umbdude MSN, APRN

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    Is bedside nursing still a lifelong career option?

    umbdude replied to NicStrRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it has anything to do with ADN vs BSN. If you want to work in a large hospital, you'll need a BSN these days as a bedside nurse even if you want to stay in bedside forever. You can be a...
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    "Allow LPNs to challenge the Board of Nursing to obtain RN licensure" viral post

    umbdude replied to TheRuralNurse's topic in General Nursing

    We should first allow experienced CNAs to sit for NCLEX-PN; then these CNAs can further challenge to sit for the NCLEX-RN; then RNs should be allowed to bypass NP education to prescribe; finally, NPs...
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    BSN is a joke

    umbdude replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    It might have to do with the RN-to-BSN format, which is usually online and self-taught. I attended one semester of ASN then switched to a BSN, and I found that my BSN delivers a far better clinical...
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    Mental Health (LPC) to PMHNP - Old guy!

    umbdude replied to Moved-on's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It depends on which NP programs you apply to and the timing of your BSN graduation and admission deadlines. Most likely it will take longer than 3 years because of a lag between getting your BSN...
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    Mental Health (LPC) to PMHNP - Old guy!

    umbdude replied to Moved-on's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Current PMHNP student here. I agree that your best option is a direct-entry program (finish in 3 years). Direct-entry programs tend to be the most competitive entry route, so be sure to apply to as...
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    Ethical issue regarding antipsychotic

    umbdude replied to ksusn's topic in General Nursing

    I also find it unacceptable to put a student nurse on a 1-to-1 with an anxious/agitated patient who is about to get an IM
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    Pre-PMHNP specialties

    umbdude replied to ksola's topic in Psychiatric

    It doesn't really matter. The only true "pre-PMHNP" specialty is psych. Working in psych is quite different, and the environment and treatments aren't the same as when you're on a medical unit where...
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    MD OR RN

    umbdude replied to Easlyn12's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you have an itch to go into medicine and you're only 23, it's probably best to go for it now. Going through a BSN takes too much extra time and
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    Can I be discriminated against for political beliefs?

    umbdude replied to helloego's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if you are racist, but if you are supporting Trump, you are supporting a racist/neo-nazi sympathizer. I've been called a "commie" and been told numerous times to "go back to your...
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    I'm loving Community Health nursing

    umbdude replied to thelittleRNwhocould's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats! I had a very similar experience during nursing school. My favorite clinical was my community health nursing clinical. I was placed at a VNA and I went to assisted-living facilities and...
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    NO experience new graduate BSN student applying for MSN-FNP graduate school?

    umbdude replied to 2bABLE's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    To be a proficient NP, one needs NP experience, not RN experience. What student NPs need are more clinical hours and more opportunities for post-grad new NP
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    umbdude replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and these hospitals end up with BSNs who are usually highly academically motivated and they want to pursue masters (this is the same in other good-paying industries). I work in a hospital in the...
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    umbdude replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    Students don't even need to be the "best & the brightest" to get into NP programs. As long as you have a 2.7 GPA, a pulse, and can find your own preceptors, you can become NP. RNs with associate...
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    Job Satisfaction for RNs?

    umbdude replied to callicarpa's topic in General Nursing

    It shouldn't matter whether others would choose nursing over again. It's your choice. In the end, you just won't know until you try it. Also, you said you're almost done with pre-reqs, so your mind is...
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    Working as an RN, Learning as an NP?

    umbdude replied to mrcleanscrubs's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I worked 6 months full-time as a bedside RN before heading to a part-time NP program (MSN) and I now work part-time. Although my program is part-time, the clinical year (2 semesters of specialty-only...
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    If not nursing what other career would you have done?

    umbdude replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is a 2nd career for me. Here are my other choices that I seriously looked into: * DJ'ing at clubs and large parties * professional online poker player (actually did play for a while after...
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    Job offers before graduatiing?

    umbdude replied to melsothavy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That is true. My state doesn't have that, but I have heard some states do. That makes
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    Job offers before graduatiing?

    umbdude replied to melsothavy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think someone in my cohort got a job offer from a new grad program at a large research hospital weeks before graduation. The new grad program accepts application months in advance and offer jobs...
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    The Union Is Coming

    umbdude replied to CV_RN_ICU's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a union hospital. I worked in a professional business field before nursing, and I've also worked in a non-union research hospital. I have never been in a union before and I heard how great...
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    MSN in nursing for people with different bachelors good deal?

    umbdude replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in General Students

    Perhaps give it a more detail read and research more. This school's Master-Entry program does not prepare you to be an NP, but rather, you get a MS in one of the "leadership/administrative" tracks....
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    Does anyone here take their own bp manually?

    umbdude replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    I just use an electronic blood pressure monitor. I tried doing it manually on myself the other day and it was very hard to
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    Confuse

    umbdude replied to Unsurewhatiwant's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It does depend on the reasons OP doesn't like this job or nursing in general. Not everyone who is a new grad or on orientation dislikes the job because he/she is struggling. Consider your reasons for...
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    2nd Bachelor In Nursing

    umbdude replied to Otek's topic in General Students

    You can get a 2nd degree in nursing. I worked in finance for 14 years and switched to nursing. Good thing with nursing is that entry isn't hard and many middle-age folks can do it. In many areas of...
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    What do you do to relax

    umbdude replied to marsbar37's topic in General Nursing

    Nature walks...looking at the beautiful ocean and trees make me realize how small I am and that nothing is that big of a deal. After a exhausting work day, I sleep for a couple hours to
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    Do nurses use "Linked In"?

    umbdude replied to matcha-cat's topic in General Nursing

    I found that many nurses don't use it, but I do. I've also gotten interview request from a