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  1. Rounding with Physicians?

    EastCoast replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Hi. Jumping in. As a previous bedside nurse on the ICU i found rounds helpful. Learning. Building relationships. Establishing credibility. I also felt as a Nurse Manager that your patient's call...

  2. Friend's BP

    EastCoast replied to kyboyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I actually work as an NP in HTN and nephrology. This is what I tell my HTN people who don't think they need an evaluation. Kidney failure is a direct consequence of poorly (note not even...

  3. NP w/no desire for RN?

    EastCoast replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In response to the last post...I understand your desire to accelerate your career and I wish you good luck. However, I think that a NP is better served getting their nursing degree.......working as...

  4. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    EastCoast replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Appreciate clarification of Program terminology but on the same note.. why not DNP instead of DrNP? or why not DrNS instead of DNS. IMO the small 'r' after the "D" make a difference in peoples...

  5. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    EastCoast replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'm looking at Columbia's outline and it doesn't mention too much about changing the overall plan for administration, scholary work or policy making. In fact it seems to focus on the primary care...

  6. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    EastCoast replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Hmmm, Well, it's not the money, it's not the time, I think it comes down to my belief that we are not a cohesive enough group from state to state and that it is created in the realm of 'academia'...

  7. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    EastCoast replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I agree with this last paragraph except for your very first sentence. You may be mistaken for a doctor because you haven't introduced yourself prior to your encounter. So if you get a DrNP will you...

  8. NP w/no desire for RN?

    EastCoast replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Bridge program: RN---licencse---MSN---boards--NP only clinical is academic. No non acadmeic nursing required prior to obtaining np. Get done with school...pooof... you're an

  9. NP w/no desire for RN?

    EastCoast replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Markdanurse, I think we share the exact same opinion but I think you read my post different than i intended.. I was actually agreeing with your post but asking the age old question of why people like...

  10. NP w/no desire for RN?

    EastCoast replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Why do people always compare PA school clincal hours to NP clincal hours. A good NP program that requires nurses to be nurses first will likely require less clincal because the person brings the...

  11. NP w/no desire for RN?

    EastCoast replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think that Siri you sum it up logically via a process of learning and working and applying your previous knowledge to make decisions in an independent manner. But people continue to miss this holy...

  12. NP w/no desire for RN?

    EastCoast replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well said Mardanurse. Again the posts from people who want to just go to NP school for the glory and authority (IMO) have little knowledge of the guts of nursing. A chimpanzee can draw an ABG and...

  13. NP w/no desire for RN?

    EastCoast replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Patrick, I think that is what so many of us feel. However, those who have never really been nurses in the same way that we have, can not understand this. Very recently my famiy member called (who...

  14. NP w/no desire for RN?

    EastCoast replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Let me sum up my thoughts exactly: As an NP you will be responsible for people's lives. It's not that easy. It's not about how motiviated one is in their desire to accept responsibilty. But oh boy,...

  15. NP w/no desire for RN?

    EastCoast replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Clearly, you have yet to work as an NP and therefore you do not understand what I mean when you have to sort through things over the telephone in the middle of the nite and you have only the RN to...

  16. NP w/no desire for RN?

    EastCoast replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Zenman, I think our thoughts are the same i just communicated mine differently. If you've been a nurse long enough you know what i mean. Not the 'smart' one who has thousands of letters after her/his...

  17. NP w/no desire for RN?

    EastCoast replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree. If a nurse with crappy experience calls me during the nite and can't give me a 'gut' feeling of whether the patient looks good / bad/ or inbetween then in short my patient is screwed. I...

  18. I'm on call this weekend and I have a dilemma, please advise.

    EastCoast replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    hi again, I also meant to say that the dialysis nurses will likelyl know this patient better than the fmaily does and will be a very good resource for you. There is usually a social worker who should...

  19. So what is your job like as an NP? Getting into NP school right away?

    EastCoast replied to hawaiianflowers21's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    RE:What Zenman said. I completely agree and somehow missed that in the previous post. I think you will struggle to be a 'good' NP as you are limited in your experience. Dealing with difficult...

  20. So what is your job like as an NP? Getting into NP school right away?

    EastCoast replied to hawaiianflowers21's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work all but 4 days a month. So that's the bad part. My background as a bedside nurse was critical care, then i went on to school and did administration as director of critical care and emergency...

  21. Cardiac question

    EastCoast replied to Dan's Sunshine's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would likely say that if it is an emergency repair then perfusion to the kidney has been compromised by shock. Even short intervals of hypotension can lead to renal ischemia. Also, if they clamped...

  22. I'm on call this weekend and I have a dilemma, please advise.

    EastCoast replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    1. If the patient goes to dialysis the center will have a current list of his meds. It's likely he goes either mon/wed/fri or tues/thurs/sat. Find out first thing tomorrow what center he goes to...

  23. Can you help a student understand PCWP?

    EastCoast replied to mandana's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2956.htm I'm sure you will get a dozen responses, however, this does a nice job of giving the theory and is quite straightforward. I learned swans a long time ago...

  24. Abnormal ABG's and intubation

    EastCoast replied to luvmypatients's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    THough the patient has gotten by for 2 days with this ABG I think that the pO2 of 48 is concerning. If this was my patient i'd do the following... repeat the ABG. It's alarming to see a pO 2 of 48...

  25. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    EastCoast replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi, Fairly new to this board but I must reply to the response that attending to details aside from the initial presention (the person with a lac and low BMI and having discussion about that...