RN_SummerSeas MSN, APRN, NP

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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...
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    I Feel Stuck - Like My Options Are Limited

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Ashleynurse101's topic in General Nursing

    I have done home health and hospice for many years. Currently as a NP I am doing other things but health in the home is quite incredible. I would suggest you stay where you are at while in school, but...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't agree with a certain group of people they will come at you over and over because they need to be right. I've not encountered a less open minded group in quite some time. It doesn't matter...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry. I'm not sure what you are referring to when you quote one line of a message from days ago., not am I going back to look. The longer this thread goes on, the more I watch specific posters jump...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    My point, as it seems missed, is that just because people don't share your exact view point doesn't make them wrong and you right or vice versa. You can feel how you do as others can feel how they do....
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Or that is their opinion. People are allowed their thoughts whether others agree or not. Unless it's Charles Cullen type behavior I think criminal charges to people in health care destroys just...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I think the point is just that it's up to the BON. They have plenty of considerations to take in-her actions, her inactions, etc. I'm pretty sure it was a very literal post saying that it really...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    The fact that people on here can't even agree that civil discussion should ensue is sad. People can absolutely disagree and discuss/debate without being uncivil. If people have to attack others to...
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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, because you enjoy it and want to be in the provider role. Some take a pay cut, I luckily did...
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    NPs, Please share the reasons you left your old job/specialty?

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

    I loved the specialty I was in (palliative care) and had hoped to have a nice long career there. Unfortunately, the company decided to change things, got rid of the most amazing manager I have ever...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    RN_SummerSeas replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    There are plenty of jobs she can do without patient interaction or treatment. QA, insurance calls, chart review for billing coding efficacy, IT, to name a few. I know plenty of nurses who don't do...