CRF250Xpert

CRF250Xpert

ICU, ER, OR, FNP

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    CRF250Xpert replied to reeya's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I also like Up-To-Date, Micromedex, and

  2. Help Military Nurse! Input on my family situation!

    CRF250Xpert replied to NavyNurseRN's topic in Government, Military

    I took my mommy to Army Basic Training. Well actually it was graduation, but still - she was

  3. Patient Teaching Guide: Coumadin Therapy

    CRF250Xpert replied to Bugaloo's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for that. please, nurse, never teach my pts to stop eating green leafy veggies. i want all of my patients to eat healthy food choices and that includes a diet rich in exactly those foods you...

  4. What do ER's hire more: PA-C, FNP or ACNP ?

    CRF250Xpert replied to treejay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    i think you have a y-linked chromosomal disorder. given all of the years and $$ i've invested into nursing, i too wish i'd have chosen something else - like md. your rationale is exactly why i...

  5. Considering career as NP

    CRF250Xpert replied to UnbrokenRN09's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It's not school specific. FNP focus is on primary care. It's suppsed to be and I'm glad it is. Hopefully, one day we will adopt the real model that's proven to work (MDs) and have everyone start...

  6. Considering career as NP

    CRF250Xpert replied to UnbrokenRN09's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If it helps, I can relate when I decided, "I need to call the shots". In the ER, the charge nurse covers every single PT in one form or another. So I found myself managing chaos 13 pts at a time x...

  7. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    CRF250Xpert replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    NurseW74, Are you sure you are in a FNP program? It sounds like you’ll finish the requirements for ACNP soon. All kidding aside, more power to you, but don’t confuse experience as a prerequisite...

  8. Army np Salery

    CRF250Xpert replied to Hoover16's topic in Government, Military

    Our pay is public record since it's public law. Here's the info:

  9. Considering career as NP

    CRF250Xpert replied to UnbrokenRN09's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    FNP gives you the most flexibility. Adult is going to disappear. Acute is for ICU nurses, not a UCC. You don't have to be a peds person to see peds as an FNP. You do know that UCCs are inundated...

  10. Help Military Nurse! Input on my family situation!

    CRF250Xpert replied to NavyNurseRN's topic in Government, Military

    If the whole family is incapable of caring for themselves, then you could have them all made your dependents and they could live with you in base housing. You’d also get w/ dep rates for pay and...

  11. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    CRF250Xpert replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    after 66 pages, I'm sure someone addressed it; how many doctors were doctor helpers before they became doctors? How may PAs were PA helpers beore they became a PA? Being required to work as a RN...

  12. Help Military Nurse! Input on my family situation!

    CRF250Xpert replied to NavyNurseRN's topic in Government, Military

    Yep. It's the only profession where they steal your retirement and give it to your ex. It still amazes me after all of these

  13. Can the NP assist in surgery?

    CRF250Xpert replied to cassowary's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I do not doubt your skill or ability, and maybe you have a ton of certifications and 1,000 CME in neurosurgery, but when did you learn to do neurosurgery? Your BON might look more favorable if you had...

  14. Lab Coat NP Embroidery

    CRF250Xpert replied to FNPdude74's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Under the lab coat is the key

  15. Prescribing narcotics in the va system

    CRF250Xpert replied to retiredarmynp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ditto. How come people never have any issues with metoprolol? That Rx never gets lost, eaten by the dog, friend stole it, never showed up, aunt's uncle's boyfriend's brother's mother misplaced...

  16. Prescribing narcotics in the va system

    CRF250Xpert replied to retiredarmynp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What meds are you looking for someone to sign off on? If you are in Texas, you can only Rx Sched III and above - if you are following our state laws. Maybe the VA ignores state law as mil...

  17. Swore in...but they "made a mistake"

    CRF250Xpert replied to teddy4987's topic in Government, Military

    Sorry to hear about your negative experience. Unfortunately, the deck is heavily and impossibly stacked against you if any legal action is your goal. Your contract should have been no less than 10...

  18. Will DNPs be chosen over MSNs?

    CRF250Xpert replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    +1. I'm going to focus on enjoying my family, continue CME, journal reading, and discussing scenerios. Going back to college for a degree that I don't need just doesn't make sense. PT has already...

  19. Lab Coat NP Embroidery

    CRF250Xpert replied to FNPdude74's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In the USAF, you can take off your ABU top if you wear a lab coat. Oh, and as cool as it seems, why deal with owning one? You can sign out a couple and keep on in the hospital laundry so they stay...

  20. Will DNPs be chosen over MSNs?

    CRF250Xpert replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    So with that rationale: Once the consensus model is the gold standard and all APNs are DNPs, every new DNP will be expected to achieve some leadership role (that's why they went back to college...

  21. Will DNPs be chosen over MSNs?

    CRF250Xpert replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    In what setting do nurses hire providers? Or are you speaking of a NP owned clinic where the owner is a DNP? Nurse owned clinics vs physician owned practices are

  22. Can the NP assist in surgery?

    CRF250Xpert replied to cassowary's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    RNFA is an excellent idea if surgery is your goal. Without it, you will eventually have your BON asking you when exactly it was during your curriculum and clinical as an NP student that you learned to...

  23. Help with NP advanced role paper

    CRF250Xpert replied to NVCW's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wanna get an "A"?; develop a Likert scale with about 10 questions and post it here. We could cut and paste it into a PM and you would tabulate and run stat's on it. It would also help you better...

  24. Working in ICU vs OR?

    CRF250Xpert replied to nicrn7's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What a waste of education. Those folks should have gotten an ADN and saved $75k in tuition. I guess I'm odd, but when I started grad school, I was dreaming of the day I no longer had to wipe butts...

  25. Will DNPs be chosen over MSNs?

    CRF250Xpert replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The next time you are in a clinic, ask your MD or DO preceptor if he knows what a DNP is. There's your