cayenne06 MSN, CNM

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    "NPs don't practice medicine"

    cayenne06 replied to sonar's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Oh, I must have misunderstood you. I apologize. I took your comment "I do not want to practice like a physician, and you might not either, if you listen to patient's complaints" to mean that...
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    ? for L&D nurses from a preggo nurse

    cayenne06 replied to karma624's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was a doula, birth assistant and midwifery student during my first pregnancy, and I still took childbirth ed
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    ? for L&D nurses from a preggo nurse

    cayenne06 replied to karma624's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think you'd be surprised at how much you learn at a good childbirth education
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    "NPs don't practice medicine"

    cayenne06 replied to sonar's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Can we not do that please? I hate the generalization that doctors don't take the time to listen to their patients or that they only "treat the disease, not the person." Sure, there are bad docs and...
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    Being a nurse in MA/New England

    cayenne06 replied to HeartRN13's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    What do you mean by difficult? I work in Western Mass, didn't have too much trouble finding work when I started with my ASN. The job market can be difficult, but it's not impossible as long as you are...
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    ARNP or Pregnancy

    cayenne06 replied to 26.2, BSN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Sounds like you have given this a lot of thought, and I agree wholeheartedly! And even though APRN school is hard when you have kids, it is far from
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    Triage Assessment

    cayenne06 replied to fearthefork's topic in Ob/Gyn

    And don't forget to screen everyone for
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    Terrified

    cayenne06 replied to JessicaDanielle's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I tell prospective students that midwifery is a CRAPPY job. The hours suck, the pay is not as good as it should be, the responsibility is immense, and you absolutely WILL have bad outcomes. Being a...
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    ARNP or Pregnancy

    cayenne06 replied to 26.2, BSN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    APRN school is of course MUCH easier to do without young children. I was in CPM school when my oldest was born, and my kids are now 8 and 10 as I work my way through CNM school. It is HAAARD. I feel...
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    Should and do fnp's room their pt's

    cayenne06 replied to ozarkstumpjump's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have no problem rooming my own patients*, and do it on occasion when we are swamped at the clinic. I don't find it demeaning or anything like that, but I can't imagine I would be able to see nearly...
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    Most inexpensive Accelerated BSN program

    cayenne06 replied to brody31's topic in General Students

    What about WGU? It's cheap to begin with, and they let you take as many classes each term as you want. I finished mine in less than one term, and with the grant I got from them, my total out of pocket...
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    Day Shift Jobs In Nursing?

    cayenne06 replied to poodlemomrn's topic in General Nursing

    Just wanted to chime in and see that some parents find that they actually get to see their kids MORE when they do 12s, because you only end up doing 3 days a week (obviously averaged over whatever...
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    variable deceleration vs early ones

    cayenne06 replied to tsm007's topic in Ob/Gyn

    WOW! What a great site. The defining characteristic in this strip is the abrupt descent/return to baseline. The relatively low nadir is another clue. Earlies are generally shallow, and the...
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    When to start applying for Certified Nurse Midwife jobs?

    cayenne06 replied to seattleguy's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Quoted for truthiness. Midwifery is a close-knit profession; it's not like finding a nursing job. You really have to network. Making a good impression with your faculty and clinical sites is crucial...
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    Degree from WGU

    cayenne06 replied to Dyoshirn's topic in Western Governors University

    I have an MSN from WGU and have never had an issue with employment and was accepted into my first choice APRN program. In fact, the ED supervisor at my hospital is currently working on her MSN from...
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    Pt given porn-calm now

    cayenne06 replied to Jules A's topic in Psychiatric

    hahahahahaha! A little Media could probably go a looong way to keeping some patients
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    Nursing Diagnoses

    cayenne06 replied to JanRudd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, give us your thoughts and questions and we'd be happy to help you walk through it
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    Run-in with a doctor

    cayenne06 replied to Nurse_Gaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep. We are not physician handmaidens. There is no excuse for this type of workplace behavior. That said, it is unfortunately all too common, so I agree with the suggestions previous posters had for...
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    Would you take a patient's blood sugar without an "order"?

    cayenne06 replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    There is truth to this, for sure! Ah, thank you. That makes perfect
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    Would you take a patient's blood sugar without an "order"?

    cayenne06 replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    This doesn't make sense to me. IIRC, you're not going to spill sugar reliably until you're serum glucose is in the 200s, right? It seems backwards to use urine as a screening tool, when your patient...
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    The Lazy, Lackadaisical MDAs

    cayenne06 replied to TheNextCRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    OP, I know the responses here were probably not what you hoped for. I hope you can still take them in the spirit with which they were intended- there is NO place for an Us vs. Them mentality in health...
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    Run-in with a doctor

    cayenne06 replied to Nurse_Gaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work with a doctor who, I swear to god, just makes up the number to justify whatever interventions/lack of interventions he wants to use at the time. Very hard to not get frustrated when my 3/100/-2...
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    The other side of the stethoscope.

    cayenne06 replied to fireball140's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, what is up with the snarky responses? That sounds like a terrifying
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    The Lazy, Lackadaisical MDAs

    cayenne06 replied to TheNextCRNA's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I don't think you will find much support from the APRNs here for such a dismissive attitude about our physician
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    Would you take a patient's blood sugar without an "order"?

    cayenne06 replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    I would think the answer would be to get standing orders to test at your discretion, with whatever parameters the provider wanted to include. I mean, I wouldn't hesitate to do whatever was needed to...