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linearthinker DNP, RN

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  1. Any new NPs go directly for DNP?

    linearthinker posted a topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I am graduating in a few days, whoo hoo! Of course, I have no license and no job prospects, but have decided not to worry about that immediately. I am forging ahead and beginning the DNP coursework...

  2. Would you take a non NP job if you couldn't find one you liked/wanted?

    linearthinker posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've been out of school 6 months. I have been on a few interviews and even had three offers but had to turn them down b/c I didn't really like any of the opportunities. One of the guys was just a...

  3. Prison job for female RN

    linearthinker replied to luckystarRN's topic in Correctional

    I have a friend who is a NP in a medium security state prison. She really likes it. She says the corrections officers are, by far, much more difficult and unpleasant to deal with than the

  4. What do you do on the drive to work?

    linearthinker replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    I listen to the BBC World News, or NPR Morning

  5. Do you think they/employers are watching what we post?

    linearthinker replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    Not

  6. ugh what to wear

    linearthinker replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh dear. My fault for assuming too much. I'm an atheist. I thought people wore dress clothes to church. I don't think I really need to be specific about what is implied, do

  7. ugh what to wear

    linearthinker replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    OK, anyone posting with me for more than a week knows that I am a hard mule on the issue of interview attire. IMO, there is almost no excuse not to wear a suit to an interview, and no excuse to wear...

  8. Politcally incorrect rant aka how my day went

    linearthinker replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    The dumz. I gotz em. 'Cause I still don't get what the nonsensical rant has to do with anything. Whatever, carry

  9. Do you think nursing is a profession?

    linearthinker replied to Aurora77's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think it should be/could be, but is not at

  10. Politcally incorrect rant aka how my day went

    linearthinker replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    How does any of this relate at all to this: our leaders ---- national and local (left and right) are running through our nation/ healthcare system like a swarm of locus devorhoring (sic) and...

  11. Politcally incorrect rant aka how my day went

    linearthinker replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    How so? And, FTR, there is nothing lacking wth my hearing, or literacy level,

  12. Confused about Carpuject???

    linearthinker replied to newexcitednurse's topic in Patient Medications

    I think the point was to go

  13. Politcally incorrect rant aka how my day went

    linearthinker replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't make any sense of anything past "as a result of

  14. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    linearthinker replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think if you don't want a flu shot you have every to refuse, so long as you take a job that does not put patients at

  15. Politcally incorrect rant aka how my day went

    linearthinker replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm too well educated to understand most of that, but I can assure you that today's health care crisis predates the Obama

  16. Can an ADN nurse move into supervisory positions with only 4 years experience?

    linearthinker replied to NenaRK's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on a million and one confounding factors. Short answer, yes. I was the manager of 34 ICU beds and 125+ RNs with an ADN 20 years ago, when I had been a nurse for 5 years. I look back now...

  17. Knocked off my feet

    linearthinker replied to redface's topic in General Nursing

    In all likelihood, there is a reason, as hoopchick suggests. I don't believe in the likelihood of a baseless conspiracy taking shape 3 week before graduation either. However, detailing whatever the...

  18. MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT (been waiting a long time)

    linearthinker replied to VLITTLENP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Can you imagine the FICA burden? He is not my favorite uncle (there is one in every family, right?), so my heart is not breaking for

  19. MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT (been waiting a long time)

    linearthinker replied to VLITTLENP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not quite the same, but my uncle is a psychiatrist who did not get paid by medicare for 2 years, lol. When they finally paid him, they owed him over half a million

  20. Super Interview.today Job no longer listed??

    linearthinker replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in General Nursing

    Email isn't acceptable. Write a thank you note by hand and mail or hand deliver it. And I agree, they probably just took it down because they had a sufficient response pool and know for certain they...

  21. How to handle nurses who make rude comments

    linearthinker replied to studentnursehelp's topic in General Nursing

    Well it depends. I'd need to know what s/he said and more context. If it was totally inappropriate, I'd probably say something to that effect to her in private. I may or may not say something to the...

  22. New grad asked to resign during orientation need advice

    linearthinker replied to Roxy518's topic in General Nursing

    It's done. Move on. I think you have to get up, dust yourself off, and get back on the bike. Get those resumes out there. Volunteer. Consider the flu shot clinics this winter. Mostly, stop...

  23. Clarification. :) My Manager is Gossiping about me. What do I do?

    linearthinker replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ok, I get it now. I guess it is your business after all, lol. If you have addressed it and it hasn't improved, then it isn't likely to, which is a shame. I don't see why you would need a stress...

  24. Terms used to describe APNs - what do people call you?

    linearthinker replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree Nomad. I have all the respect in the world for the MDs I work with. I also have self-respect. They aren't mutually exclusive, lol. When I earn the title, I'll use it. What's more, I will...

  25. The word is "serendipity'.

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

    I thought is was pretty standard for 100% med mal occurrence policy. I wouldn't settle for 50%, especially if you aren't taking any other benefits. And I'd up my continuing ed allowance to 3K too....