SassyRN_972

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  1. I HATE Nurse Practitioners

    SassyRN_972 replied to Angeljho's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, to be completely honest...you sound like a fear mongering ideologue. You can't really have an intelligent and fact based discussion with someone like that so I'm bowing out. Oh, and I am a...

  2. online NP schools..

    SassyRN_972 replied to SwoRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You may want to rethink that. It sounds good now, but choosing a quality FNP program requires hands on experience. I went to UTA undergrad and am now in the FNP program at TWU. A lot of their classes...

  3. I HATE Nurse Practitioners

    SassyRN_972 replied to Angeljho's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    America spends more on healthcare than any other country yet our system isn't the greatest. I don't understand which point you were trying to make by saying "going the cheaper route is a bad idea"?...

  4. I HATE Nurse Practitioners

    SassyRN_972 replied to Angeljho's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    PAs cannot perform surgery but they can assist surgeons with suturing and the like. They're directly under the surgeon and will often do follow ups with the patients after surgery. PAs follow the...

  5. I HATE Nurse Practitioners

    SassyRN_972 replied to Angeljho's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Honestly, I really don't think students are being steered away from those programs. That happened organically. To become a surgeon, you have to go to MD school/residency/fellowship. There is no...

  6. Sliding scale insulin...give or hold?

    SassyRN_972 replied to Annie Wilkes RN's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I totally

  7. I HATE Nurse Practitioners

    SassyRN_972 replied to Angeljho's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I completely understand. I have two family members in the MD route (one is OB-GYN and another is Urology) so I've seen them in action. It takes a lot of determination and effort to have that title and...

  8. Sliding scale insulin...give or hold?

    SassyRN_972 replied to Annie Wilkes RN's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Agreed. I've seen many physicians be baffled at a patient's poor glycemic control. Turns out the RNs weren't communicating with the physicians why they were holding the sliding scale insulin so he...

  9. Sliding scale insulin...give or hold?

    SassyRN_972 replied to Annie Wilkes RN's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I would have given it. Sliding scales are outdated and an old practice anyway. We are constantly chasing the blood sugar. First of all, a person who has been getting novolog sliding scale for a while...

  10. I don't mean to complain..

    SassyRN_972 replied to Nurse216's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry to hear that, but I'm not surprised to read it. I may as well have written this myself a couple of months ago. I felt battered, exhausted and burned out. This is a business where there...

  11. I HATE Nurse Practitioners

    SassyRN_972 replied to Angeljho's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That's really unfortunate. Their hospital will suffer because of that attitude. The health care landscape is changing tremendously and it's either you adapt to it or you continue resisting the...

  12. New NP insecurities

    SassyRN_972 replied to bluecludwig's topic in Advanced Practice

    It's crazy to think that the feeling you have in school will translate on a couple of years out of school as

  13. Question for those of you who precept NP students

    SassyRN_972 replied to doctorwhofan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What would be some advice from seasoned NPs to brand new students in NP school? I am constantly pushing myself and wanting to put my best foot forward so it'd be nice to hear what you guys

  14. FNP in hospitalist or internist role?

    SassyRN_972 replied to ashurtle's topic in Advanced Practice

    You may need to switch from FNP to acute care

  15. Male vs. Female pay gap even in nursing

    SassyRN_972 posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/24/stubborn-pay-gap-is-found-in-nursing/?_r=0

  16. To tell or not to tell!

    SassyRN_972 replied to XNavyCorpsman's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do it the right way and the way you were taught. You can't change peoples bad habits but you sure can make yourself a target real quick. Get some experience under your belt and then you'll have some...

  17. Twu np spring 2015 denton

    SassyRN_972 replied to forsty's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I got accepted into the Spring 2015 FNP program and I'll be starting in January! Can't wait to meet everyone and to finally get started. I had them tweak my plan so that it was tailored more towards a...

  18. wouldn't it be easier

    SassyRN_972 replied to mvm2's topic in General Nursing

    There is no standardization of education in the nursing field. I agree with the fact that it should be simpler. No other profession has so many different levels of "education" that basically all do...

  19. Old nurse, New BSN, MED ERROR

    SassyRN_972 replied to marace's topic in General Nursing

    Bottom line: no harm was done. You owned up to it, probably wrote an incident report and informed the doctor. This was a systems error and they should really try to improve the circumstances that led...

  20. Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    SassyRN_972 replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That's funny. In my hospital, there were 25-30 positions that were completely eliminated due to restructuring. Every single one of them were nonclinical, high paying administrative jobs. Very...

  21. St. David's Health care, Austin, Texas

    SassyRN_972 replied to trentgrad's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi sshannon. I am trying to get into med/surg at Seton and I'd like to know how I can increase my chances for an interview. I'm currently an OR nurse in Dallas with less than a year's worth of...

  22. Hate my specialty

    SassyRN_972 replied to SassyRN_972's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you guys. I'm going to send out a flood of applications this upcoming month. I'm keeping my fingers

  23. Hate my specialty

    SassyRN_972 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    To make a long story short....I chose a specialty that I do not feel is a good fit for me. This job kind of fell into my lap while I was in nursing school and it was tough to get a job during those...

  24. Hate my specialty

    SassyRN_972 replied to SassyRN_972's topic in Nursing Career

    I feel like I have to offer up an explanation because they'll see what I've done on my resume. I was going to be honest about the fact that I love patient interaction and I get ZERO of that where I...