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I just applied for prescriptive authority in Colorado. Would anyone be willing to share a copy of their mentorship agreement and articulated plan with me? After spending a couple of hours sifting through the DORA website I've found the requirements, ...

I'm an AGACNP working in long-term acute care. I found several conferences that looked great and am having a hard time deciding. Anyone have an acute care conference experience they would like to recommend?

I also moved from Texas, and was surprised at the difference between the two regulating bodies. There are advantages and disadvantages to both models, but I couldn't believe that they didn't do a background check on me. I think Colorado DORA really n...

Since there was no response I ended up making my own. I'm uploading it just in case someone else could use it. Please note that I am hospital based, and my attending physician is there all day, every day.

Does anybody have a recommendation about a staffing agency? I'm starting school again and want the flexibility of choosing my own schedule. I have three years of experience, one on an ICU and two in a procedure area.

Just got my letter of acceptance TODAY for the acute care track. That took forever!

I'm using the Pass CCRn and the Gasparis DVDs. I like them in conjunction because she gives a nice overveiw and tips on what will actually be on the test, then I look through the book to get more in depth. No guarantees, though, I don't take the test...

We're phleb axis people on our NICU. I'll be interested to see what research comes out to support zeroing at the tragus. We also use 3% saline and mannitol; I've never seen a higher concentration of saline ordered. We don't have a standard practice r...

This week I am starting on nights. I'll usually be working three in a row, always on weekends. Rather than try to make the 12 hour flip-flop from days to nights I want to try to stay up until midnight or 0100 on my days off. Because it is during the ...

I have a lot of self-confidence and have spent a lot of time thinking about my professional relationships, but I still find myself in situations where it is hard to speak up. An easy short cut if it's a patient that you want to protect: what would I...

Last night was my first night trying it. It was a struggle to stay up until midnight, even though I had a nap in the afternoon yesterday. I was trying to sleep for four hours, get up for breakfast, then sleep for four more hours. It was turning me in...

I'm a practicing RN in Texas. I would like to volunteer at my son's elementary school to help them out while one of the nurses is doing screenings, but I'm concerned that it would have ramifications for my license. I would be staying in the nurse's o...

In general they do not, but it depends on the severity of the charges.

These shifts sound really hard to work. I'm at Baylor and have decided to go to the two day alternative. I'll be working every Saturday and Sunday night. That's considered a full time schedule there, but I want to pick up an extra shift so I'll also ...

Thanks for the kick in the bootie. Today is Sunday, my PCP isn't open, but I will make an appointment with him first thing in the morning. Sadly, I just moved across the metroplex so it's going to be an hour drive, and I haven't found a new one yet. ...

So, after years of school, living through the NCLEX, and four days of butt-flattening classroom orientation, employee health diagnosed me with shingles on my very first day on the floor. There is a hospital policy that I cannot work until the lesions...

They didn't start me on an anti-viral. I was seen in employee health, not by my PCP, so perhaps I need to give him a call. I am very lucky that the outbreak is not on my face. Just typing that has made me start itching at my cheeks. It is a circular ...

I've gotten to the point now where I'm irritated if the hospital doesn't have a tracking system. It is so easy, and cuts down on time spent on futile hunts.

Usually I can figure out the math questions intuitively but this one got me. If someone with a better brain than I could explain the formulas, I would greatly appreciate it. 1000 mL with 40 mEq KCL infusing at 36 gtt/min. Drip factor of 15 gtt/mL ...

I'm writing a thesis on MD/RN communication. Several researchers have found that even docs sometimes don't understand the difference between RN, LVN, and NA. Adding yet another level in there makes the whole thing clear as mud. If our closest colleag...

Because your instructors want to make very, very sure that everyone in that hospital knows that you are a student, and therefore should not perform surgery, run codes, push metoprolol, etc. etc. Think of it as safety within the flock.

I just finished a 10 week externship. The hospital has a system in place for recognition - a pin that goes on the name badge, a little extra bonus, and recognition from the management staff. I wrote a personal e-mail for each of the nurses that I fel...

I'm in the regular program at UTA, not the fast track, but I know several people who were in the fast track program. Priority was given to THR employees. You have to work while you are in the program, and I heard complaints that there was a huge snaf...

If they specifically say not to call, I would not call. The best way to get a job is to get to know people. Go to alumni functions, join orghanizations, do what you can to meet someone that's already in where you want to work. In this area people alr...

The purpose of those classes, especially Statistics, is that once you have a BSN you'll be able to read studies and make choices in evidence based practice. You won't be out on the floor every day thinking, "hmmm, if I push this patient in the wheelc...