sandnnw

sandnnw BSN, MSN, EMT-B, APRN

Emergency, MCCU, Surgical/ENT, Hep Trans

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  1. Interested in cardiology, any point in getting an FNP?

    sandnnw replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Cruzy is so right-on :) in giving this advice, I can't imagine working with acute cards patients without having some CCU background. I had 5 solid years, transplant center, AMI, arrhythmia, you name...

  2. Interested in cardiology, any point in getting an FNP?

    sandnnw replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    WHAT? Your still a young'en! Get out there and get'er

  3. Interested in cardiology, any point in getting an FNP?

    sandnnw replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I hear you brother... I chose ANP for those reasons as well. Glad I did. Here's my program: http://www.nursing.vanderbilt.edu/msn/anp_plan.html Note that in the 323 class, I spent a semester with...

  4. Epocrates Essentials

    sandnnw replied to tleake1980's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you want to save the cash, you might strongly consider Medscape mobile for Blackberry. No cost and I find it to be somewhat more clinician friendly than Epoc. If you are not required to have...

  5. Looking for a short NP program- less than 2 years

    sandnnw replied to Barinbass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Abe, what are you trying to accomplish? If you are in an ANP program already, you might be able to extend ONE semester and DUAL as a F or ACNP if your school offers. If not, like mentioned above,...

  6. New FNP

    sandnnw replied to PansyKat's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wow, you kinda sound like me! That is unfortunately the "nature of the beast" in a walk-in. Worse so in an ED. At least in the ED we have triage RNs who can help weed out the truly needy vs lower...

  7. Orthopedic NPs?

    sandnnw replied to nurse2033's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You got it! Make sure that at least one of your rotations includes some ortho work, so that you get a taste of what an ortho office is like. You will be required to work with Adults, females and...

  8. Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Schools

    sandnnw replied to JustinTRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Go 'Dores! Keep us up2date on your progress Celclt. I'm so excited for

  9. Those of you in inpatient/specialty practices...

    sandnnw replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My job found me, literally. I was semi-stuck in an MCCU ho-humming after 5 years there, 10 years from a surgical specialty unit/step-down/transplant of which the last 4 years in mgmt. So at the 15...

  10. NP Specialties?

    sandnnw replied to NickG's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The UMDNJ curriculum appears to be a dream program. Sounds like a fun time! You probably could make it what ever you wanted, including wrapping an "ortho" rotation into it by talking with one of the...

  11. About to start clinicals... A little freaked out!

    sandnnw replied to jkpowell23's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    And just remember, you are there to learn, not expected to know everything. I find myself, even after three years, looking up a lot, I know, shock, shock and I've been a nurse for 20 years. Enjoy...

  12. If you get an FNP, can you later work in mental health field?

    sandnnw replied to Trueblood83's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I personally know of two of my friends, both ANPs and they work in mental health. Now, they did a rotation in mental health and usually are the "prescribers" and perform more of the monitoring of the...

  13. Any UAB NP graduates?

    sandnnw replied to CMRobe's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    BTW, How'd you like UAB? I'm beginning to look at my DNP

  14. need advice from rns that became pas or nps

    sandnnw replied to JonB04's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Jon, WHAT was the original advice you wanted from the NPs? The argument here is losing

  15. I need help charting skin issues!!

    sandnnw replied to Dixiecup's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Check out Dains advanced assessments, Barbara Bates of course or Fitzpatrick is the bible for many Derm issues. I often use all three during the week in my clinic. BC is correct, a good template is...

  16. How did you pass the ANCC certification exam?

    sandnnw replied to beckyfnp's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The book and CDs. I listened to them over and over again...did not take any course. Made tons of flashcards in my weak areas. Took them

  17. Just Curious ?

    sandnnw replied to xGuYx's topic in Emergency

    1. It is the MOST exciting job I have EVER had. 2. Every hour is different and challenging. New faces, smells, sounds, voices, problems/issues. 3. Everyone must work together, to get the job done...

  18. When?

    sandnnw replied to greenfiremajick's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Back to the oranges... My point being, there are so many folks we have to TRY and get to the table. I had a few minutes this morning, so I tried to look up all the graduate schools in my state using...

  19. New NP...second-guessing diagnosis

    sandnnw replied to Ryan508's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I read more now than I did in school! CME is a blessing in disguise, stay on top of

  20. When?

    sandnnw replied to greenfiremajick's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Prairie, you have some valid points. I myself am seriously considering the DNP, having a wee bit of desire to lean toward more academic involvement later in my career. I'm not so sure of your...

  21. When?

    sandnnw replied to greenfiremajick's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As of 1985, I am still waiting for the BSN to be

  22. AANP-How I passed.

    sandnnw replied to lizRN1982's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Liz, you give such great advice. The tests are written for the basics. The review tests/books really are to help define weak areas and you're right, most of the questions are scenario based. I...

  23. How did you pass the ANCC certification exam?

    sandnnw replied to beckyfnp's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hey all, I took the exams in early 2008, sorry to mislead anyone. I found the Leik book to be helpful with theory. Also, I went to a grad school heavy in theory and research. We wrote a lot and...

  24. Must haves for grad school

    sandnnw replied to icudavis's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    go ahead w/the ipad. i wish i had one in grad school, now i do. i take it to work with me (my own pc, no sharing) we have wi-fi. some apps are not quite there yet, but the iphone apps have the data...

  25. Learning EMR

    sandnnw replied to Dixiecup's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I use three, one EMR (VA-CPRS), one combined (transitioning-pilot). Practicefusion is our current pilot and EVERYone seems to LOVE it, including billing. I use CPRS almost daily and Practicefusion...