Rocknurse MSN, APRN, NP

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    Real nursing experiences of A&E

    Rocknurse replied to Triona's topic in United Kingdom

    Well it's been a really long time since I worked in an A&E so I'm sure everything has changed. I worked at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London about 100 years ago. I loved it. We had a...
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    Disappointed by colleague

    Rocknurse replied to Sarah2018's topic in General Nursing

    It's quite simple. Firstly, if you are ever concerned about your patient again, you pick up the phone and call the doctor yourself. If you find yourself in a similar situation where someone thinks...
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    University of Phoenix FNP program

    Rocknurse replied to NurseSunshine3's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I wouldn't say that I know the program intimately, but I do know of the reputation it has among my professional circle. It is firstly very expensive, and it is viewed as a diploma mill. I would...
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    Why I would tell you to stay out of nursing

    Rocknurse replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds to me like your main issue is that you work for a crappy company. I would not advise discouraging nurses from attaining their BSN. Having a BSN changed my life for the better. I got a job in...
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    Suicide by chronic pain sufferers after opioids reduced

    Rocknurse replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This is happening all over and is, in my opinion, self-defeating. What's going to happen is that by denying patients their pain meds it will push people to buy unsafely off the street and potentially...
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    Stressed out medsurg nurse

    Rocknurse replied to hopern84's topic in General Nursing

    I read threads like this quite often, and as a veteran nurse, I always give the same advice. People can only bully you if you let them. You simply have to build an emotional self-protective bubble...
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    Coworker had a needle stick, HR is not supportive

    Rocknurse replied to mc-escher's topic in General Nursing

    My facility has a policy that you have to report to HR within so many hours of a needle stick. It's part of our annual mandatory education. I'm thinking that because she delayed, and did not follow...
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    What's the nicest compliment you've gotten as a nurse?

    Rocknurse replied to NurseNinja1990's topic in General Nursing

    I looked after an OBGYN attending in the cardiac ICU who was having open heart surgery. After his surgery he said "I finally understand what you nurses do and I can see you run the show here. I've...
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    Graduate UK nurse making move to USA

    Rocknurse replied to lou1991's topic in Immigration Advice

    I made the move to the US in 2003. I was a diploma nurse trained in 1989 just before Project 2000, so luckily I had all the required hours. At the time, the US were begging for UK nurses, but despite...
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    Negotiating pay

    Rocknurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have any of you ever negotiated pay when applying for a new job? I know quite a lot of people are told there is a range based on your years of experience etc, but I've also been told that the range is...
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    Negotiating pay

    Rocknurse replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    So you negotiated for something off their scale and still got the job? That's awesome. That's exactly what I'm talking about. Did they fight you and how hard did you fight
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    Nurse Entrepreneur

    Rocknurse replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    It's been a dream of mine to own a menopause practice specializing in bioidentical hormones. There's only a couple in my state and they are always booked up for months ahead. They're all private, no...
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    So you're an RN - you must be earning big!

    Rocknurse replied to _littlemissBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I think I make excellent money compared to where I was. I started out as a homeless teen with nothing, and then attended nursing school in England where I received a £600 a month stipend to live...
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    Any advice would be excellent!!

    Rocknurse replied to AspiringNurse86's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Unfortunately you may find that the board may place restrictions on you and require you to go into monitoring for an extended time. It's hard to give you specific information because it varies from...
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    Did you take a risk?

    Rocknurse replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I went from ICU to informatics. I am not happy. I find it mind-numbing to be honest and am actively moving towards returning to ICU. ICU is the only place I really felt alive. I needed the break...
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    Does anyone ever get tired of people thinking Nursing is easy?

    Rocknurse replied to Nsco2018's topic in General Nursing

    Comments like that are kind of ridiculous when you think about it. I'd love to take them into the cardiac ICU for a day with an actively bleeding post-op open heart patient getting multiple blood...
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    New DNP mandate

    Rocknurse posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So it looks as though this is going to be a thing. Yesterday The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) made the commitment to move all entry-level nurse practitioner (NP)...
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    What's the most inappropriate thing you've done that you instantly regretted?

    Rocknurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was once in the ICU in a very jovial mood, and the organ donation guy, who was a nice, funny person and who I got on with well, came into the unit. The minute I saw him I grabbed the bell that we...
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    Recent AGACNP test takers?

    Rocknurse replied to ArmaniX's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm following this with interest. It seems there is a plethora of study material available for FNPs but almost nothing for
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    My first day in NP school - gulp!

    Rocknurse replied to MathewB's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Here's a tip for the internet issue. Get yourself an unlimited data plan for your phone and use your phone as a wifi hotspot. I do this every week at school because my computer doesn't like the...
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    Right med but suspended

    Rocknurse replied to CJ2121's topic in General Nursing

    That's odd, because in my facility, we are allowed to manually bypass the scan and document the medication. As long as its documented I don't see why that is a
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    How is drug testing done at your facility?

    Rocknurse replied to Janecollective's topic in General Nursing

    This topic has been discussed here recently, and I'll say now what I said then. I am not against its use at all in theory, but if you're a nurse, or planning on being a nurse, you cannot use marijuana...
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    I don't think I can take it anymore.

    Rocknurse replied to sashaq's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a tip from a veteran nurse that took many decades to figure out. Do not take anything personally. When vitriol is directed at you, build a glass wall in front of you. Imagine the words bouncing...
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    Rn

    Rocknurse replied to Rasa2675's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm thinking this post might be better received if it were moved to the Nurses in Recovery forum, where there are many people who have had similar experiences to you. Perhaps a moderator could
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    Rocknurse replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    Well said. Right there with you fellow queer-person. We don't get a choice nor do we get