A&OxNone MSN, RN

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    RN pay/life vs NP pay/life

    A&OxNone replied to Guest1059175's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've been an NP for about 3 months now. I make about 30k/year more as an NP, but I also work a lot more hours (usually about 50 hours a week) and as a previous person said, obsess a little about...
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    PNP-Acute vs Primary- Need advice

    A&OxNone replied to blm7509's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Primary care all the way! I tell people only to acute care if critical care is what you want. I know plenty of primary care people that work in all those areas. Good
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    Reproductive health and more....

    A&OxNone replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Two points I think I was trying to make in my last post that I didn't do a very good job being clear - and this is me under the assumption you want to go back to school and haven't started yet or are...
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    Reproductive health and more....

    A&OxNone replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    My sister has endometriosis and goes to a gynecologist that suddenly decided to stop prescribing birth control, no matter what the condition. I would also like to clarify that this wasn't part of a...
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    Where can pediatric nurse practitioners practice?

    A&OxNone replied to Lavender619's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In my state, the only thing that getting a primary care degree prevents you from doing is PICU, really, and thats mostly just because of preference. They actually care more about RN experience in PICU...
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    Adult care RN to Peds NP?

    A&OxNone replied to wildnursebrendan's topic in Advanced Practice

    I would also like to add that most PNP programs wont accept you without so many hours of peds nursing experience. I really think you need to focus your interest or just take some time - which is...
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    Visiting Atlanta

    A&OxNone replied to Jayjormom's topic in Georgia Nursing

    If schools are your number 1 factor, I think Johns Creek and most Cobb county schools are going to be your top options. I have a friend that lives in Johns Creek and commutes into Atlanta because the...
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    Visiting Atlanta

    A&OxNone replied to Jayjormom's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Do you have kids? Only because schools are a big deal depending on the area so I thought it might change my advice for you. None of those areas are bad really. It just depends on what you are looking...
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    Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, advice please!

    A&OxNone replied to stickit34's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In my area (Atlanta), its very similar which is why I went the PNP route - I knew I wanted to work for CHOA and thats what they want. However, they will under certain circumstances hire an FNP with a...
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    How much did NP school prepare you?

    A&OxNone replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am by no means minimizing PA programs or anything of the sort. I do think they come out (generally) better prepared on the textbook side of things. But, regardless of what that reason is, I don't...
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    How much did NP school prepare you?

    A&OxNone replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sorry its taken me a few days to respond, I've been working (although it seems like thats probably frowned upon by you). To answer your questions, i'm saying that even if I didn't work, it would've...
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    How much did NP school prepare you?

    A&OxNone replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This would be awesome, except I barely was able to complete the amount of hours required because of lack of preceptors. I wish I could have all the time and resources at my disposal, but as somebody...
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    Looking for a new specialty

    A&OxNone replied to OnTheSearch's topic in General Nursing

    You should for sure look into pediatrics. Its almost none of your "dislikes". I actually didn't like doing adult nursing for most of the same reasons. I do work ICU now and will tell you that the fear...
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    Wrong is right CPR question

    A&OxNone replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The people that say not to do compressions first, I have one question and one statement... How (and why?) would you pull a kid up (especially if they bigger- like, are older than about 5 years old) to...
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    The best thing about peds

    A&OxNone replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in Pediatric

    SO MUCH OF THIS! I always knew I would do peds in nursing school, so I can't say that I knew this as the "most enjoyable" thing until a few years into my nursing career. But saying that they dont...
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    transition from adult med surg to picu, did I make the right decision?

    A&OxNone replied to hopemedsurg2picu's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    PICU is hard. PICU is stressful. PICU is exhausting. Its okay - its not all terrible. Theres so much to learn that you can't feel comfortable within the time you are orientation. You just need to...
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    I need a preceptor mine cancelled at last moment

    A&OxNone replied to Regina Brown's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Maybe I'm just feeling snarky, but this post kind of annoys me. What kind preceptor do you need? What program are you in? What area do you live in? How many hours do you need? How in the world do you...
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    Sick of the BS

    A&OxNone replied to Helluvanurse33's topic in General Students

    Heres the thing that I think you don't understand - nursing school is hard for even very very smart people. Its a different way of thinking and sometimes people that struggled in A&P actually do...
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    What's your psych/social 'ace' up your sleeve?

    A&OxNone replied to Snowana's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    For little ones, I always talk about whatever they are doing/wearing/watching. I'll be like "ohh, those are some pretty shoes. Show me your toy. Does this baby (stuffed animal or whatever) have a...
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    peds nurses, what do you struggle with?

    A&OxNone replied to emily34812's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    While I will agree with this - some - I will say that I dont think parents are any harder to deal with than when Grandma is in the ICU and how her family can be so demanding. I bet some adult ICU...
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    PNP thinking FNP is better? What should I Do?

    A&OxNone replied to VeggieBSN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I commented on Minniemickey's post, also, but essentially I will say that I think most pediatric specific places are going more towards hiring PNPs and not FNPs. It does give you SOME flexibility, but...
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    What could've been done

    A&OxNone replied to RNattie's topic in General Nursing

    After being a nurse for almost 7 years, I've decided this - sometimes your senses go off that something isn't right, but your assessment is fine. Then all you need is TIME. Eventually, there will be...
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    Ethical issue? Treating a 101 year old patient

    A&OxNone replied to oncnursemsn's topic in Oncology

    I totally understand your ethical dilemma. It feels wrong, and is one of those ethical areas thats not warm and fuzzy and doesn't feel good as a nurse to see. I will say this though - you need to have...
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    Popping off top from lab tube when drawing labs

    A&OxNone replied to pattykolo888's topic in General Nursing

    In peds, we do this all the time because the little veins can't handle the pressure of the tube suction. So we draw blood with 3 ml syringes and do one of three things - do exactly what she did and...
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    Graduated from Nursing school 4 years ago

    A&OxNone replied to Confused79's topic in Nursing Career

    Absolutely, hands down, do it. You worked hard to be able to sit and take that test. So do it. My suggestion to you would be to do what anybody preparing to sit for them would do - take tons and tons...