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Hi everyone. This is my first post. I have been following other threads to get information but the drama and bickering is CRAZY.I feel like I am at work..lol Here is my dilemma and I hope you can help! I have been an L&D nurse for 10 years. I have no med/surg or acute care experience but REALLY want to. I have been unable to find an entry level position to an ICU/ED type setting in my area(south of San Francisco,CA) or even into a stepdown unit. I am planning to attend graduate school and would love to do Geogetown's ACNP/CNS program but they require 2 years acute care experience. So you can see my problem eh? I like bedside care and teaching and am very good with practical applications/hands-on kinds of things. My problem is that I now can't figure out if I should attend a CNS or CNL program and then hopefully soemone will train me, or do the FNP program and hope I can get experience that way. Please advise, much appreciated.

We are 50/50 in our department with the "taping" of the EFM strips after you have torn them off in order to chart. I hear that there are legal reasons to do it as well as the OCD nurses that just need them to be "complete". Does anyone have any REAL documentation or articles regarding this topic??