Rocknurse MSN, APRN, NP

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    Do I want to become a FNP?

    Rocknurse replied to dmmlayton's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This thread kind of makes me sad. I feel all your pain. I was a bedside nurse for 23 years and went back to do my BSN because I saw the tide turning. Now I'm in an acute track NP program and I'm just...
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    Msn choice 1million schools

    Rocknurse replied to Twigmaster12's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    A friend of mine did the Liberty online MSN with a view to doing a post-master's NP afterwards. He never did do the post-master's but now works as a nurse manager in a CVICU. He said the program was...
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    Scrubs: Are Colorful Ones Unprofessional?

    Rocknurse replied to purplegal's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I do think garish scrubs look unprofessional. You don't see PAs and MDs wearing scrubs with giant flowers on and personally I think it looks silly. That's my own inner prejudice though, and I wouldn't...
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    Calling all student NPs...how are you doing?

    Rocknurse replied to Rocknurse's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This is great...thanks for posting! It's nice to know I'm not the only one going through this. It always seems like such a great idea in the beginning! Lol. Then reality sinks in and you realize what...
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    What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    Rocknurse replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    If I could remember I'd tell
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    Hey, are you a pulmonary embolism?

    Rocknurse replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    I totally
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    Here Now Gone Tomorrow

    Rocknurse replied to WonderingWhichWay's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking as a nearly 50-year old BSN nurse in APRN school, I would say that with your background you could possibly do better to consider a direct-entry MSN master's program with a view to being nurse...
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    NP/Crna vs MD

    Rocknurse replied to FutureNurseKelvin's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you have it all planned out, but as someone who's spent years in the ICU and in NP school currently, I'd say that a lot of this is pie in the sky. Knowing what I know and knowing how...
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    UPDATE: RN BSN to PMHNP at age 55?

    Rocknurse replied to lila29629's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Congrats to you! I will be 51 when I graduate my acute NP program. We certainly have the brain and the desire. My main issue is struggling with the onset of menopause which leaves me exhausted and I...
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    MSN for FNP? Is DNP required?

    Rocknurse replied to AnnaB154's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You stinker! I nearly snorted coffee through my
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    What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

    Rocknurse replied to TheMiss's topic in General Nursing

    This does at least have some bearing in science in that it's supposed to transmit different vibrations that alert you to infiltrates, but I somehow think I'd rather rely on a good stethoscope and a...
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    No pain meds in ER??

    Rocknurse replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Emergency

    I've seen ketamine abused...young men hallucinating and having to be held down by 6 people. Not fun. I've also seen post-op open heart patients literally levitating off the bed in pain after giving...
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    No pain meds in ER??

    Rocknurse replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Emergency

    It is true that people metabolize drugs very differently, mainly due to certain CYP450 enzymes that can affect the way morphine and derivatives are broken down. Some people are faster metabolizers and...
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    Anesthesiologist Assistant

    Rocknurse replied to shaywood91's topic in General Nursing

    Are you in the US or the UK? In the US they have OR techs. I remember assistants in the UK back in the 80s but don't know if they still have
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    What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

    Rocknurse replied to TheMiss's topic in General Nursing

    My entire Nursing Theory class. I thought I was the victim of an elaborate joke and kept side-eying people to let me in on it. It was like The Emperor's New Clothes. I literally made it up as I went...
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    Graduating nursing school in May but I just want to scrub.

    Rocknurse replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    I would also love to work as a First Assist, but as an NP. I have made inquiries and it may be an option to pursue once I graduate as an NP. As a BSN nurse with a CNOR certification you can be a first...
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    The film: Vaxxed.

    Rocknurse replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    I never denied that there weren't benefits. Of course I know how to differentiate risk vs benefit. Don't talk down to me as if I'm 6. So you ARE saying there's a risk? So why is everybody arguing? If...
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    The film: Vaxxed.

    Rocknurse replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    Just yesterday, in my pharmacology class in the acute NP program of my very prestigious school, we were told that an adverse effect of the flu vaccine is Guillian Barre syndrome. This isn't hearsay,...
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    The film: Vaxxed.

    Rocknurse replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    Surely your incredibly biased description of insane "anti-vaxxers" with similarly absent research negates your argument? As there is little research to prove either argument I would say that...
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    Hand Sanitizer and Asthma

    Rocknurse replied to rnintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I sympathize. I'm not allergic to hand sanitizer but I am terribly allergic to perfume and cleaning products and most of the responses I get from people are either along the lines of ridicule,...
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    Type A Personality in Nursing

    Rocknurse replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    It's funny, but I think about this often. Most times it's the thought that runs through my head when I observe other people. I always think "how on earth do they get through life?". Many people are...
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    Advanced Clinical skills assessment

    Rocknurse replied to dlw170491's topic in General Nursing

    I just completed an advanced assessment class for my Master's degree and I have no idea what a consultation model is! Is this for an undergrad
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    Am I right or my teacher?!

    Rocknurse replied to Tobenursemj's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The answer is in the question folks. Answer A doesn't even make sense in relation to the question. B is the obvious answer. It is very necessary in the ICU to suction patients with pneumonia if their...
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    Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    Rocknurse replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Well, quite frankly, if the scents you are wearing are causing other people distress and they can smell you across a room and it starts an asthma attack, then yes. Your right to wear perfume cannot...
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    Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    Rocknurse replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you are correct. I did word it rather strongly. I do feel strongly about the subject. I included parabens, PCBs and phthalates collectively because I think they all apply although the thread was...