Rocknurse MSN, APRN, NP

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    Gloves? Is this acceptable?

    Rocknurse replied to medsurgRNCali's topic in General Nursing

    I wear gloves for everything, mainly because everything skeeves me out. I literally can't stand touching anything not knowing what's on it. You go into your patients room to give them meds and...
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    Per Diem/PRN pay national comparison

    Rocknurse replied to guest769224's topic in General Nursing

    No, not really. I live and work in a very high-paying area in the North East. Don't get me wrong...the per diem pay is still very good in comparison, but it's not as much as I get for my full time job...
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    Failed Accelerated BSN program

    Rocknurse replied to DreamGrl2020's topic in General Students

    You're talking as if turning 40 is the end. If you're not planning on dying at 45 then you have plenty of time left to forge your career. I will graduate as an NP at 52, and I plan on working until at...
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    How to Identify and Respond to Bullying and Incivility

    Rocknurse replied to Damion Jenkins's topic in General Students

    Is this some kind of
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    Per Diem/PRN pay national comparison

    Rocknurse replied to guest769224's topic in General Nursing

    In my per diem job I get paid $6 LESS an hour than I do in my full time job. The only reason I accepted that is because the hospital is literally 30 seconds from my front door which makes it very...
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    Fentanyl used in execution

    Rocknurse replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    Interesting that it seems to be readily available in this instance and yet I'm reading reports daily of how it's not available in many hospitals and they're unable to stock it in adequate amounts due...
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    Just how busy is an online NP master program?

    Rocknurse replied to nurselambda's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm in my final year of an acute NP program in the North East. The school is a bricks and mortar very well respected school. I have worked full time throughout the program and although it's been...
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    GPA for NP School

    Rocknurse replied to MariaHarrington's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    For my school it was greater than 3.5 for the acute program. I presented with a 3.92 and was
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    Mom Wants Me to Become an RN as Backup... But I Don't

    Rocknurse replied to RyanThePianist's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No, I've never considered teaching music. I would hate that...it would take all the fun out of it, plus I don't like kids so that would pretty much be my idea of hell. Music was about performance only...
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    TB Chest X-Ray

    Rocknurse replied to nurseguy213's topic in General Nursing

    You might benefit from a Quantiferon test although it may be positive depending on how long ago your exposure was. Here is some good information about it: What does a positive QFT result mean in...
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    Mom Wants Me to Become an RN as Backup... But I Don't

    Rocknurse replied to RyanThePianist's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'll play devil's advocate here. When I was 22 I was similarly obsessed with music. It was all I wanted to do and I pursued it voraciously. Over the years I've won awards, traveled the world and...
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    Might be a dumb question but

    Rocknurse replied to elijahvegas's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree with the treat and street mentality. That's pretty much assuming that there's nothing wrong with the patient other than a mild case of an upset stomach. As providers (NPs, PAs, MDs) we're...
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    Might be a dumb question but

    Rocknurse replied to elijahvegas's topic in General Nursing

    The fundamental cornerstone of emergency medicine is tissue perfusion. Without adequate tissue perfusion comes ineffective cell metabolism and without effective cell metabolism the patient dies. So,...
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    FNP working in acute care

    Rocknurse replied to npmm's topic in Advanced Practice

    I'm in an acute program in the NorthEast and my professor has really been driving home to us that we should practice in our area of training. My school will not place FNP students in an in-patient...
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    what jobs best for studying while on job

    Rocknurse replied to Phish16's topic in General Nursing

    Acute dialysis hands down. i have never read so many books as when I worked
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    Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP)

    Rocknurse replied to theturk90's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Most people in my acute program are ICU, although one or two were ER and one person was telemetry/step down. I think it's how you come down to interviewing and persuading the school that you're worth...
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    How long have you been a nurse

    Rocknurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking and realized that I'm coming up on my 30th year of nursing. When I started we still wore dresses, hats and stockings and carried a pinned fob watch. Everything was done on paper and...
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    Area of hospital with minimal vomit...

    Rocknurse replied to alxndria.mrqtt's topic in General Nursing

    How on earth do you find these threads? It's so old it has spider webs on
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    Exclusion List

    Rocknurse replied to Kitty300's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if the search is national. This is the exact wording from my recent background check. They only state "jurisdiction requested" but I'm not sure what that means: Based on the information...
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    Exclusion List

    Rocknurse replied to Kitty300's topic in General Nursing

    Have you checked the actual list yourself to see if you're on it? The list does come up on background checks. I know this because I had a background check last week and they sent me a copy of the...
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    My Reasons For Avoiding The Acute Care Hospital

    Rocknurse replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    We must be
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    Florida IPN and Kratom

    Rocknurse replied to Polman87's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I happen to know quite a bit about kratom. Kratom is not detectable on a normal 12-panel as the alkaloids do not metabolize into any other substance. However, there is a test available for kratom but...
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    Florida Nurses: Hospital Acceptance only for those with BSN?

    Rocknurse replied to BrandNewMe26's topic in General Nursing

    I can't speak for Florida, but certainly this is the trend in the NorthEast. The big 3 hospitals in my state all prefer BSN nurses in the most acute areas, but a couple still hire ADNs in some of the...
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    My Reasons For Avoiding The Acute Care Hospital

    Rocknurse replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    It's interesting to read other's perspectives. I myself could not imagine working anywhere else but in an acute care hospital, and I gravitate towards the biggest level 1 hospitals and the highest...
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    NSO Insurance

    Rocknurse replied to ab197's topic in General Nursing

    Not only is NSO legit, but it's pretty much the default company for malpractice insurance. I would say the majority of nurses who hold insurance go through this company. I've had a policy with them...