work part-time (anywhere from 12-35 hrs a week), she works 40...

  13. Nursing Student work in ICU or ER before becoming ACNP?

    apocatastasis replied to LexSavDav's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm not an ACNP, but I did go from an inner city ICU where all the patients had every major comorbidity in the book... to a suburban, high volume ER where the patients are overall much, much less...

  14. California NPs

    apocatastasis posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hey everybody, I'm a psychiatric NP student at UT-Austin. I have a year left in my program. I'm interested in practicing in a state that allows for independent or mostly independent practice, and...

  15. California NPs

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

    Juan, I can't believe that NPs don't have a wider scope than an RN, sounds even worse than in Texas! Totally ridiculous. I was thinking of moving to SF, am actually headed there today. The West...

  16. snack/food idea for night shift nurses?

    apocatastasis replied to miniangel729's topic in General Nursing

    well... we eat donuts on nightshift too. it is our morning, after all. :-p whatever you bring for days will work for

  17. Supervisors FB Friends with Staff?

    apocatastasis replied to MsBruiser's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I wonder what people that friend their supervisors are thinking. Not only do I not friend them, I block

  18. Frequent Broviac Infections - eek!

    apocatastasis replied to Baboosh123's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking of the devil, this mom made the front page of the Statesman's website this evening:...

  19. Nurse Practioner Diagnostic Ability

    apocatastasis replied to guest_57352's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Wrong

  20. Frequent Broviac Infections - eek!

    apocatastasis replied to Baboosh123's topic in General Nursing

    Not accusing this mother of anything by any means, but there is Munchausen syndrome by proxy. And I only say that because I have seen it. Mom was videotaped wiping feces on her daughter's central...

  21. Nurse Practioner Diagnostic Ability

    apocatastasis replied to guest_57352's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There are scopes, not a or the scope. And for some specialties, the scopes of NPs and MDs are similar (e.g.

  22. What you need to know before clinicals

    apocatastasis replied to ChristinaG123's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and of course drug allergies as part and parcel of the past medical history. Important

  23. What you need to know before clinicals

    apocatastasis replied to ChristinaG123's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a med assistant for J1 students. What you need to know is dependent on your patient, and I wouldn't you expect to be able to recall e.g. normal urine specific gravities on a patient if they were...

  24. iv fluid splash in eye

    apocatastasis replied to ntxoo's topic in General Nursing

    I also agree that you should have filled out an incident report. If anything DOES happen, you can't hold your employer

  25. iv fluid splash in eye

    apocatastasis replied to ntxoo's topic in General Nursing

    The pump clamps the line. I just can't imagine that you would be exposed to anything. I'd be more worried about the bag's contents in my