ghillbert MSN, NP

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    Australian nurse wanting to work in America

    ghillbert replied to Aussienurse123's topic in Immigration Advice

    No, I actually didn't do any OBGYN
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    Psych NPs in PA - Collaborative Agreements

    ghillbert posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    Question out of interest for PMHNPs in Pennsylvania (or in general) - does your collaborating physician have to be in the same specialty ie. psychiatry? I checked the PA code and can find this link...
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    Australian nurse wanting to work in America

    ghillbert replied to Aussienurse123's topic in Immigration Advice

    So far I have been licensed in Vermont, Pennsylvania and West Virginia without
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    Can an FNP work as First Assist?

    ghillbert replied to Hefziba's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Depends on your state's practice act and hospital bylaws. If you mean a hospital OR, then technically no, because FNPs aren't trained or educated to work in acute care at
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    OR RN to NP or PA

    ghillbert replied to Mshaulis29's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Some surgeons want PAs because they do standardized, multiple surgical rotations in school and come out more ready to work in an OR. You will certainly have an easier path to scrub if you are a PA....
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    Australian nurse wanting to work in America

    ghillbert replied to Aussienurse123's topic in Immigration Advice

    I had 80 hours of each mental health and paeds placement and that was sufficient for CGFNS and my states
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    US citizen, trained in Australia wants to come back to work in US

    ghillbert replied to Leighsa7's topic in General World

    I did my BN at Deakin in mid-1990s and was able to become licensed in Vermont, Pennsylvania and West Virginia so
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    Australian citizen living in the US. Where to study nursing? Australia or US?

    ghillbert replied to Sufe's topic in General World

    Do it where you want to spend the majority of your
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    Student HIPAA violation?

    ghillbert replied to bubbleboo556's topic in General Students

    You really need to ask your school, rather than us. Depends on their
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    Australian nurse wanting to work in America

    ghillbert replied to Aussienurse123's topic in Immigration Advice

    Yes, I worked in Melbourne ICUs and then came to the US many years ago now. I did it myself without an agency. As it's fairly simple for an Australian citizen to get an E-3 working visa, it's not...
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    What to do when there is limited access and you need to give IV push

    ghillbert replied to NewNurseinTraining's topic in Critical Care

    This is a horrible idea overall. NEVER push through vasopressor or inotrope ports. I would rather pause sedation and push a drug, or just put another IV in. I can't imagine any ICU preceptor advising...
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    DNP Project Idea

    ghillbert replied to Nurse_Red00's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Do a pubmed search - is there a basis in the literature that this is a problem? Probably yes. Is there evidence to implement an intervention for this problem? Usually for admission essays, they want...
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    DNP Clinicals / Preceptor

    ghillbert posted a topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Hello, can anyone who has completed a distance DNP program advise who you got to be your onsite preceptor for DNP clinicals? Did you already know someone in your workplace, or contact someone and ask...
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    Georgia PMHNP Preceptor Needed for Spring 2022

    ghillbert replied to aka1908nurse's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Your schools should provide clinical placements since you are paying them for your
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    Hiring Manager Question

    ghillbert replied to ApolloC's topic in Advanced Practice

    Guess I know where you went to school ? Worry not about my facility - my hires have worked out well. I have personally observed how certain schools work, how they vet/don't vet their...
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    Hiring Manager Question

    ghillbert replied to ApolloC's topic in Advanced Practice

    I hire NPs. I certainly would not hire people that are educationally unprepared for practice. That would include certain schools. There is a saying "Even a broken clock is right twice a day". Students...
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    Can Acute Care Adult-Geri NP work in the ER/ ICU?

    ghillbert replied to cb57's topic in Advanced Practice

    Age lower limit for AG-ACNP depends on state - in my state, it's over 16. I hire NPs for the ICU and certainly only consider acute care NPs, regardless of nursing experience in the ICU. An ICU...
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    Kindred ICU

    ghillbert replied to Doruko's topic in Critical Care

    ICU is a bad choice if you don't want to work nights - critical care goes 24/7/365. Kindred is not an ICU. It's an LTAC. Their "ICU" patients may have higher care needs but it's not a true
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    Credentialing

    ghillbert replied to RN/WI's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    *delete*
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    New Grad Endocrinology NP

    ghillbert replied to jbrig's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I didn't, but as an experienced APP, endo is very mysterious and complex to me LOL. I will say the experience will be useful whatever you move to after
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    Surgical NPs—Progress Note question adding attending?

    ghillbert replied to Alicia777's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Also depends on the payer - some 3rd party payers do not credential APPs in my state, for example, so that gets kicked to the attending for billing. For most patients, I do my own
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    Moderate sedation/ pharmacology question

    ghillbert replied to elephantlover's topic in General Specialties

    Lorazepam lasts a lot longer, so that policy makes no sense. Raise the question in your
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    Switching specialties and leaving ICU- will I be bored?

    ghillbert replied to smokeoverfire's topic in Advanced Practice

    I'm a supervisor of APPs in an ICU, and this is not usual in any ICU in my institution, or any local ones that I have heard of. I've actually only had to have 1-2 official meetings with someone who...
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    Mental Breakdown part 3

    ghillbert replied to Izzy21's topic in General Nursing

    That's a lot of big questions. I would urge you not to make big decisions while you are in a state of depression/anxiety. Do you have a mental health provider? Medication or non-medication support?...
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    FMLA for Stress/Mental Health

    ghillbert replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    What you need to provide or prove depends on your state, and your employer's leave administrator. You would need generally to see a mental health provider and also think about what you're going to do...