ghillbert MSN, NP

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    Graduating NP: jobs, salaries etc

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

    Great information, thank you so much NPs!! I will have to find out about the RVU thing - it's a critical care unit and once off orientation, credentialled etc, I'll be working as the overnight...
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    Anyone have NPs in their ICU?

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

    ACNP is adult acute care. The exact lower age depends on your state. Pennsylvania is >16yo. If you want to do pediatric acute care, there's an AC-PNP
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    What to do CRNA or NP decision time!

    ghillbert replied to 4263people's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Honestly if you can't decide between medicine, NP, or CRNA, you need to work as a nurse longer and see what areas you like. If you want to be a doctor, do medicine. Otherwise, shadow and NP and a NA...
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    New Grad FNP wanting to obtain critical care experience

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

    I would agree that you'd need to specialize in acute
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    Theoretical/ Practical Hours Required To Work In The US

    ghillbert replied to Nick Fitzgerald's topic in International Nursing

    Actually it's not even worth it to contact the boards as they often won't give you an hour amount. Your best bet is to apply for CES from CGFNS and see what they say. I didn't think mine would be...
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    When should I start applying for NP jobs?

    ghillbert replied to osunavynurse91's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I graduate in April 2012 and will be interviewing soon for a job. If hired, they take you on as an RN and teach you the ropes until you pass your exam and switch over to NP
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    Night hours for practitioners

    ghillbert replied to musiclove's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Our ICU NPs work 15hr night
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    Work and school

    ghillbert replied to Amandalabigang's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It's doable, but it sucks. Expect to have no life for the duration of the degree. I think it's an np's market right now where I am, people are throwing job offers at all of my class and we don't even...
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    Cardiac nurse practitioner program

    ghillbert replied to Billyg's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You can't really specialize because you have to take the general ACNP certification exam which is general. However some schools have focused tracks, and you can choose to do your clinical rotations in...
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    Education Program for ACNP?

    ghillbert replied to ED BSN ACLS's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just finished a month in trauma ICU rotation within my ACNP program. They are looking to hire a lot more NPs for CCM service at the hospital - they have a resource intensivist and attending who cover...
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    NP with no experience?

    ghillbert replied to SkylerW's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Depends on the program, BUT... I just finished a month clinical rotation and am one semester away from graduating as ACNP.. and I could NOT do the clinicals if I didn't have my nursing experience...
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    Obstructive vs. restrictive lung disease

    ghillbert replied to Freedom42's topic in Post Graduate Students

    FEV1 is reduced in both obstructive and restrictive lung disease - in obstructive disease because of increased airway resistance, and in restrictive disease because of low vital capacity. It's easy to...
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    Acute Care NP with Cardiac Specialty

    ghillbert replied to aaprn's topic in Advanced Practice

    You can't really specialize because you all have to sit the same ACNP certification exam which is general and not specialized. Having said that, my school does have different tracks, one of which is...
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    ACNP with preceptors with doctors

    ghillbert replied to jadeadellelindberg's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My program lets us precept with either NPs, MDs or DOs, but not with PAs. I have precepted with all three types and they have each been excellent in their specialties and contributed a lot to my...
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    ABG treatments?

    ghillbert replied to PayitForwardHolistic's topic in General Nursing

    Wow Grey Gull, pardon us here simple folks,
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    Mandated Flu vaccine?

    ghillbert replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Unless they're holding you down to administer it, they are not "forcing" you to have
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    What does "Ao" stand for?

    ghillbert replied to simboka's topic in MICU, SICU

    The "Ao" is just the label on the monitor for the waveform (and actually means "aortic" pressure). The actual tracing you're seeing is an airway pressure (Paw). The purpose of it is so that you can...
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    Mandated Flu vaccine?

    ghillbert replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Re both the regular influenza virus and the H1N1; viruses are very adaptive, and there are different strains around each season, which is why you need to get it
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    CVA

    ghillbert replied to username33's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    CVA symptoms can be found in any nursing or medical text or journal: - altered level of consciousness - changes to pupil reactions - motor deficits eg. weakness on one side, facial droop, unable to...
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    Are there no on campus DNP programs?

    ghillbert replied to nursetim's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Univ of Pittsburgh has
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    Excellent cardiac book

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

    Thanks
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    Excellent cardiac book

    ghillbert posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I am taking CMC later today and grabbed a handful of texts from the hospital library to read - just wanted to give a heads up about one that I found great! "Cardiovascular Critical Care", Griffiths,...
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    Anyone have NPs in their ICU?

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

    The degree is a masters degree in nursing. The certification is ACNP. Where you can work depends on what training and clinicals you do. Basically with ACNP you can work anywhere that there are...
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    IV amiodarone for chronic afib, is it safe?

    ghillbert replied to rnvancouver's topic in Cardiac

    Sound like good questions to check in the literature for evidence-based
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    Excellent cardiac book

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

    I passed, so the recommendation stands