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    On line NP or On-campus Np? (MA)

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

    Allowing schools to get away with this, and calling it "the norm" does not make it an acceptable option. The school simply cannot guarantee the quality of your education as a provider without managing...
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    Acute Care NP without ICU experience?

    ghillbert replied to MasterNursinator's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Yeah but they do a hell of a lot more clinical hours during their program, including critical
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    What was your first AGACNP job?

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

    My first NP job was CT surgical/transplant step-down floor with ICU cross coverage then critical care. I had offers for ICU jobs as a new grad with the system I did all my critical care clinicals...
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    FNP job search gone bad

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

    You took a travel NP job as a new grad, or travel RN job? I am in Pittsburgh and we have a lot of job opportunities, I would say more for ACNP than FNP but certainly for both. COL is low, and salaries...
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    NP residency and salaries

    ghillbert replied to Sun1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    1. I don't think you can expect to make "more" after a residency necessarily - it's more that you have a mostly guaranteed job when you're done, and theoretically improved skills and confidence. As...
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    Adding second CRNP specialty in Pennsylvania

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

    PA BON has always been suuuuuuper slow. Thanks for the informative
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    NP or Perfusionist?

    ghillbert replied to PiperPickles12's topic in Cardiac

    I am an acute care adult NP in a SICU and care for various surgical patients but mostly cardiothoracic surgical postop. Obviously I work in the hospital but I do 3 x12s, no weekend or holidays (which...
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    On line NP or On-campus Np? (MA)

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

    There are a lot of reputable programs that use online delivery of education. I would find one that provides your clinical sites, unless you already have good connections, because I read a lot about...
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    Full practice authority only bills for 85%?

    ghillbert replied to nurselove757's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    CMS
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    Acute Care NP without ICU experience?

    ghillbert replied to MasterNursinator's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you're graduating as an NP, do not go get ICU RN experience. Find a critical care residency/fellowship for
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    Canada’s preparedness compared to USA

    ghillbert replied to meganvl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Maybe some of these hospital CEOs or insurance companies would see fit to spare some cash to purchase the PPE which is currently being bid for by various states and the federal government?? The bean...
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    Time off of work if high risk-FMLA, PTO, etc.?

    ghillbert replied to SleepyRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How does APLS increase your risk with
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    Why hasn’t pay increased? Hazard pay, etc.?

    ghillbert replied to gcupid's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Because nurses are "helpers". We put other people before ourselves. This is why HCW are now dying of COVID-19. Our local garbage collectors went on strike until they were provided more PPE and hazard...
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    What happens if you quit?

    ghillbert posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Are you allowed to quit during a pandemic/state of emergency? Are there licensure ramifications? If my employer is not able to supply appropriate PPE does that change
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    What happens if you quit?

    ghillbert replied to ghillbert's topic in Disaster Preparation

    "If you are a nurse with health insurance" was what that poster stated, to
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    What happens if you quit?

    ghillbert replied to ghillbert's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am not quitting to "avoid possible patients with COVID" - I look after patients currently with all kinds of pathologies. However, that is with appropriate PPE. I am someone who performs emergent...
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    Coronavirus and Intubation Question

    ghillbert replied to adventure_rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Check ELSO> recommend to use VL for intubation instead of DL, avoid bipap, minimize aerosol
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    Nurse to Physician

    ghillbert replied to QuestionableTimes's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you want to be a "physicist", go do a science degree. If you want to be a physician, go to medical school. If you are incompatible with the nursing model, change
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    Australian nurse wanting to work in America

    ghillbert replied to Aussienurse123's topic in Immigration Advice

    I know this is not a new post, but for those reading now, I believe for several years now Vermont has required a SSN for initial and renewal RN licensure. What does Texas BON say? I would ask them...
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    On line DNP

    ghillbert replied to Jenlab's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    There was a Canadian in my Chatham University DNP program. She now works in the US, although she lived and worked in Canada during the
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    Bad CPR techniques- do you say something?

    ghillbert replied to Peditra's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely - hard and fast enough compressions are the key to meaningful survival after cardiac arrest. I couldn't count the number of times I told people to switch out because their compressions were...
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    Why The Future of NP Practice Maybe A Two Edged Sword

    ghillbert replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Eh, depends - if I arrested, I'd rather be taken care of by a critical care/ER NP than a dermatology or GI
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    Fellow ECMO nurses

    ghillbert replied to Atrial.Kicks.'s topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thomas Jefferson and some other places have an ECMO specialist course, but they are expensive ~$3000 and not particularly standardized. ELSO website would be a good start for you. My hospital runs a...
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    What's the least saturated specialty in APRN?

    ghillbert replied to soljhs's topic in Advanced Practice

    Are you a neonatal
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    What's the least saturated specialty in APRN?

    ghillbert replied to soljhs's topic in Advanced Practice

    Yes I understand all that, and by no means intend to minimize the super-specialty-ness (?!) of NICU and neonates. I wasn't comparing a trained adult NP's competence in a NICU to a trained NNP. I was...