Rocknurse MSN, APRN, NP

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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    Rocknurse replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    Something...yes perhaps. But no need to mention anything about alcohol, drugs or inebriation. That's not your call to make, and it could sound someone's death knell. It's a dark stain on someone's...
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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    Rocknurse replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    What if you're wrong? You could open up a whole world of hurt for someone who hadn't done anything. If there are genuine concerns then it would be prudent to mention something wasn't right to your...
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    My coworker was high and got away with it

    Rocknurse replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    As you're not even in nursing school yet it's painfully apparent that you have no idea what the implications of such an unfounded accusation are. This can utterly destroy someone's career, cause them...
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    Issues with residents

    Rocknurse posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am a third year AGACNP student in a clinical rotation in a surgical ICU team. The team is small and consists of the lead APRN, the attending, myself and perhaps one other NP student and lately a...
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    Issues with residents

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

    Yes, people can be rude...just as you are
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    Issues with residents

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

    Are you kidding me? Firstly, the resident has absolutely no jurisdiction over me. Secondly, this is my major rotation and she is just traveling through...she's in OBGYN, I'm a critical care major and...
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    Brave or just stupid?

    Rocknurse replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'll give you my input, purely from a personal standpoint. I'm a nurse with 25 years experience, 15 of them in critical care, the rest in ER, informatics and dialysis and I am in my final year of the...
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    Issues with residents

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

    It happens more than you'd
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    Looking for Online Physiology/Pathophysiology

    Rocknurse replied to npskswan's topic in General Nursing

    Not a course as such, but there is an excellent series of video lectures on YouTube by a guy called Armando Hasudungan. He draws diagrams (beautifully) as he explains the pathophysiology and it's...
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    Issues with residents

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

    Ha! Excellent! I wish I could have been a fly on the wall for that one! I guess she likes to learn the hard way (or not)! It's funny but the second week of my rotation my professor came up to me and...
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    Dialysis

    Rocknurse replied to Burntout83's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I used to work in dialysis for a few years, and I came from a critical care background. I worked in acute dialysis though and I'm wondering if that might be more suitable for you. I absolutely loved...
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    Issues with residents

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

    Thanks Juan. No, I've never experienced anything like this either. It was literally her first day on the unit...it was preposturous. Unfortunately, my preceptor is a little odd herself, and as I'm not...
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    Have you been through an Epic Go Live?

    Rocknurse replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I work for Epic and have been through many Go Lives. It is always a challenge and a learning curve for users but the attitude with which one approaches the Go Live makes a world of difference. If you...
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    Thinking about becoming a NP. Have some questions for you NP's out there!

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

    I'm nearing the end of an acute bricks and mortar program. I work full time and the program is supposedly "part-time" but that's a fallacy...it doesn't feel part-time at all. I'm tired, exhausted and...
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    Pre-employment Core Skills Assessment Test

    Rocknurse replied to lan05's topic in General Nursing

    There is a website that has materials for that type of testing but they won't let you have access if you say your're testing, only if you're using it for study review:
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    Need some tips avoid panicking when pt condition declines/need immediate intervention

    Rocknurse replied to mugs's topic in General Nursing

    Make yourself a checklist or spreadsheet that you can carry with you or put on your phone as a guide with all the most common acute problems you might encounter, so that when you're under pressure and...
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    Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    Rocknurse replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm close to six figures and work in informatics with no call, weekends or holidays. I have a BSN and three certifications and am in NP school (close to finishing). I'm in the Northeast though...high...
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    Certifications - When is it too much?

    Rocknurse replied to CardiacKidd1914's topic in General Nursing

    I am also studying for my NP, and I have three certifications. However, the problem lies when you come to renew them because most require that you practice so many hours in that specialty to make you...
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    Need Insight! Nursing or Med School?

    Rocknurse replied to claytonaleksander's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    I'm almost done with my acute care NP program and I'm currently doing a rotation in the surgical ICU. We do the same thing as the doctors do, and we're often the only team on the floor. I would advise...
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    Easiest way to learn about meds?

    Rocknurse replied to BlueHearts53's topic in General Students

    The way I did it was to organize a list of different classes of meds, for example Header: Cardiac Sub-header: ACEI, CCBs, BBs, diuretics etc Then look up that class on YouTube and watch the...
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    Rocknurse replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Well thankfully, it wasn't me doing this, but I was there and lived to tell the tale so.... In the cardiac open heart ICU. Patient is tamponading and bleeding post op. Have to rush him emergently to...
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    RN shortage

    Rocknurse replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    Oh...and one last question to ask ourselves....does being short staffed actually mean there is a shortage or is it that facilities are purposefully running units short to save money and pretend they...
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    RN shortage

    Rocknurse replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    Well I can definitely tell you there is no ploy to hire foreign nurses. That's a myth. I'm a foreign-born nurse and it was incredibly difficult to get over here. It took me nearly 3 years and I was...
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    Is nursing school really "the hardest thing you've ever done in your life"?

    Rocknurse replied to cn4207's topic in General Students

    Undergrad nursing school was a breeze. Yes it was a time commitment, but it wasn't really hard (if you don't count statistics). Grad school, on the other hand, is most definitely the hardest thing...
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    Diploma RN's, any of us left?

    Rocknurse replied to DiplomaNurseRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I was one...but I went back to school for my BSN and will soon have my MSN also. They phased them out in my country right after I graduated but we got very good