RN_SummerSeas MSN, APRN, NP

RN_SummerSeas has 13 years experience as a MSN, APRN, NP and specializes in Post Acute, Home, Inpatient, Hospice/Pall Care.

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   Is it OK to go to NP school with only 2 years of nursing?

   RN_SummerSeas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   I'm so glad this question was asked. As an APRN I feel well qualified to answer. You should not plan to become a NP with 2 years experience, nor do you need to be a NP to be first assist, that's a...
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   Is it legal to have a hidden video cam in a patient rooms without the nurses knowledge?

   RN_SummerSeas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   This is illegal in MA. No one can legally record anyone else with their knowledge and consent. In the one facility I worked in with the option of cameras, the patient or their HCP (if invoked) had to...
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   NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

   RN_SummerSeas replied to SurgicalNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I have zero desire to be a psych NP, some metal health issues are so complex and you have to want to treat those conditions. I do some psych for my primary care patients, but only basics like...
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   NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

   RN_SummerSeas replied to SurgicalNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Yes, they 100% do! At least here in the NE they certainly do. One of my first jobs I did telehealth mental health, it was 1099 (you get KILLED in taxes UGH) and I worked from home. I opted to only...
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   Disagreeing with your supervising doctor

   RN_SummerSeas replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   You run every patient and your assessment and plan by the physician? That seems like a lot unless you are brand new and still unsure. I have a lovely collab going physician, I run things by her only...
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   Disagreeing with your supervising doctor

   RN_SummerSeas replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   First things first, stop using the term "midlevel" it is derogatory and misleading. Many of us are trying to end the use of that term as it implies we give middle of the road care rather than a high...
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   Travel RN to New FNP - Is it worth it?

   RN_SummerSeas replied to SublimeEMTP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I will say to you what I say to anyone questioning NP as a career-you need to do it because you want to, you want to be in the role of the provider because you like that level of knowledge, because...
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   Inevitable Resignation

   RN_SummerSeas replied to pharmanurse11's topic in General Nursing

   The doses are conservative and that alone would likely not lead to death on its own, even if opioid naive. While this story is awful, it is also a lot of speculation. Sadly most SNF have their...
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   South Carolina LPNs Arrested For Not Changing Wound Dressings

   RN_SummerSeas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   When it is 4 nurses from the same facility shirking duties and playing the blame game and the administrator and DON are gone that points to an organizational problem. There are of crap nurses out...
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    Nursing School Physical

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Edeninthetrees's topic in General Students

    One of my classmates in nursing school had a chronic, progressive lung disease and after our first semester she needed to be on oxygen. We all told her we would rally for her if they tried to do...
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    South Carolina LPNs Arrested For Not Changing Wound Dressings

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I think anyone who feels the nurses were the only ones at fault here are off the mark. The fact that 4 nurses were involved and several patients points to a systemic and cultural issue. Also the wound...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you why you don't hear from me, it's because I don't agree with you. Anyone who doesn't agree with you, or others like you, has a hoard of people jumping in to say how wrong one is, did...
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    Required Certifications

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Angelatacey's topic in General Nursing

    You are salaried and doing a mandated training, I feel as though you should receive your salary OR they should pay for the course. Hospitals all over this country are short nurses and paying...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This post seems to have gotten to a place where if you don't agree people want to shut you down fast, which is sad. First off, it's a post about opinions, of which, everyone is entitled to their own....
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    I Feel Stuck - Like My Options Are Limited

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Ashleynurse101's topic in General Nursing

    You don't have to get a remote job in your state. I worked a remote job right out of FNP school and we could get licensed where ever we wanted and do visits being telehealth. Insurance companies are...