WKShadowNP DNP, APRN

I do not plan to introduce myself to my patients as Dr. Shadow, Nurse practitioner. I already have to correct them when I say nurse practitoner and they call me Doctor. It's confusing to them. For those who ask, I'll share a brief answer, but I want ...

Legitimate issues come up. Take the interview and suss it out. Get a sense of how it might be. You still have the power to turn down an offer if further evaluation reveals they are a bad for for you .

I actually had a great rapport with a patient and she wanted to know what to call me. Now, usually I am uber professional and say my name, but I just had a spark of inspiration and said, "Your majesty." Well, she became a frequent flyer and confused...

Before you answer your question look at your area and what is available. Make a long term plan and determine what path benefits you more.

My docs write a separate note attesting and agreeing they discussed poc with me. Seems curious. Good luck on your job hunt.

I have referred to my own nursing career infancy as when I was a baby nurse. Meh. Doesn't bother me to hear the term but her use of it in that manner was uncalled for would have prickled. But in the scheme of things, let it go. I have gotten to th...

Once again I am counting myself lucky. Thanks to advice here and in person, I negotiated a position nearly twice what I made as an RN. On top of that, even in my restricted state, my collaborative physicians are wonderful and supportive and I've been...

At my former hospital the fast track was just overflow and the PAs and NPs did full work ups all the time. But yes, for the most part I have to often explain why so and so is going back when and why someone else isn't .

I can never find a parking spot, but now I can fit this anywhere!

I used to have trouble saying no not because I wanted to be liked but because I wanted to be sure the work got done. I like providing that relief if it is needed and that way patients and coworkers get what is needed. However, getting taken advantag...

I have said to one unhappy customer a passive aggressive statement that basically was this: I'm so sorry you had to wait for your discharge from the emergency room for arthritis. I know how distressing your pain was for you. But thank God YOU get to...

Oh noes! My hospital only has three floors and my former one only 4.

I agree with previous posters but I'd like to commend you for at least seeking her out because it frustrates me when someone has a problem with me and they don't at least try to talk to me first.

Part of the purpose of assignments like these is to network. I encourage you to find local advanced practitioners by attending an organization meeting.

I've used a pendant watch and never heard the ticks.

I brought a similar idea because we had so many teaching requirements on admission that real nursing was eschewed for something anyone could do. (And I'm not talking about health education matters. Really just setting expectations and orienting to th...

I can relate. Any deficits in grades were due to my own shortcomings or lack of applying myself for various reasons. But I take ownership of that, picked myself up and tried again. While I had to repeat a course I was not kicked out, which implies d...

Most behavior modification plans I've encountered have a form of positive reinforcement. The item or "carrot" is agreed upon by the interdisciplinary team and put into writing for consistency and documentation.

Some FNP programs allow you to obtain hours in the hospital setting but some don't. I was only permitted to seek primary practice offices for that term's selected patient population. So if the preceptor had an emergency, I had to make up those hours...

Are you in an FNP track or AGACNP?

Plus consider that the chest compressions will also potentially dislodge the foreign object obstructing the airway.

Hppy and mi Vida Loca have some sweet babies!

I had 60ish year old class mates in nursing school. Many coworkers have been or are second career nurses. Go for it.

Yes. But you have to find the job that offers it.