nursemissy8

nursemissy8 has 6 years experience and specializes in Palliative Care, Hospice, Home Health.

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1. How did you celebrate passing your boards?

   nursemissy8 replied to anh06005's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   My husband and I went on a New England/Canada Cruise in the

2. Soon to be NP. Nervous.

   nursemissy8 replied to anh06005's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I'm a new NP also, graduated in August and started my job in October, so only here a little over a month. I think the best advice is make sure you study, study for the boards. I thought I was going...

3. APN logs in under Doctor's name and charts. What do I do?

   nursemissy8 replied to StealthRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Are you sure they were definitely logged in under the physician's log in/password? In our system, whether I am the person that started a note/wrote the note, it shows up as being seen by the...

4. Fitzgerald review guarantee

   nursemissy8 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I failed the AANP Adult-Gero Primary Care exam by 7 points. There were acute care questions on the exam (there was a question about tPA, when would that ever be used in a primary care setting). I took...

5. Adult-Gero NP Certification Exam/Studying

   nursemissy8 posted a topic in Advanced Practice

   Hi, I will be graduating from my Adult-gero NP program in August 2014. My classes finish on 8/8, and graduation will most likely be later that month. I am leaning towards taking the AANP...

6. University of Cincinatti fall 2013

   nursemissy8 replied to deleob's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I'm currently in my third semester at the university of Cincinnati distant learning ANP program. They are very good at keeping in contact with you, so you won't miss anything. For the first semester,...

7. Getting back into nursing...any advice/recommended reading?

   nursemissy8 posted a topic in General Nursing

   hi everybody! i graduated from nursing school in august 2008, which then i started at a level one trauma center in their critical care program. i completed the program, but at the end of it, they...

8. Starting to hate nursing...and only doing it for 3 months!!

   nursemissy8 replied to nursemissy8's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Well, I had been at about 5 months the beginning of Feburary, and was actually started feeling comfortable in my role and that I would be okay to do it on my own. Well then the week before...

9. need job in hospital

   nursemissy8 replied to nicolerj116's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   I wasn't sure what part of PA you live in, but Lehigh Valley Hospital hires PSNA (professional student nursing assistants) which you are basically a nurses aide, but they will allow you to watch...

10. Great hospitals in Eastern PA

    nursemissy8 replied to Tarayya's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Lehigh Valley Hospital has a critical care graduate nurse program, so you are able to start in the ED or on critical care unit right out of school (and you can even start before you pass NCLEX). They...

11. Do You Need To Work As a Nurses's Aid To Get a Job After Graduation?

    nursemissy8 replied to HappyMeNow's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    You can probably get a job per diem as an aide, which you can make your own schedule. The hospital I work at even has a position for student nurses, which they are basically aides, but they will pull...

12. Pocket Reference

    nursemissy8 replied to jalainec's topic in MICU, SICU

    I just purchased critical care nursing in a flash by springhouse. Here is the link on amazon.com...

13. Do you have a unit-based pharmacist?

    nursemissy8 replied to labcat01's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have a unit-based pharmacist on our unit. They make rounds with the doctors/residents and they are a really good resource to ask questions to. Almost all our meds come up mixed already, but I'm...

14. Starting to hate nursing...and only doing it for 3 months!!

    nursemissy8 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, I just graduated from my nursing program in August, this is a second degree for me. I was a social worker in my previous life. I loved being a social worker, but got paid crap, which lead me to...

15. Working as a GN or wait????????

    nursemissy8 replied to spunkyheather's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I graduated in August and worked as a GN until I took my boards in November. I also had a NCLEX review at work which I feel helped me a lot. I personally did not feel ready for the NCLEX after...