kguill975

kguill975 MSN, APRN, NP

APRN, ACNP-BC, CNOR, RNFA

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  1. New Grad Nurses struggling to find jobs - CNN Reporter wants to hear from you

    kguill975 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Where in Texas are you? I've seen postings for Dallas, Austin, and Houston. When did you start looking? A lot of new grads want to wait until they pass NCLEX to start job hunting, BIG MISTAKE. The...

  2. $23/hr ?

    kguill975 replied to violet_violet's topic in Texas Nursing

    No problem. Pass the same info to any and all aspiring CSTs who are embarking on a nursing

  3. ACNP/RNFA salary negotiations

    kguill975 replied to kguill975's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks! I completed my ACNP locally at TWU Houston and I did the first assistant training through NIFA. I'm already a CNOR (certified nurse of the OR), so it was a fast track program. In Texas, NPs...

  4. Help! Perinatal CNS v.s. CNL v.s. MSN-education

    kguill975 replied to rockinbabynurse's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    The APNs in our OB dept. work in the clinic, triage, and post-partum. We have an ANP, FNP, and they're now looking for a CNM. This is a large underinsured/uninsured hospital district, so it depends on...

  5. In need of NP preceptor for Spring 2013 in Massachusetts

    kguill975 replied to jenmac30's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sorry, I don't live in your area, but do you have a hospital district or underinsured/uninsured healthcare system nearby? The patients are really nice, and the staff is always overworked and looking...

  6. ACNP/RNFA salary negotiations

    kguill975 replied to kguill975's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks! I was lucky to land it, plus he's super nice and very easy to work with. Of course, none of that matters if I can't make a decent

  7. $23/hr ?

    kguill975 replied to violet_violet's topic in Texas Nursing

  8. What type of MSN do OR nurses usually get?

    kguill975 replied to ORoxyO's topic in Operating Room

    I did the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner track and am now completing my hours for RNFA. I would say it was the perfect choice for me because I love patient care. There are many tracks out there such as...

  9. New OR Nurse and feeling overwhelmed...

    kguill975 replied to astrn's topic in Operating Room

    As an adult learner, I've been "new" at something many times as I went from CST to RN to NP/RNFA. I have never encountered this type of behavior in a place of employment. It angers me to think that...

  10. Average nurse practitioner retirement age

    kguill975 replied to gentlerain's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm 37, and I'm planning on at least another 30 years as an NP. With the way things are going with the economy, who will be able to retire before

  11. Starting to feel burned out

    kguill975 replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    I'm just going to throw a few things out there. It sounds like you're having a hard time making a decision because you love the people you work with. Since money is no object, at least it doesn't...

  12. Broken spirit....

    kguill975 replied to RNsuperstar's topic in General Nursing

    When I became a new nurse, I made up acronyms for when I gave report and called doctors, I still do it. It's how I make sure that I don't forget anything. You could do the same, not an all inclusive...

  13. Anyone gone from RN back to LPN????

    kguill975 replied to nurseruby's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If there are any medical school affiliated hospitals near you, they always have RNs in their specialty clinics. Some are in patient care, others are in management over LPNs. You don't have to leave...

  14. Advice needed about clinical instructor

    kguill975 replied to RNbethy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Okay everybody, let's ease up a bit. It's her last semester of school, she's anxious, and she wants an ICU placement. 2bnurse, I think if you relax and take some of the suggestions of the previous...

  15. OR to "regular" floor, is it possible?

    kguill975 replied to Caitlin4390's topic in Operating Room

    I don't think it'll be much of a problem to transfer to the floor, but if you want some critical care experience, don't stay in the OR any longer than 2 years. I tried for a while to transfer to the...

  16. Angelo State University FNP

    kguill975 replied to Heart2015FNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hey OR, I applied to their Post Master's RNFA cert program too. I'm a new ACNP with 12 years OR experience. I spent four years as a CST, and the last eight as a RN. I've been a CNOR for almost six...

  17. Unpaid internship to gain NP experience

    kguill975 replied to kguill975's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for all the suggestions and support, everybody. I'm happy to announce that one of the surgeons that I work with gave my info to one his colleagues, who is looking for an ACNP & RNFA. I've...

  18. Unpaid internship to gain NP experience

    kguill975 replied to kguill975's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    BSN, I can't move because all of my help with my daughter is here in Houston. I did apply and interview for a part-time job near Dallas, that I was going to commute with 2 overnite stays per week. It...

  19. Intubation of a patient

    kguill975 replied to austinj97's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi, I did a clinical rotation with an NP intensivist and they were allowed to intubate. I think it has to do with privileges at the hospital. Hope that

  20. Unpaid internship to gain NP experience

    kguill975 replied to kguill975's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Marty, Yes, I have applied to any position I thought I had any possible chance of getting, even those I didn't want, and even those no one else wants. I live in Houston, where there are 5 nursing...

  21. circulating and scrubbing?

    kguill975 replied to coconutzz's topic in Operating Room

    Most hospitals that use AORN's Periop program put their interns in a scrub rotation as well as circulating rotation. At my current place, there are quite a few of us who can do both. It helps out when...

  22. Teaching vs private facility

    kguill975 replied to lockheart678's topic in Operating Room

    There's a lot more help in a teaching institution. In the private sector, it's pretty much all on the circulator to get the pt to the room, help with the intubation, put the foley in, do the pre-prep...

  23. Daylight thinks we do nothing on night shift

    kguill975 replied to ErinRad's topic in Operating Room

    It's so funny to read this, because the day shift nurses here at my job think the same thing about us. What's even funnier is that I thought it too...until I started working nights. We also set up the...