ghillbert MSN, NP

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    OZ Nurses in E3 visa

    ghillbert replied to Virginepgirl's topic in International Nursing

    Are you
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    Inpatient NPs - what is your patient load?

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

    Uhh.. okay. My question was asked and answered. There are several members here who have "known" each other and discussed various issues over years. But thanks for the input and have a nice
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    Inpatient NPs - what is your patient load?

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

    David, I appreciate the input. You may be correct, although I haven't worked a floor nurse for a long time. I definitely need to be better at delegating things that I "can" do easily myself to the...
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    Discussion about Cardiology NP reading stress tests

    ghillbert replied to automotiveRN67's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What is your
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    My NP job search--Cue the crickets and tumble weeds rolling by..

    ghillbert replied to BostonRN13's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Can you ask anyone who interviewed you why you were not successful? Otherwise just keep applying. Maybe try places you did clinicals with - I know most of my class had job offers before graduation...
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    H4 visa to H1 as RN in US?

    ghillbert replied to sawling25's topic in Immigration Advice

    You may not work on a H4 dependent visa. You will have to reapply for VSC and pay again and have all the documents sent again to renew. I wouldn't do it until you have a job lined up with an employer...
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    HELP! Failed NCLEX-RN 6 times!

    ghillbert replied to hmctaa0511's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    To the original poster, why are you failing? Do you fail to understand the concepts? Are you a poor test
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    Pacemaker interrogation

    ghillbert replied to spdaydream's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Depends what you mean. If you mean external pacemaker attached to epicardial wires, often cardiac ICU RNs can check the settings. If you mean permanent implanted pacemaker/defibrillator, it's someone...
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    Inpatient NPs - what is your patient load?

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

    Thanks for the replies. BeeGeeRN, it's a transplant floor with very sick/complex patients, so the RNs are usually very busy. I'm the one the physicians ask for results on rounds, and I can't say "uh,...
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    Moving to Australia considering US DNP

    ghillbert replied to chinaka's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I don't understand the question. How "critical" do Australians look at US schools? What does that mean? Look at them for what? Can you attend any school... for what purpose? I mean, what do you mean...
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    Can Anyone explain TEGs to me?

    ghillbert replied to JemJ's topic in MICU, SICU

    We also use TEG to guide our antiplatelet therapy in LVAD patients - alpha or MA >70 and we increase the
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    Question???? Please reply

    ghillbert replied to Bubblegum12's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Depends on the reason too - if someone was significantly hypotensive, I'd drop the propofol due to its shorter half life and more immediate improvement to hemodynamics. Sedation wise, certainly drop...
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    Documenting IABP numbers

    ghillbert replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yes. You have to go to 1:2 in order to assess the IABP timing, which is obviously not possible in 1:1. It is certainly not equivalent to reducing inotropes by 50% - you only have to go to 1:2 for a...
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    If you already have an H1B visa do you need a visa screen?

    ghillbert replied to heidz123's topic in Immigration Advice

    Yes. If you are on any employment-based visa (ie anything other than a family-based visa), you need to have current VSC. You may never be asked for it (I never have been), but you must have it if...
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    E3 Visa for Australian Nurses?

    ghillbert replied to candabeth's topic in Immigration Advice

    -There is no treaty visa for NZ citizens. -Any Australian citizen may apply for E3, whether natural-born or naturalized. -It is pointless to use an agency. Any hospital which would employ you via an...
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    Foreign Educated Nurses already working (or in process) in the USA, help!!

    ghillbert replied to almaguerrn's topic in Nurse Registration

    Agree, you'll need both CGFNS Visa Screen and CES report if planning to work on employment-based
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    Hospitals sponsoring RNs for a H1b visa - help!!!

    ghillbert replied to BennyBear's topic in Immigration Advice

    There are several pieces of inaccurate information in this thread. 1. You are NOT required to have a specialty certification to be eligible for H1B. However anything showing "specialist"...
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    H1b Visa sponsorship in Florida help please.

    ghillbert replied to percy-rn's topic in Immigration Advice

    There is no advantage to using an agency, except for giving away a significant chunk of change. Your best bet is to contact several major hospitals, especially those with Magnet designation that...
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    Australian nurse practitioners

    ghillbert replied to Bringonthenight's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    The difference is the hospital system and charting, not the work itself. CTICU is CTICU, wherever you are. Same surgeries and drugs and swans and IABPs and VADs. Just different systems and
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    ACNP position in NY, need help finding an apartment

    ghillbert replied to MagouRN's topic in New York Nursing

    craigslist.org?
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    Australian nurse practitioners

    ghillbert replied to Bringonthenight's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    No, I came over to work in a specialty area after being an ICU nurse in Australia for several years. I completed my masters degree in NP in the US while working fulltime in my original job and...
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    Australian nurse practitioners

    ghillbert replied to Bringonthenight's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Yes it is decades behind the US, because there is not the size of population that drove the need for non-physician providers (and different billing procedures so they could not get a provider number...
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    Low blood pressure great neurological status?

    ghillbert replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    The first kid, I thought of adrenal insufficiency? I'd be interested to hear what happened. Impossible to determine the cardiac function if you can't cath/biopsy him, although I'm not sure why you...
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    LVAD Classes

    ghillbert replied to Connie1109's topic in Emergency

    If you take care of them, I'd contact your VAD/transplant coordinator and ask for education. If you do not implant them at your hospital, I'd contact Thoratec or Heartware and ask if a local rep can...
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    Advice required for Australian going the E3 path

    ghillbert replied to grantsally1's topic in International Nursing

    You need to apply for initial US licensure to a state that issues licenses without having a SSN, because you can't get one of those without a working visa in hand, and you can't get one of those...