mammac5

mammac5

Member

  • Content

    727

  • Visitors

    12,001

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    5

All Content by mammac5

  1. New grad NP working as floor nurse

    mammac5 replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    According to my state's BON, you are held to the standard of your highest level of education and/or degree. It seems to me that having an NP degree but then seeking an RN position and working in...

  2. Conservative school for DNP?

    mammac5 replied to CRF250Xpert's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    My initial thought was, also, "Good luck with

  3. Does an ivy league education make a difference?

    mammac5 replied to lina620's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    When determining how much money you will save, don't forget to calculate the additional year that you won't be working because you're still in school. In my own case, a very expensive education worked...

  4. Student APN wants to specialize.

    mammac5 replied to glibwolf's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Talk with an adviser at your school for guidance. I have always been interested in diabetes. The program I was in (ANP) included three separate clinical rotations; two of them were primary care of...

  5. Soul searching (pardon my rambling)

    mammac5 replied to ixchel's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am much the same way...I always want to start with a plan, keeping in mind that the plan will require tweaking along the way. When you have children and a husband to consider, flexibility on your...

  6. smartphone for school

    mammac5 replied to danceluver's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I use my Droid all the time in practice and did, also, when a student. I like MedScape and Epocrates. The Walmart $4 list can be pretty helpful,

  7. NP salary too low?

    mammac5 replied to abcdefg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Add my Amen! to that. My "specialty" credential is already going away and I JUST graduated. Will I be marketable in the future? I think my experience will make me marketable, but it could be a...

  8. Your salary vs. salary.com

    mammac5 replied to ixchel's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For my geographical area, Salary.com indicates 10% $70,109 25% 77,079 Median 84,735 75% 92,763 90% 100,072 I graduated in August last year, passed ANCC in September, and...

  9. Unreasonable request

    mammac5 replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Is this staff person a licensed nurse or a medical assistant? When I was a medical assistant (back in the day) I had not been trained to administer enemas and might have refused to do that with a...

  10. A few questions for current NP's

    mammac5 replied to stephljudy's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree, it depends on the market at the time you are looking. I currently work full-time, but since I work 12-hour shifts I actually find myself with a lot of time off. I'd like to find some...

  11. Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    mammac5 replied to jilljw's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    And, you know what else...I don't think I could've possibly remained awake for "seated" lectures on nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice! At least having those lectures online meant...

  12. Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    mammac5 replied to jilljw's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I guess my point is that I don't believe whether the education is obtained in a brick & mortar institution or online should matter. It's about the integrity of the program and the integrity of...

  13. Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    mammac5 replied to jilljw's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I just took and passed ANCC for ANP in September, 2011 so it's pretty fresh for me. I really feel like what was tested was my ability to use critical thinking, my knowledge of and ability to apply...

  14. Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    mammac5 replied to jilljw's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I attended the Bridge program at Vanderbilt, which means I was on-site (brick & mortar) for the first year. The second year I was able to live at home with my family (NOT within commuting...

  15. Question for current NP's

    mammac5 replied to CinDRnyc's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think that unsolicited advice is worth just about what you pay for

  16. Would you do this?

    mammac5 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    First I would want more information about the codeine allergy. I have found that many times when a patient claims "allergy" to codeine, it's usually because it constipated them horribly and not a...

  17. pharm help

    mammac5 replied to katiebug612's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I find it really quick to look up meds on my phone with epocrates. I use the free version for

  18. If there's a form...do I have to use ALL of it?

    mammac5 replied to mammac5's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As I've been thinking about this today (because it's my day off) I wonder if it would best to go ahead and document my findings for all systems examined and then add a line at the end of my dictation...

  19. If there's a form...do I have to use ALL of it?

    mammac5 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm working in a hospital and we have a 2-page form we use for our initial consult with a new patient. We have been using the form and then dictating the consult based on our...

  20. If there's a form...do I have to use ALL of it?

    mammac5 replied to mammac5's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Dixie, that was pretty much my thinking as well. I treat diabetic patients...so the form includes a place to indicate whether or not the patient is on daily ASA therapy, are their lipids managed,...

  21. If there's a form...do I have to use ALL of it?

    mammac5 replied to mammac5's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks, Trauma. That will work in many situations for me. How about this one...I do a foot exam on each patient (I see diabetics) and comment on the (sometimes horrendous) state of the feet. I am...

  22. FNP question

    mammac5 replied to Losingfaith's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know in the past there were programs specifically for Forensic NPs who would deal with the types of situations you mention. They would also work in crisis situations to perform evidence-gathering,...

  23. Need evidence based practice help

    mammac5 replied to dking821's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    There is a lot of literature out there concerning inpatient insulin use - you can find LOADS by using Google Scholar. Oral hypoglycemics are usually held on admission due to the following reasons:...

  24. More insulin questions

    mammac5 replied to beatrice1's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    The timing of insulin is best when these three things happen almost simultaneously: Check the blood sugar Give the insulin Take the first bite of food If you check the pt's blood sugar at 3:30, you...

  25. So many chiefs....

    mammac5 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree with these decisions to send folks to the ER, given the information presented. Kid with a head lac - goes to the ER. There's going to be one child somewhere with what appears to be a...