ctersi01

ctersi01

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  1. Nurse educator AND FNP..need advice!

    ctersi01 replied to prettyRN4's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Well, one way to look at it: With your NP you can teach or see patients. With your MSN in education, you can't see patients as an NP. I think if you really want to do both, get your DNP as an NP. You...

  2. I am apprehensive about my NCLEX on March 28!

    ctersi01 replied to lizarcala04's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Absolutely correct! Saunders is great to brush up on content, while Kaplan will help you with dismantling the question so you can eliminate answers. I would recommend both and then the day before your...

  3. 265 Questions/Got Last one wrong/ Passed :D

    ctersi01 replied to TheFowldogg's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Whether you pass or fail the NCLEX depends on your questions being above or below the "passing line". If you have 265 questions, the last question determines if you pass the exam. If the last question...

  4. Failed the NCLEX-RN 4 times! =( Help!

    ctersi01 replied to pau1234's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    As someone who teaches NCLEX prep classes, I agree wholeheartedly. Obviously the books alone are not helping you. Go to a live review course and use the books to supplement your studying. A live...

  5. Considering starting RN-BSN

    ctersi01 replied to susie.davis.56's topic in Western Governors University

    No, essays are not

  6. Excelsior RN to WGU BSN Prereqs Needed?

    ctersi01 replied to ivernicole06's topic in Western Governors University

    Just to make sure I understand: you're an LPN going for your RN and THEN you plan on going to WGU? I ask because you must already be an RN to complete the BSN at WGU. Once you're an RN, you get 50...

  7. Senior Biology Student Transferring To Nursing School

    ctersi01 replied to HeatSeeker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As the previous poster said, thank you for your service. It is much appreciated! To answer your question, I believe your experience can help or hurt you (I've seen it both ways). It can help you if...

  8. Application process

    ctersi01 replied to coopman712's topic in Western Governors University

    You do get your BSN once the requirements are satisfied for the BSN at the end of the term in which the BSN requirements were satisfied. But, I wouldn't go into the RN-MSN unless you are absolutely...

  9. Accreditation from a different region?

    ctersi01 replied to bymysoul2squeeze's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It shouldn't be a problem because what it's important is that the nursing program is accredited (either by the CCNE or the NLNAC). Regional accreditation is for the school as a whole and is important....

  10. Family Mental Health NP MSN

    ctersi01 replied to kfitzy89's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Check out University of Michigan-Flint. They have an online DNP program in Psychiatric/Mental Health

  11. learn to scrub?

    ctersi01 replied to birdie22's topic in Operating Room

    If you can take a PeriOp 101 class from the AORN you will learn what you need to know. I think investing the time and money in a Surgical Tech. class is a little much. They actually learn a lot and...

  12. Specialities in the Operating Room...

    ctersi01 replied to OR/GI Nurse Lisa's topic in Operating Room

    Breasts, Plastics, Gyne (Gyne/Onc; Uro/Gyne; General Gyne). I'm currently working at our Women's

  13. Student nurse gets the boot...veteran nurse fired

    ctersi01 replied to C287's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I will be in the minority here. The person who reported the whole thing should have told the student to remove the pic immediately and then, when back at clinical, tell the veteran nurse what...

  14. Question about nurses and prescriptions?

    ctersi01 replied to rondo341's topic in General Nursing

    The same way I, as an RN, do for conscious sedation cases. I get the meds from our pharmacy and administer them to our patients. The doctor ordered the meds and is not there when I administer them. At...

  15. 6 weeks in and circulating own case?

    ctersi01 replied to SkipBeat's topic in Operating Room

    I guess it's different everywhere. We have 54 OR's spread across 3 pavilions. We would never let a brand new person circulate by themselves after 6 weeks. My first case completely by myself was 4...

  16. New Grad-Hired for OR-Any advice?

    ctersi01 replied to rnbb84's topic in Operating Room

    Just know that it takes a LONG time to get totally comfortable. Most people say at least a year. We train for 6 months before we are left alone. We circulate and

  17. Question about nurses and prescriptions?

    ctersi01 replied to rondo341's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure I follow you. In the US (at least in Illinois), CRNA's do not need prescriptive authority to anesthetize a patient for surgery. They work under an anesthesiologist. According to the AANA...

  18. Question about nurses and prescriptions?

    ctersi01 replied to rondo341's topic in General Nursing

    That's true. I guess I should have said that CRNA's in the OR setting have no need to write scripts, at least in large academic hospitals. Rural hospitals may be

  19. How do you get a chance in the OR?

    ctersi01 replied to snowboardjunkkie's topic in Operating Room

    Our next cohort date for PeriOp 101 is in the Fall sometime. I'm thinking October or November. I'm at Northwestern in

  20. Can I have two nursing specialties?

    ctersi01 replied to rondo341's topic in Advanced Practice

    You can be anything you want, if you really wish to invest the time and money. Most CRNA's that I know didn't want to work in an office setting seeing patients. Conversely, NP's follow patients like...

  21. Question about nurses and prescriptions?

    ctersi01 replied to rondo341's topic in General Nursing

    There is no reason for a CRNA to write a script. They give anesthesia during surgeries. They don't follow the patient after the case is over, the surgeon and or PCP does. Any pain management...

  22. How do you get a chance in the OR?

    ctersi01 replied to snowboardjunkkie's topic in Operating Room

    We take new grads (and current RN's without OR experience) twice per year in our PeriOp 101 program through the AORN. That's how I got into the OR. I was already a staff nurse, but had no OR...

  23. New grads: Any difficulties landing a position in O.R

    ctersi01 replied to nique281's topic in Operating Room

    It truly depends on the facility. If you live in a rural area, a community hospital will more than likely hire an ADN trained nurse in any position. My current facility is a large teaching hospital...

  24. New grad in the OR

    ctersi01 replied to new grad or's topic in Operating Room

    I know many will disagree with me, but I think the OR should only hire experienced nurses. My time doing other nursing prior to the OR was invaluable. Plus, the cost and time to train a nurse in the...