Christen, ANP

Christen, ANP

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  1. Need serious feedback: having pre-Nursing anxiety...anyone else experience this??

    Christen, ANP replied to Calbrunette's topic in General Nursing

    That's how I felt when I got out of school as well. I started as a PCT about a year before graduation and knew pretty much what I was getting myself into. One thing that I'm wondering...how long have...

  2. Back-stabbing in nursing?

    Christen, ANP replied to Iflew's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is like any other profession - you have good coworkers and bad coworkers. A lot of time a poor morale leads to bad attitudes, and you probably won't want to work at a facility with poor...

  3. babies or NP first?

    Christen, ANP replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello! I've just started my MSN program (going for CNS) with the plan of having kids shortly thereafter. My goal has always been for me to obtain my masters by age 30 and then start with the baby...

  4. Legal/Ethical staff issues

    Christen, ANP replied to NewEDRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, at least you're getting two sets of uniforms given to you! I personally think that designated colors for different departments is great because it makes it easy for patients and families to know...

  5. Better nurse

    Christen, ANP replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    I tend to agree with the above. Grades are an indication of how well a person can take a test, not necessarily their knowledge level. I personally have difficulty with learning from books - I'm a...

  6. Survey for my Sociology Paper!

    Christen, ANP replied to EMT_to_RN's topic in General Nursing

    1. How long (years) have you been a nurse? 3 years 2. What is your annual gross income? base rate: $49,000; Annual Gross Income w/ OT + Weekend rate: $75,000 3. Do you have an Associate or Bachelors...

  7. Climbing the RN ladder....??

    Christen, ANP replied to gradRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    we have a clinical ladder as well. To attain an RN III (and with it a 5% raise), you must have 25 ceu's, be a member of a professional organization, and write either 4 or 5 clinical 'vingettes,' or...

  8. How is school going so far?

    Christen, ANP replied to VTBabyNurse's topic in Post Graduate Students

    After studying for my upcoming patho test, I've decided I'll be studying that particular subject immediatly. The other two classes are mostly paperwork, so limited studying

  9. Managing Patient Assignments

    Christen, ANP replied to missmiamoore's topic in General Nursing

    Keeping organized and developing your own routine is the key to getting off of work on time! My routine: Get report with the chart, so I can go over any old orders/make sure the chart check is...

  10. Anyone starting a Grad-Entry Program this Fall?

    Christen, ANP replied to WannabeaNNP's topic in Post Graduate Students

    My program doesn't require one (though the BSN program does), but I used one during my BSN and found it highly useful! I am mainly using mine atm as a calendar to keep organized! Once I get to my...

  11. research topic

    Christen, ANP replied to LCHRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I agree - the literature review will be helpful as it will tell you what's already been researched so you don't waste your time and perhaps guide you to a specific area that needs to be further...

  12. Anyone starting a Grad-Entry Program this Fall?

    Christen, ANP replied to WannabeaNNP's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Bleh @ Patho! I'll hopefully be more interested once we get past...the

  13. How is school going so far?

    Christen, ANP replied to VTBabyNurse's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hallo! I started my masters as well! I am an "undecided," though I am leaning towards CNS with the intention of obtaining my NP as a post-masters degree. I am taking: - Patho - Theory - Research For...

  14. Frusmide and WFI!!!

    Christen, ANP replied to Tiggy's topic in General Nursing

    I keep adding an "i" and thinking

  15. Where oh where to start??

    Christen, ANP replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, we start our ICU new grads off in step-down ICU, where the nurses have a 3 to 1 ratio. It gets the new grad ready for the experience of working with complicated patients and allows the...

  16. Frusmide and WFI!!!

    Christen, ANP replied to Tiggy's topic in General Nursing

    Hello! What do you mean by

  17. picc line dressing change

    Christen, ANP replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, love the statlocks for PIVs. Love/hate relationship with foleys (our pts tend to squirm / move around a lot, so they, like, never stick. or when they stick to our long termers they've caused...

  18. Working and going to school

    Christen, ANP replied to check_21's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I could go to school part time and am not especially in any sort of a hurry to get out of school, but as I have a husband and no kids (well, aside from my dog!), I decided to go full throttle!...

  19. PDA's

    Christen, ANP replied to shoebottom's topic in General Nursing

    I just got a Palm TX, and I loves it! I used a Palm Tungsten E all through nursing school and, like, killed it. The difference between the TX and the E2 (which is the updated version of my old palm)...

  20. Alteplase...

    Christen, ANP replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Bah, I hate people who do that. It's entirely unprofessional on her part. If she has a problem with your practice, she should discuss it privately with you, not in front of a patient. That would have...

  21. Needle stick injury in Health Care

    Christen, ANP replied to mnt0121's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, report it, both of you! To mnt, all you have to do is report that you were stuck by a needle that had been used on a pt with a history of Hep C, just in case. Be careful, though! Don't hurt...

  22. Alteplase...

    Christen, ANP replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    So get some rest Just an FYI, we generally leave the declot in for a minimum of 2 hours, check it, if the line still doesn't draw back, we leave it in for longer, and keep working with it until it's...

  23. Alteplase...

    Christen, ANP replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    IMO, it's not about potential patient harm, it's more about performing the procedure correctly. When declotting a PICC, after you've let the TPA sit and dissolve the clot, you pull out the TPA. When I...

  24. picc line dressing change

    Christen, ANP replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    We switched to the Power PICCs basically cause you can run IV contrast in them. Before we got these, if a pt with a PICC went to CT scan, we'd have to start a peripheral IV on them! LOL - I mean, they...

  25. picc line dressing change

    Christen, ANP replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    LOL - sorry In the kits we use, a skin protectant is like a barrier we place on the sterilized skin in order to keep the skin from breaking down from repeated ripping of sticky stuff (ie, tape) from...