Pug RN

Pug RN

Neonatal ICU, Pediatrics, some ER

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  1. What are the BEST and WORST States to practice as an NP?

    Pug RN replied to Roland's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Louisiana sucks (pardon me, I can't think of another word) to be a nurse period. We moved here last year and despite the fact that my boss is awesome, I hate the way nurses are treated. When I got...

  2. Who else is a parent and soon to be or currently a NP student?

    Pug RN replied to Pug RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Tadahh99, yes I am. I did my masters work there and overall it's a pretty great school. I'm willing to give them a try for FNP. Just remember that this is their inaugeral (sp?) class for nurse...

  3. Who else is a parent and soon to be or currently a NP student?

    Pug RN replied to Pug RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It is definitely good to here from other parents that it can be done, and that your little ones aren't fazed to much by it! It makes things seem much more

  4. Officially a NP student

    Pug RN replied to Palliative Care, DNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Congratulations! I think 3 years is a good amount of time before starting NP school. I hope you do well. The only time I caution people is when they are right out of undergrad with no experience and...

  5. Planning on enrolling in FNP program, have questions

    Pug RN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am currently wrapping up my MSN with a specialization in education. However, the school I'm attending is starting an FNP program in the fall which I would really like to enroll in. This is the...

  6. Planning on enrolling in FNP program, have questions

    Pug RN replied to Pug RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you Julitruli69. I have actually heard this, and have been given the suggestion of actually getting different preceptors for the different clinical areas. A good friend of mine did that and she...

  7. Become a nurse practitioner or just stay an RN?

    Pug RN replied to taylordawn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think she means that she will be finishing her casework and be eligible to sit for the NCLEX to become an RN. Taylordawn, my personal opinion is that I would go ahead and work on the floor and make...

  8. Changing states as an FNP

    Pug RN replied to Pug RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am doing an online school. Problem is, Louisiana is one of the few states that won't accept it yet. They want more faculty hired from Louisiana, and it isn't happening so far. Louisiana is not our...

  9. Changing states as an FNP

    Pug RN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm trying to finish up my research on being a NP before I finalize where I would like to go. My husband I moved to Louisiana about a year ago for his job, but it is not necessarily the place that we...

  10. Finding your own clinical instructors?

    Pug RN posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am almost completed with my MSN in nursing education through Walden University. They are starting up an FNP (also adult/gerontology) program in the fall. I'm extremely interested, but not sure if...

  11. Planning on enrolling in FNP program, have questions

    Pug RN replied to Pug RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Of course not! :) I am planning on attending Walden University. They are starting up their first class September of this

  12. Planning on enrolling in FNP program, have questions

    Pug RN replied to Pug RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This is the first year for my school's program. However, a friend of mine who is winding up her FNP is going to send me a list of preceptors that she was provided when she had to find

  13. Finding your own clinical instructors?

    Pug RN replied to Pug RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I wish it was that easy that students could stop attending the programs that don't provide preceptors. I really do, because I would be all over that. But when such a vast amount of the schools out...

  14. Fall 2012 NP Applications

    Pug RN replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    OK, I need to ask, what schools are USA and

  15. Finding your own clinical instructors?

    Pug RN replied to Pug RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I can understand that, I am actually having a difficult time locating a preceptor for my msn in nursing education, which is a significantly shorter practicum. I will have to go and look at some of the...

  16. Finding your own clinical instructors?

    Pug RN replied to Pug RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That is really sad. The programs are all so expensive, and it seems like this takes so minimal of an effort from the schools and puts it upon the shoulders of someone who is already attending a...

  17. Anyone attending Kaplan or Walden University?

    Pug RN replied to tadahh99's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am strongly considering Walden for my FNP. The big thing to remember though, is that you are completely responsible for finding your own preceptors. And I can tell you by doing my MSN there that...

  18. A question for those who have been fired?

    Pug RN replied to JerseyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been fired from almost every job I've ever had, which is numerous. I don't really know why either. I am entering the field of nursing in January (school) and hope to break the pattern. I wish I...

  19. I ♥ downstaffing!

    Pug RN replied to linzjane88's topic in General Nursing

    I used to get excited, but our unit is very, very small and we have been cancelled to the point of having no PTO left this summer and fall, so now I don't. However, in the future I think I will

  20. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Pug RN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was working on my peds oncology unit and hanging blood on a sickler in with crisis. I am in his room, getting ready to hang a unit of blood. I spike said bag, and place it on the IV pole. This is...

  21. Is there a nursing shortage?

    Pug RN replied to JosefVernon Hodgkins's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've been a nurse for 14 years, with lots of pediatric experience and NICU experience. My husband got a job in a new area, which has 4 schools of nursing, four! I am personally looking at changing my...

  22. Corrections Nursing?

    Pug RN posted a topic in Correctional

    My husband is being transferred to the Baton Rouge, LA area and from what I have seen, there aren't any jobs in my specialty available in the area. I have been considering making this an opportunity...

  23. Corrections Nursing?

    Pug RN replied to Pug RN's topic in Correctional

    Hmm. I'll have to check it out. I heard that Oschner is a good place to

  24. Corrections Nursing?

    Pug RN replied to Pug RN's topic in Correctional

    Really? Where do you work? Haven't done tele, but not adverse to

  25. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Pug RN replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of our patients has just had an ICU holiday thanks to a fall in GCS to 3 - blood alcohol level of 0.5 (ten times the legal limit) and no smell of alcohol. At the moment the jury's out on whether...