BlueDevil,DNP DNP, RN

BlueDevil,DNP has 25 years experience as a DNP, RN and specializes in FNP, ONP.

Latest Activity

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   Letters after name? FNP, APRN, etc

   BlueDevil,DNP replied to futureeastcoastNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Blue Devil, DNP,
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   Would you apologize, if you'd done nothing wrong

   BlueDevil,DNP replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I agree with the last post. Make them verbalize the issue. If it is significant enough to warrant honest regret, I might apologize. If it is petty customer service crap, I'd say something like:...
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   Mid-Level Providers Education Reqs

   BlueDevil,DNP replied to wheeliesurfer's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Generally speaking, I would not be in favor of AD entry levels, but I do think you are over reacting. "I hope she doesn't get in" is a terrible thing to say. Shame on you. I take it you would not...
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   GN to NP in <1yr

   BlueDevil,DNP replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

   Say what? I am absolutely a "medical authority" and I absolutely present myself as such. Where do you get this stuff? I don't have, have never had, will never have, a supervising or collaborating...
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   Lifestyle Discrimination

   BlueDevil,DNP replied to utadahikaru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Do I think religion can be changed? This is where we acknowledge that as an atheist, I am not the right person to ask for a personal opinion on that matter. Religion is a legally protected class. To...
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   Lifestyle Discrimination

   BlueDevil,DNP replied to utadahikaru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   "How bad does the discrimination have to get before people will begin to recognize it for what it truly is, and take action to stop it?" Speaking for myself, it would have to be so bad as to include...
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   GN to NP in <1yr

   BlueDevil,DNP replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

   My focus is exactly the same as my physician colleagues, so I have no idea to what the above post is referring. I am a PCP that happens to be a NP vs a MD/DO, but we do the same job. Our educational...
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   Medicare to disclose physician reimbursement data

   BlueDevil,DNP replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I don't have a problem with this. The amounts are pitifully low, considering the volumes of work involved. Patients should be embarrassed about what we are paid on their behalf by
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   What do you think can be done to improve access to mental health care?

   BlueDevil,DNP replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I have a pt that has several severe mental health diagnoses. She has long been dangerous to herself and others. She is constantly in and out of behavioral health units and jails/prison, and then...
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    Is anyone else losing spouse coverage?

    BlueDevil,DNP replied to Palmtreegirl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why doesn't he just buy his own
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    Still Angry at MAs playing nurse or PA

    BlueDevil,DNP replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Oh for Pete's sake, you're right. I never check the dates. doh. I hate when that
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    Still Angry at MAs playing nurse or PA

    BlueDevil,DNP replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Most practices have a provider on call 24/7. That person is authorized to make decisions, relay them to the MA, who then returns the call to deliver the message to patients. This is how we do it in...
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    What to wear to job interview???

    BlueDevil,DNP replied to mountainaireNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well apparently you don't own anything suitable for a job interview, so IIWY I'd spend some time looking for something appropriate and getting it tailored so that next time you don't have to run...
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    I never, ever went to ER when I was a kid

    BlueDevil,DNP replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    I've never been. No member of my immediate family has ever been. One the one hand, we have all been lucky never to have had any serious accidents or injuries. On the other, we are not stupid and...
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    The Right to Die with Dignity- MD assisted suicide

    BlueDevil,DNP replied to SL2014's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The only part of the poll result that I find surprising is that there are still people who would deny anyone the right to end their own life when they see fit. It is their own business and it doesn't...