Rocknurse MSN, APRN, NP

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    Who enters orders in the hospitals you're at?

    Rocknurse replied to PnwRN84's topic in General Students

    I think you forgot nurse practitioners and
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    Baby vs no baby... help!

    Rocknurse replied to Abby_3191's topic in General Students

    I've known so many women to lose their hopes and dreams for the future because they had kids instead of furthering their career. While they had good intentions to juggle both, the reality always...
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    How can I get an ICU job out of college?

    Rocknurse replied to Jsmall56's topic in General Students

    If you're a BSN student with a high GPA you might be lucky enough to get into an intern graduate program. If not it might be possible, depending on your state, to be hired as a new grad into a small...
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    Am I too old???

    Rocknurse replied to merchan5967's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Dude....I'm 50 and will graduate as an NP next year.
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    Im really scared about first day of clinicals

    Rocknurse replied to dragonhawk's topic in General Students

    Let me tell you a story. A hundred years ago when I was a new grad nurse, I got an admission from the ED during the night...an older gentleman who fell off his bicycle. I was actually on my break and...
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    GPA and Job Question!!!!!!

    Rocknurse replied to DanielLopezz's topic in General Students

    If you don't have to include your GPA in an application then simply omit it. I only put mine on my resume because it was a 3.96. If it had been lower I wouldn't have included
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    U.S citizen, opinion on doing BSN in India or New york?

    Rocknurse replied to jessiereehal's topic in Nursing Career

    As a graduate of a foreign country....don't do it! Stay in the US. I say that because the red tape to come back here and practice is horrendous and there are no guarantees that your classes in India...
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    Husband is not ready for me to go to nursing school!!

    Rocknurse replied to hamolady's topic in General Students

    THIS X 1000. Anyone that tried to hold me back in life would be kicked to the curb. There's no way I'd let a man tell me what to do. My wife is the most supportive human on the planet and has...
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    Brick and Mortar AGACNP Programs

    Rocknurse replied to Motherofcorgis's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am in the final year of the AGACNP program at UCONN and it's excellent. It is a brick and mortar program with excellent faculty and they find all your preceptors for you. Some of the didactic...
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    Your FAVORITE job

    Rocknurse replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say the job I'm in right now is pretty awesome. I work in Clinical Informatics in a small team comprised of 5 people who are all totally cool and chilled. I have a lovely big desk in a private...
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    Minority

    Rocknurse replied to Dion327's topic in General Students

    Hi Dion, and welcome. When I was in my first nursing job my best friend was a black male. We used to laugh our way through a 12 hour shift...I really miss him. In my last ICU job one of the best and...
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    4.0 in nursing school?

    Rocknurse replied to RubySlippers:)'s topic in General Students

    I graduated with a 3.96. I was so mad about that 0.04! Darned statistics
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    Drug testing

    Rocknurse replied to blexxer's topic in General Nursing

    The issue is that whatever its status is in your state, it's still illegal at a Federal legal and is a class I drug. If you test positive you will not only be unemployable, you will be subject to...
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    How to get into ICU?

    Rocknurse replied to alli.'s topic in General Nursing

    This is all very area specific. In one state you might be able to get into ICU without experience or a BSN, but in other states (like New England) you will not. You might find you have to move to get...
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    How to get into ICU?

    Rocknurse replied to alli.'s topic in General Nursing

    In my state it would be almost impossible to get into ICU without a BSN. I actually got my BSN while I was working in ICU but things have changed and my own unit, for one, no longer hires ADN nurses,...
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    Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner

    Rocknurse replied to Gaditita's topic in Advanced Practice

    I'd also like to know this. I'm a UK trained nurse but I've been in the USA for 15 years and we didn't have NPs back in my day. I'm in school over here in the US to be an NP though, so I'd love to...
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    Epinephrine error

    Rocknurse replied to katie4593's topic in General Nursing

    Luckily for her the half life of epi is short and so the effect passes quite quickly. The rule of thumb should be that if one is unsure of any med they are about to give, that they place a call to...
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    Got a nurse aide fired... did I do the right thing?

    Rocknurse replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in General Nursing

    The aide was obviously in the wrong, however I think it could have been handled differently. Never, EVER take a picture of anyone at work, either patients or staff. That alone is one of the quickest...
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    Amazon Textbook Rentals?

    Rocknurse replied to longwayup's topic in General Students

    Also Bookrenter.com and Barnes & Noble all do rentals. Cheap and delivered fast. Great
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    Working while in NP school

    Rocknurse replied to friendlylark's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I work Mon-Fri in informatics. I have worked full time throughout my program and am in my final year. What I did was to speak to the dean about doing classes out of order so that I could complete all...
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    Care Credit

    Rocknurse replied to gettingbsn2msn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    How about Citi Health?
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    Nurse Practitioner Programs

    Rocknurse replied to jstrachan84's topic in General Nursing

    I am nearly done with my NP program. I go part time to a bricks and mortar university and honestly early on in the program most of the didactic portion of the program was online, except for some of...
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    Help! Need to Interview a Nurse Information Expert

    Rocknurse replied to luffle's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm an informatics specialist and analyst. Feel free to PM
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    Which field of nursing is the most technically hard?

    Rocknurse replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

    In my personal experience I would say CVICU. We had to master many skills including maintaining invasive lines, monitoring, IABPs, CRRT, VADs, vents, central lines, arterial blood gases and all manner...
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    "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    Rocknurse replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't laugh, you cry. ICU nurses have a dark sense of humor, so yes...it's