WKShadowNP DNP, APRN

Hospital medicine; NP precepting; staff education

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    Any MSN-FNP's here who decided to go back for DNP?

    WKShadowNP replied to Danish's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I completed my DNP while working full time as a hospitalist. In fact, I passed boards and signed my current position's contract the same month I started my DNP. Three years and a few months later, I...
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    You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

    WKShadowNP replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you very much. You are helping my literature review. I had some of these already, actually. /curtsies /flounces away tripping over feather
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    Asked about citizenship during triage

    WKShadowNP replied to inshallamiami's topic in General Nursing

    I know for a fact that many immigrants fear this and put off seeking treatment . It's unfortunate and not
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    ARNP bonus structure

    WKShadowNP replied to Angels11883's topic in Advanced Practice

    Our bonuses are awarded quarterly and given the first month of the quarter following the measured
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    How much do NPs in the Southeast really make?

    WKShadowNP replied to Scrubs&Pearls's topic in Advanced Practice

    The average in my area of the grand strand is 85k to 90k a year in clinics but I'm at 120k as a
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    WKShadowNP replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Hyperbole and a Half: The
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    WKShadowNP replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I love
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    WKShadowNP replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I like saying the whole words for ERCP Endoscopic retrograde
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    WKShadowNP replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sensitive to that one because in show choir this was verboten. In fact, to fix that we were instructed to put the t at the beginning of the next word "I can't leeeve, I living is withow...
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    WKShadowNP replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    So much is this a pet peeve of mine that I want to slap the offenders, but alas, there are too
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    WKShadowNP replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    my region says growin' for Groin. drives me
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    WKShadowNP replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Did you read the one about the
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    WKShadowNP replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Awe, this thread is smashing! Its really making me
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    New NP/Hospitalist , Need pointers!

    WKShadowNP replied to BJB08's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Use up to date, pocket hospital medicine, and jodpialisy T
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    Any Hospitalist APRNS?

    WKShadowNP replied to traumaRUs's topic in Advanced Practice

    They see each
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    Hospitalist --- FNP or AGACNP?

    WKShadowNP replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I am grateful that my employer prefers family nurse practitioners. However I would love to have the additional knowledge that the acute Care Program would have provided. When I have another year of...
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    Any Hospitalist APRNS?

    WKShadowNP replied to traumaRUs's topic in Advanced Practice

    So Inpatient services can be billed for split/shared services. But not critical care or
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    Any Hospitalist APRNS?

    WKShadowNP replied to traumaRUs's topic in Advanced Practice

    I might be using the wrong phrase. Split services are billable and reimbursed. Is that your understanding? The way it was explained to me is that 100% reimbursement occurs this way but only 85% if...
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    Any Hospitalist APRNS?

    WKShadowNP replied to traumaRUs's topic in Advanced Practice

    I am loving my job and role. We are a small community hospital of just over 200 beds. My shifts are either 10 hours where I round on patients until lunch then go to ED for admits. Or 12 hours where...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    WKShadowNP replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I teased my husband in the past that I would haunt him. But now that I've lost loved ones that jab lost its impact. I have since told him that if I predecease him to use my remains in a horticultural...
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    Online vs Traditional NP school

    WKShadowNP replied to Retired APRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    But my APA prowess will cure you (M.A., July 22, 2017, personal
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    Working independently

    WKShadowNP replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This is state dependent, usually. I am in SC and I am required to have a collaborative physician within 45min. Also, if the hospitalists want to get full reimbursement, they sign off each admission,...
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    Favorite part of being a Nurse Practitioner?

    WKShadowNP replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    All of that! I really like putting the puzzle pieces together. And boy did I have ample opportunity today. Several really sick critical patients through the ED I admitted on our hospitalist service...
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    Question for NPs working in Acute Care Setting

    WKShadowNP replied to Troll_Patrol's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    AMEN! I feel that way as well. I am still pinching myself for what a great team I
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    Question for NPs working in Acute Care Setting

    WKShadowNP replied to Troll_Patrol's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There are regulations governing admitting orders so their signature is necessary. Other things I have mixed reception. Some are very hands-off and encourage my work, some treat me like a resident and...