t2krookie

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  1. PMHNP vs PHMCNS murky waters scope of practice

    t2krookie replied to delphiniumRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sure wish to hell I was free to live where u r. Great diving in your

  2. PMHNP vs PHMCNS murky waters scope of practice

    t2krookie replied to delphiniumRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Zenman, I have been paying attention to your posts. Your apparently an active-duty grunt and doing your clinicals in a military setting. I have ten years prior service and will be in the strap program...

  3. ICU experience vs. PCU or tele for cardiac NP

    t2krookie replied to Grnrn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    While the ICU patients will challenge your manual and assessment skill set more, I would think that the Tele population would be better example of your eventual interaction with patients as a NP. You...

  4. Any Nurse Practitioners work at a Medical Marijuana Referal Clinic?

    t2krookie replied to DucatiNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    and i noticed thier website was kind enough to leave a cell phone contact :)

  5. Any Nurse Practitioners work at a Medical Marijuana Referal Clinic?

    t2krookie replied to DucatiNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    An interesting question would be : what are the implications for medical professionals that test positive for cannibus while in possession of a doctors order for same? I'm sure this must have come up...

  6. Brand new grad starting in ER next week- help!!

    t2krookie replied to mandababy0326's topic in Emergency

    Damn. Did we forget to mention cliquish stuff? Ohh well. High School should have prepared her for that

  7. Brand new grad starting in ER next week- help!!

    t2krookie replied to mandababy0326's topic in Emergency

    Does your hospital not have an orrientation set up for you? At Presby Dallas, we had a 4 month (in class and in ED) orrientation for those of us new to ED, and we were experienced nurses. If this not...

  8. Texas Tech RN to BSN Summer 2010

    t2krookie replied to txspadequeenRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    nothing dramatic. in the program you will likely walk the stage for graduation before actually graduating the course. just a little funny tidbit that occurs at many schools. they don't do more than a...

  9. AANP Certification Exam

    t2krookie replied to Dixiecup's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That is wonderful Dixie.

  10. Geez! Just spent over 1100.00

    t2krookie replied to adria37's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    http://www.colonialmedical.com/product.php?productid=17068 Lol, Dixie, I was just trolling around here looking for tips myself, and decided to look up this listing for the oto/opt kit for 299. The...

  11. Texas Tech RN to BSN Summer 2010

    t2krookie replied to txspadequeenRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Great program.Be prepared to bone up on your APA skills, andf lotsa reading. Lotta papers in reseasrch, trends and issues, and legal. Good luck. Ohh, also plan on graduating before you graduate :)...

  12. What do you do as a Psych NP?

    t2krookie replied to marilynmom's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    good friend of mine is an adult mental health np and he works at a community clinic 4 days a week doing mostly med adjustment and mini-mentals, spot evals for referrals 2" exacerbations (think 15 to...

  13. Any Vanderbilt alum feedback appreciated

    t2krookie posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    i have been treading water starting and stopping getting my reqs finished for graduate school. (had to finish my asn to bsn then update undergrad courses) but that is done and am looking at...

  14. Any Vanderbilt alum feedback appreciated

    t2krookie replied to t2krookie's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sounds like we r on the same ship. I have a couple of young boys myself and I dread being deployed away from them but the local medical commander assures me it won't happen as they would rather have...

  15. Any Vanderbilt alum feedback appreciated

    t2krookie replied to t2krookie's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    sweet! army dog here, and heading back to reserves in august. which specialty did you

  16. Vanderbilt, UMASS, UVM Direct Entry MSN

    t2krookie replied to emarble's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Actually, Vandy will waive GRE for a 4.0 I believe. They said they would waive for my 3.85 so your better grades should

  17. Question on Psych Home RN Position

    t2krookie replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in General Nursing

    sorry, i just re-read your question and realized i didn't really answer it after i got off my soapbox. most of the patients i see at home are schizophrenics , schizoaffective, bipolar , and alot...

  18. Question on Psych Home RN Position

    t2krookie replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in General Nursing

    HH psych is no big deal. The patient is supposed to be at their baseline otherwise they would be hospitalized. That being said, some should be hospitalized more frequently than others. I work with...

  19. What are the pros and cons of being all male nurse

    t2krookie replied to Bono Rose's topic in General Nursing

    Good = admitedly better communication with docs Bad = being looked at like a fleshy forklift even by my supposed

  20. Waiting for NP job, working as RN

    t2krookie replied to ChapterTwo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    yeah i can see the point. just because you may be a janitor at the hospital on the weekends, if someone drops in front of you, you would still be expected to do cpr if your an rn on the side. (silly...

  21. Waiting for NP job, working as RN

    t2krookie replied to ChapterTwo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    After talking to several of my friends who have graduated and are actually working as NPs about this very question , the concensus is that there is no restriction (in Texas at least) for a NP to use...

  22. Why do nurses get treated like crap? Is it everywhere?

    t2krookie replied to helikias's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Actualy we all have different experiences and the treatment you described is in no way common at least here in the metroplex at the locations I have worked(Metro , Presby Dallas , Medical City) though...

  23. Questions from those NPs in Practice FM and ER in Dallas Fort Worth Area

    t2krookie posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Was wondering about how your compensation and benefits compare to your previous Nursing Packages. I have been a nurse for going on 19 years now and work in ER for last 2 1/2 years. I make a decent...

  24. Am I too shallow to be a nurse?

    t2krookie replied to jonsey77's topic in General Nursing

    #1 Quick point amigo. have ya looked at the average age of nurses today? lol.. #2 Germaphobe huh? Cant deal with bodily fluids? You will either get over that real quick or get drummed out during...

  25. S-l-o-w starting shifts: what can I do to speed it up?

    t2krookie replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I completely understand and sympathize. I left a well paying position for this very reason. I joined a floor where the majority of the nurses had been on that particular unit for 10 years plus. They...