RN4NICU

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  1. Have any NPs considered med school?

    RN4NICU replied to HealthyRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Nope. There are no (legitimate) short cuts to becoming an MD or a DO. All candidates, regardless of whether they are fresh out of college or have years of experience as NPs/PAs/CRNAs/CNMs/etc., go...

  2. NON Group-One hopsitals

    RN4NICU replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    Sad, but true. Yes, the entities in question (such as Group One) , and those who subscribe to their services, are responsible for their own lack of ethics but if nurses would stand together and...

  3. Moonlighting Nurses

    RN4NICU replied to tonicareer's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, it is the individual facility that decides what "full time" is (for determination of benefits). Most places where nurses work 3 12's calls 72 hours per pay period full-time for benefits...

  4. Nursing without license

    RN4NICU replied to jansop's topic in General Nursing

    Why not? Apparently there is at least one MD out there that doesn't know that a CNA trophy wife can't perform surgery...:uhoh21: Seriously, though, I had the same

  5. Nursing without license

    RN4NICU replied to jansop's topic in General Nursing

    The insurance company would have been the last people I worried about (my list in my other post was in no particular order). The police and the medical board would have been my first calls. Just one...

  6. Nursing without license

    RN4NICU replied to jansop's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you reported the fraudulent activity to the insurance company, the negligent MD (who should not be allowed to practice medicine if he will let some flunky operate on his patients) to the...

  7. Nursing without license

    RN4NICU replied to jansop's topic in General Nursing

    Go to the website of your state's board of nursing. Most of them have a link to the state's nurse practice act. It is stated very clearly in the nurse practice act who practice as a nurse and who...

  8. Does NLN accreditation matter?

    RN4NICU replied to secondfiddle's topic in General Nursing

    NLNAC = National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission CCNE = Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education The best ting to do is to contact the school(s) that you would want to attend when you...

  9. NNP Please Read!

    RN4NICU replied to salvati08's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    L&D and NICU are two different worlds - one is not a step up the ladder from the other. They are simply two different ladders. :) Many, if not most NICUs will accept new grads, but I will...

  10. NNP Please Read!

    RN4NICU replied to salvati08's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Level I is normal newborn nursery Level II is special care nursery - babies with IV's, antibiotics, oxyhood, nasal cannula, etc. Maybe an uncomplicated vent awaiting transfer. Level III is neonatal...

  11. NNP Please Read!

    RN4NICU replied to salvati08's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for posting the info. I am contemplating pursuing NNP, but the only thing I am sure of is that every place is different, which leaves me a bit confused as to what questions I should be asking...

  12. NNP Please Read!

    RN4NICU replied to salvati08's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It is also nice to post your questions so that other people who had the same questions (or had not thought of them) can benefit. That is part of what makes a forum such as this nice. It is rather...

  13. Thinking about Grad School for Staff Dev.

    RN4NICU replied to nurselily3's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Our clinical nurse specialists have almost no patient contact. They do mostly research and staff

  14. What is the #1 healthcare problem in the USA?

    RN4NICU replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses that don't read things carefully. The OP asked for the most important problem with our health care system. Most replies have listed health problems and lifestyle problems that cause health...

  15. Inappropriate Pay Practices-Opinions please!

    RN4NICU replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    I understand what you are getting at, moonshadeau. Where I work, it would have been calculated as you probably expected: Monday - 12 hours straight time Tuesday - 12 hours overtime (extra shift)...

  16. RN to BSN online

    RN4NICU replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I graduated from UW's online RN-BSN program. It was the best program I could find, for my situation at least, after months of researching programs. I was able to complete the program while working as...

  17. Looking for scrubs in all the wrong places . . .

    RN4NICU replied to rn/writer's topic in General Nursing

    C'mon. You know you love it when someone comes in dressed from head to toe in spongebob squarepants. That is the pattern that makes me dizzy more than any other -- one nurse I worked with used to wear...

  18. Deflating Moment for a Soon to be New Grad

    RN4NICU replied to Headhurt's topic in General Nursing

    Someplace you can buy two very nice houses for 500K. An extra ten bucks an hour doesn't quite make up that

  19. Looking for scrubs in all the wrong places . . .

    RN4NICU replied to rn/writer's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking of crossing eyes...teal is a hard color to read on a grey background. As far as where to buy scrubs, www.lydiasuniforms.com has a nice selection. I don't really like the selection at my...

  20. Deflating Moment for a Soon to be New Grad

    RN4NICU replied to Headhurt's topic in General Nursing

    How much farther up the ladder do they need to go? According to Salary.com, in my area dental hygienists earn as much as nurse practitioners. Of course, some nurses make more than nurse practitioners...

  21. Hospital infections on Good Morning Amercia.

    RN4NICU replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    If, in fact, the antibiotics "error" that she is speaking of is really the surgeon ordering the antibiotic too late, that would be a SURGEON error, not "busy hospital staff" "overlooking" giving the...

  22. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    RN4NICU replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    From this response, I don't think you even read my last post. Whether you did or you did not, I am tired of discussing this with you. I will never see things your way and you will never see things...

  23. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    RN4NICU replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly!! Thank

  24. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    RN4NICU replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    What I am talking about when I say a person's motivation for entering nursing addresses people who insist on making broad sweeping statements such as if a person didn't go into nursing for CARING,...

  25. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    RN4NICU replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you telling me that your opinion is none of my business when YOU are the one that posted it in a PUBLIC discussion for anyone and everyone to