ghillbert MSN, NP

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    acute care nurse practitioners?

    ghillbert replied to tonyaaroca's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Join your state NP organization!! I am involved with PCNP in Pennsylvania and the local education dinner events are a great networking opportunity. Facebook also has organization
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    Buying a house in US- TN visa/ employer sponsorship

    ghillbert replied to Creamsoda's topic in Immigration Advice

    I bought a house on my E3 treaty visa which is similar. No immigration
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    new NP cant find a job

    ghillbert replied to SheRN1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This really surprises me - everyone in my class of ACNPs (graduated 4/12) had at least one job offer prior to graduation. Some changed jobs already. Most employers were extraordinarily willing to take...
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    Acute vs. Primary Care NP? Can't decide

    ghillbert replied to EGVnurse's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    From what you've said, if you decide on adult, which in diabetes management is a totally different ballgame than peds, I would do ACNP. There is a lot of usage of ACNPs in hospital endocrinology...
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    HELP! New Grad Advice!

    ghillbert replied to legallybrunette224's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I don't mean to be insulting, but you sound very young. Just a general word of advice - quit comparing yourself to others and worrying so much about what others are doing, or have to offer, or how...
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    PAWP

    ghillbert replied to LNRN11's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Only when they go to cath lab for a RHC. Not in the
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    Advice required for Australian going the E3 path

    ghillbert replied to grantsally1's topic in International Nursing

    Pay depends on the place. There is no standard rate like there is determined by the government at home. It depends on the hospital. For example my hospital has a professional ladder where you can do...
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    Is NEW YORK hiring foreign trained nurses??

    ghillbert replied to happydreamer's topic in Immigration Advice

    No you need to have a sponsor for an EB3. If you already have a priority date, you must have had an employer sponsor it. I assume they didn't want to wait years to get the worker? So if they are...
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    Advice required for Australian going the E3 path

    ghillbert replied to grantsally1's topic in International Nursing

    Grantsally, glad to hear it all worked out for you and you made it to the US okay on E3. How are you finding it? How did you manage to pick the place and land the
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    Acute Care NP

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

    No it would not. ACNP trains you for adult care. Most primary care requires all ages. In addition, ACNP trains you for care of ACUTELY ill patients, not for primary or preventative care. Some states...
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    A question for NP's - What if our school preceptorship isn't so great?

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

    One thing i really learned from medical students - they are much better at presenting patients on rounds and coming up with a plan than NP students are that I have seen. Perhaps we doubt ourselves...
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    Uk nurse wanting to move to America NOW :(

    ghillbert replied to nenebeany's topic in Immigration Advice

    I agree your friend needs to tell you exactly what visa he or she plans to sponsor your bf for - there are very few categories in which "soccer coach" would fit, simply because unless someone is a...
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    Changing from ICU nurse to a doctor?

    ghillbert replied to DelaneysMum's topic in MICU, SICU

    Please post the link to the university website that states this - I have also looked into it and have found nothing similar so I'd be
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    RT as specialization in other countries especially UK or Australia

    ghillbert replied to jetrnrt's topic in International Nursing

    There are no RTs in
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    Tell me your experiences with pulmonary fibrosis

    ghillbert replied to Vtachy1's topic in Pulmonary

    We do lung transplant for pulmonary fibrosis - depending on age, make sure that the patient gets a referral to a transplant center of excellence if they are interested in being evaluated for...
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    Changing from ICU nurse to a doctor?

    ghillbert replied to DelaneysMum's topic in MICU, SICU

    I was going to say, I've never heard of an accelerated medical degree for RNs in Australia. There are post-grad medicine courses but they are four year graduate degrees. You would be FAR better to do...
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    Not qualified for CCRN will CMC certificate work?

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

    CMC and CSC are subspecialty exams for people who are already certified in CCRN/PCCN. If you do telemetry you should be qualified if you meet the practice hour requirement to sit for PCCN if you don't...
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    calcium chloride

    ghillbert replied to Andrea2107's topic in Critical Care

    Yep I am :) You can message
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    Australian wanting to register in State of NY for E3 visa

    ghillbert replied to Mallory11's topic in Immigration Advice

    I've had 4 E3's - at no point has anyone asked about the nursing position requiring a BSN. In fact, nobody at any of the 3 consulates I have applied at (Melbourne, Perth, Toronto) have so much as...
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    Uk nurse wanting to move to America NOW :(

    ghillbert replied to nenebeany's topic in Immigration Advice

    I am concerned that after a year with an agency, you said you can "change states or something..." The process to become registered in the US and then to find a job and adjust immigration status is...
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    Is NEW YORK hiring foreign trained nurses??

    ghillbert replied to happydreamer's topic in Immigration Advice

    The foreign training isn't the problem - if you've passed NCLEX and have an RN license, any US hospital would hire you. The problem is the immigration status. This poster was a US citizen so I imagine...
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    calcium chloride

    ghillbert replied to Andrea2107's topic in Critical Care

    In addition, if you're going to give a bunch of blood transfusions, the citrate in the packed cells binds to ionized calcium and calcium is an essential component of the coagulation cascade....
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    IABP augmentation

    ghillbert replied to andi.w's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Ideally-timed IABPs do two things: inflate and push extra blood to the coronaries in diastole (improve myocardial perfusion) and deflate right before ventricular systole to reduce the workload of the...
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    Okay to opt out of free lunches? (drug reps)

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

    Your lunch break is yours to do what you want with. I imagine you'd have to ask your boss if they have a problem with
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    IABP Mean Greater than Systolic?

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

    Sometimes pt is on IABP then decompensates and needs ECMO inserted. In that case they are anticoagulated for ECMO so you don't want to pull the balloon and risk bleeding. Plus some docs believe...