Rocknurse MSN, APRN, NP

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    How to make a good impression precepting

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

    Thank you for your input everybody. My clinicals start in January and I have anxiety every time I think about it. I have nightmares of some awful surgeon in the ICU bombarding me with questions at...
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    Professional meetings....ACNP school.

    Rocknurse replied to francoml's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Ha...you must be in the same class I am, only in a different state. I just registered for my state's nursing organizations convention for this very reason. Do you have a Texas Nursing Association? Get...
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    Paid by the amount of patients

    Rocknurse replied to bhudgins's topic in Advanced Practice

    Why is this stuff never mentioned in school? How come med students seem to know all the intricacies about revenue but we seem to be clueless? This information is so valuable to newly graduating NPs...
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    NP vs CRNA vs CNM

    Rocknurse replied to Mpompo838's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Are we really going to argue who's smarter like we're in grade school? By all means have a discussion about content of programs and the amount of science in one program versus another, but suggesting...
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    RN Graduate Establishes Dominance

    Rocknurse replied to nicmdavi's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like she's incredibly insecure and trying to make up for the fact she's a failure. Tact is a very important component here. You must be quietly, discreetly tactful and assert yourself with...
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    "I thought they liked me..."

    Rocknurse replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

    Ain't no deal is done until you sign right on that dotted
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    Quick advice

    Rocknurse replied to Sweetlillove's topic in General Nursing

    There are a lot of people down on Davita on this thread, but I worked for them for 5 years and I had a blast! I was the coordinator of a large acute program and they are some of my favorite memories....
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    DNP Fluff

    Rocknurse replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I guess what's really relevant is the quality of the school. I attend a prestigious grad school (just announced as in the Top 25 in the country) and we do a full year and a half of clinicals, along...
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    Who Should Clean Up, Offgoing Shift or Oncoming Shift?

    Rocknurse replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    My ICU introduced a new practice of giving report at the desk but then both nurses would walk into the room and do a bedside check. We'd take the opportunity to help each other turn the patient, check...
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    NP vs CRNA vs CNM

    Rocknurse replied to Mpompo838's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I wanted to be a CRNA really bad, but I am the sole breadwinner of my family and so not working for two years was out of the question, and so I did the next best thing: acute care NP. I'll still get...
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    Who Should Clean Up, Offgoing Shift or Oncoming Shift?

    Rocknurse replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    To me it's about pride. I wouldn't dream of handing over a mess unless I was in the middle of a crashing patient situation. I took pride in the fact that when I handed over a patient in the ICU that...
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    ACNPs - what's your background?

    Rocknurse replied to RN-ing's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm a third year AGACNP student. I've been a nurse for 25 years, 15 of that in critical care. I last worked in the cardiac ICU recovering open-hearts 2.5 years ago and have been working in informatics...
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    ACNP Compensation

    Rocknurse replied to daddy2aprincess's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm curious to know how it works when negotiating with a hospital as a new grad AGACNP. Do the hospitals have a scale above which they will not go? I know it's possible to negotiate with independent...
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    epic documentation system

    Rocknurse replied to Jilly2's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Informatics and build in the Epic system. You will receive training prior to the go-live and there are tip sheets available from your trainers and/or informatics department. If you are...
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    Nurse Practitioner vs Physician Assistant

    Rocknurse replied to nurselyfe4115's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the third and final year of an Acute NP program and I chose that route because I've been a nurse for nearly 25 years and it didn't make sense to abandon my nursing experience and license. It's...
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    Oncoming nurse refuses report and leaves the room...

    Rocknurse replied to Kharma711's topic in General Nursing

    Patients can't be expected to soil themselves on his schedule. If he wants convenient he should get a desk job. I used to come on to nurses from the previous shift cleaning my patients all the time....
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    CRNA

    Rocknurse replied to dontran0120's topic in General Students

    CRNAs are typically advanced practice nurses who have a Master's or a doctoral degree. In order to be a CRNA you need to have several years of RN experience, at least one or two years of critical care...
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    How many NPs have had to prescribe or diagnose a patient?

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

    Umm....all of them? Do you know what an NP
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    I stole a bottle of ibuprofen

    Rocknurse replied to charlalynn's topic in Patient Medications

    What we used to do in my unit was collect all the empty soda cans from people's lunches every day and turn them in for the refund and then use that money to buy a big bottle of Advil and a big bottle...
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    Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Rocknurse replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Firstly, never underestimate the damage that menopause can do to a body and how it can effect not only your hormonal profile but your ferritin and thyroid leading to fatigue and lack of energy as well...
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    Do women find male nurses attractive?

    Rocknurse replied to Sykadia's topic in Men in Nursing

    As a gay female, no I do not find male nurses, or any males, attractive. But that's really beside the point. The most disturbing part of your post to me is that you somehow imply that a male nurse who...
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    Should mean people be allowed to be mean at work?

    Rocknurse replied to jessimee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She was classic narcissistic personality disorder. She matched every single DSM-5 criteria: Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance Expecting to be recognized as superior even without...
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    Should mean people be allowed to be mean at work?

    Rocknurse replied to jessimee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I consider myself a tough cookie and I'm a veteran nurse, not a nervous newbie, and my first reaction to hearing about mean people at work used to be to snort and liken it to the Lindsay Lohan movie....
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    Linguistic Pet Peeves

    Rocknurse replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This drives my fiancée absolutely bonkers! She throws things at the TV and everything lol. There is definitely a propensity for younger people to do that rather than older people. Now I listen for...
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    Linguistic Pet Peeves

    Rocknurse replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah it's not like we...you know...invented the language or