mschelee

mschelee MSN, RN

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  1. I have an interview August 5 for entrance into Grand Canyon University's online acute-care nurse practitioner program. Has anybody else interviewed for this program, started this program, or is...
  2. LLC?

    This is a good discussion. I'm getting ready to enter into a contract as a nurse practitioner that would make me an independent contractor. The company I'm working for would pay me and I would have a...
  3. What diagnostics can NPs order independently

    For nurse practitioners I don't think the question really is about what you can order, it is more about what you should order. Meaning the less expensive test that works is the most appropriate one if...
  4. social worker visit?

    Does anyone know the medicare rules on how soon after an admission the social worker has to visit a home patient? At IDG someone said that t medicare requires the social worker to visit a patient...
  5. It is year-round. Each class is 8 to 12 weeks depending on which class it is. I don't think we're allowed to double up on classes like I did back in the BSN portion, but I haven't asked. The entire...
  6. Grand Canyon RN-BSN

    I jay started using grammarly along with my PERRLA, together they work
  7. Depends on where you want to work. FNP's are trending towards working out in the community , like family practice doctors offices and clinics. ACNp's, are designed to work in the hospitals in an acute...
  8. Grand Canyon RN-BSN

    PERRLA has made my Gcu experience so much easier. I recommend
  9. Our protocol calls for PO Amiodorone to start approximately three hours before the gtts is discontinued, this is due to the PO 3-9 hour peak time. The resident may have been concerned because...
  10. Grand Canyon RN-BSN

    yes IM. I actually finished my RN to BSN, and started into the acute care nurse practitioner program. For the capstone I did mine on cardiac rehab. I picked that, because it is something that I dealt...
  11. Goals while working with a preceptor

    Some of the best objectives that my precepts have handed over to me are things like "become comfortable talking to doctors", "understand labs better", organize, prioritize, become more comfortable...
  12. Grand Canyon RN-BSN

    hi, I just thought it jump in here for a second and say a few things. I started the RN-BSN program in August 2012 and completed it in July 2013. I doubled up one class and that was during...
  13. I am also in my 3rd course of the ACNP at GCU (online), so far it isn't too bad. Lots of paper writing, and group projects that span over the whole 8 week course. I have not had a hard time juggling...
  14. Anyone in GCU ACNP program ?

    I am starting the online ACNP Program on August 28. How did you guys like your first
  15. Pearsonvue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 3

    In 2010 when I took the NCLEX, I tried the Pearson view trick. It worked for me. I went home I got online I tried to read register for the NCLEX again and it said that I couldn't so I figured it meant...
  16. I'm so happy, I just got the phone call today. Somebody decided not to start their nurse practitioner program for fall 2013 which begins next week, and I was first on the waiting list. That means I'm...
  17. Yes, I was excepted into the Spring 2014 acute-care nurse practitioner program. I'm happy I got accepted, but I'm bum that I wasn't accepted into the fall classes and that I have to wait six months to...
  18. Grand Canyon RN-BSN

    You do not have to implement your Caplin study at work, while you're in your BSN program. I did because my manager heard about it and thought it would be a good idea. And education form is simply the...
  19. Food police?

    I have a question for the nurses who work ICU step down. In your facility, our patients allowed to have family members bring food into them? Let's say your patient has a renal diet, Or cardiac diet,...
  20. Grand Canyon RN-BSN

    The implementation plan is how you would implement your new idea. I went to my CNS and asked her what the process would be ( who we would need approval from first) this might be your floor manager or...
  21. What is the general rule on the GRE? As in I hear a lot of people talking about having to take one, but I have not been told that I need to do this. I've applied to Grand Canyon University acute-care...
  22. Grand Canyon RN-BSN

    The capstone was much easier than I expected it to be. It's divided over the five-week period, so each week you do a little bit more of the capstone and in the fifth week you compile it all into one...
  23. Grand Canyon RN-BSN

    Hello, I just completed GCU's RN-BSN program. I started the program in July 2013, and I just finished my last class this past Sunday July 28 2013. I graduated five weeks early because I doubled up on...