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Hello all Advanced Practice Nurses, What is the age limit to apply to NP program in your opinion? When do you think is late to do so? Is 50 late? 55? What is the rate of success in this field for the nurses older than 50? Thank you! romanti

Is anyone taking classes in WCU, 2021 in Los Angeles? How is the school? How do you like the teachers? Any feedback would be appreciated

Hi All, Have you applied to WCU this Fall, 2021?

Sorry to hear about your bad experience, but, in my opinion, 2-3 weeks is a very short time for getting ready for this exam or for any exam. Purchasing the webinar is a great idea. That what I am going to do too. That what I did when I was getti...

Darling, You are in the best age: fresh brain and enough of life experience will bring prolific years.

Thanks a lot for this information! I am glad to hear that. My plan is to work as long as possible. I did found one school that is not extremely expensive, and I am not planning on taking a loan. Not in my age :). Moving somewhere else to make the e...

Thank you, FullGlass. What kind of patients do you have? What exactly do you do?

You just don't think about it at all. Now, as my joints ache (Sometimes. Not all the time, thank God!) and there are other changes, it is difficult not to think that I am getting older and older every year, every day. I am taking care of my elderly ...

Thanks a lot for your support. I had never felt my age when I was in Nursing school doing my BSN. But now I started to think about it... I do have my ten years experience; not exactly the one I wanted to have before applying for NP. The plan was ICU...

Thank you, FullGlass, for support and helpful information! It is good to meet you.

Great sense of humor! Love it. LOL. Now, for real, any thoughts? I am not young. Nursing is my second career. I graduated from nursing school when I was 42. It took me a while to realize what I want. Now I am afraid, maybe it is too late to become...

It just means that you didn't study enough. that's all. Take a good webinar online. You have access to the videos for about 3 months. You can review every lecture as many times as you need. I did it 3 time per each lecture. And since it is a webinar...

Very well said and so much true! This year during NTI conference, I attended a few classes for Nurse practitioners. That was the issue that was discussed. New FNP who never were trained to work in critical care, who never had experience working as...

Hi. She is very lucky to have you. I took care of the patients after mastectomy. You are right-- pain will be the main issue. But as a nurse you are an expert in this area. In addition to the medications, ask her not to raise her arms above her hea...

Hi TheindecisiveRN. First of all, change your name (TheindecisiveRN) to something funny, or strong, or beautiful, or cool... You don't want to be weak and hesitant nurse... About your medical error. As a new nurse you will have your number of mistak...

Hi all, Do you retract the foreskin to clean the penis of your male patient? How much? completely? How do you assess the penis of the patient with condom? Will you continue to use the condom if after retracting the foreskin you noticed the redness at...

Agree! Meal break :) However, if you think about the word and its meaning, meal brake sounds more appropriate, since "brake" means to stop, while "break" means to smash, to hit... I am a second language speaker... so I think about this stuff someti...

Hello all! I need your opinion. You have a patient after ICH with Glasgow coma 8. low grade fever 100.4, taken axillary; 96% on RA; normal BP 123/60; hr 70-80; but tachypneic- rr in 30s; lung sounds diminished, but no wheezing. good cough reflex. nor...

Always, always question the order if you feel that something might be not quite right with it. You are the last resort. Last protection barrier for your patient. Your concern should be: As a new nurse, will I recognize when to question the order?!" A...

sorry for my writing. I read the first sentence and realized that it makes very little sense :) I wanted to say that we don't have much of a proof.

Hello Juan, How long have you been an NP? You said there are 17 and 5 NPs; how many females NP are among them? Thank you.

Thank you for the good point. I know that in asthmatic patient lack of respiratory sounds is a bad sign-- complete obstruction of airways; though, I never encounter this case in my practice. Do you think it is possible to have RR in 30s with norma...

On our floor we don't have anything to prove that you were on you brake except clock in and out, which works for your first half-hour; for the second half-hour, your word against the meal brake nurse. I would expect one to be honest-- we own it to on...

Thank you. That was my assumption, too. No "rattle". I thought, maybe I am missing something.

this patient is not considered to be in a critical condition at this time. the patient has been on neuro-tele floor.