Larry3373

Larry3373

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  1. Old nurses eating young

    Larry3373 replied to YesYesRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Suck it up, and find another job. Also get rid of the attitude that your problem is this older nurse. More than likely you contributed to getting fired in some way. Since you can only control your...

  2. How long did you stay at your first job?

    Larry3373 replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    About 11

  3. New grad - PCU or ED?

    Larry3373 replied to FLRN_0713's topic in Emergency

    To answer the OP, the PCU I worked for had many ambulatory patients that could take care of their own hygiene for the most part. Some of them were pretty sick as they had recently undergone heart...

  4. Study tips?

    Larry3373 replied to Sarah196's topic in General Students

    The basic idea is when you read to ask yourself how you would apply the information in a given scenario. For each objective you should make yourself some flash cards showing what you as the nurse...

  5. Calling all acute NPs

    Larry3373 replied to Rocknurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    https://allnurses.com/nurse-practitioners-np/acnp-jobs-990136.html

  6. Acute Care NP's

    Larry3373 replied to William2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Oh I'm sorry, I read your post again and it seems like you meant what states are acnp able to find jobs. Not sure about the states you

  7. Acute Care NP's

    Larry3373 replied to William2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My research has revealed that acnp can work in specialty practices like cardio, neuro, etc or surgery. They also can work as hospitalists. I have seen them in the icu as well. ER may be difficult...

  8. Taking a Position as a Float Nurse as a New Grad

    Larry3373 replied to ColleenT's topic in General Nursing

    I transferred to float pool after almost 4 years bedside including 2 years in the ICU. I'm not sure I would fare well working in every unit of the hospital (excluding L&D and surgery) if I did...

  9. Is LTC a good option if I can't find a job?

    Larry3373 replied to 07courtney1993's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree that anything is better than nothing. I know a few people that started out that way and were able to find acute care positions later. It looks better than no experience at all, that's for...

  10. Am I supposed to hate my first nursing job??

    Larry3373 replied to StevietheRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My 2 cents is this. If you stay for a while you will get better and your anxiety level will go down. That being said, there are plenty of other areas in nursing that you would likely enjoy more....

  11. New Nurse; To start a New IV or not?

    Larry3373 replied to carebear1980's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It may have been causing the patient some discomfort, but it might also have caused discomfort if you tried to start an iv and were unsuccessful a few times. Then you would have needed to find...

  12. How to manage life on night shift?

    Larry3373 replied to Larry2016's topic in General Nursing

    I worked just over an hour away for nearly a year. There were days when I struggled to stay awake on the long drive home, but most of the time it was fine. Just take a good nap the first day and go...

  13. Hiring situation for new BSN grads, out of state.

    Larry3373 replied to renzobenzo's topic in New York Nursing

    I can answer number 2. Try becoming a patient care tech and working at a local hospital before you graduate. Then you are more likely to get hired after graduating. The best thing to do after that...

  14. No FNP jobs????

    Larry3373 replied to morglan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Everyone I know in south MS able to find a job with no

  15. NP or PA? My great dilemma...

    Larry3373 replied to NSC Nursing's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm enrolled in an emergency dual role nurse practitioner program at the university of south Alabama. Basically it's just the family and acute care nurse practitioner certifications all rolled into...

  16. HELP!! Which job do I take?!

    Larry3373 replied to acunningham182's topic in General Nursing

    Take the peds ER for the experience. I worked for nearly a year at an icu about an hour away. You essentially will lose 2 extra hours of sleep per day. However, the ER will give you critical...

  17. Pseudo Seizures

    Larry3373 replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I've had a couple patients who have done this. The "seizure" only really happens when someone is around, and there is no postictal state. Try picking their hand up afterward and dropping it on their...

  18. Please explain a copd patient's oxygen saturation!

    Larry3373 replied to alpha22's topic in General Students

    From Medscape.com: Carbon dioxide retention from depression of hypoxic drive has been overemphasized. Despite the widely held belief that too much oxygen causes significant respiratory depression,...

  19. Please explain a copd patient's oxygen saturation!

    Larry3373 replied to alpha22's topic in General Students

    You have to look at each person individually to assess their baseline. Many times a patient with COPD may live with higher than normal CO2 levels in the blood and lower than normal O2 saturation. It...

  20. ACNP OR FNP

    Larry3373 replied to Jerreka09's topic in General Nursing

    If an ED will allow them to only see adults, I don't see why not. My understanding is that for the fast track they prefer an FNP due to the fact that they can see all

  21. ACNP OR FNP

    Larry3373 replied to Jerreka09's topic in General Nursing

    Acute care is designed for setting like icu, specialty practices such as cardiology/surgery, or other inpatient roles like hospitalists. FNP is designed for primary care in the outpatient clinic, or...

  22. Three attempts and no success

    Larry3373 replied to Nevergunnapass's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Some free resources include all of Mike Linares YouTube videos and David Woodruff's videos. The latter is the editor of critical care made incredibly easy. Mike Linares has a website too and it is...

  23. Which NP specialty is most in demand?

    Larry3373 replied to portx's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes, I kind of alluded to this in my comments above. The Consensus model is attempting to better define the roles of various types of nurse practitioners and other APRNs like CNS. This is one of the...

  24. Which NP specialty is most in demand?

    Larry3373 replied to portx's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    FNP (family nurse practitioner) can see all ages. Most people choose that track thinking it will offer them more job opportunities. The acute care NP (AGACNP), is designed to work with more unstable...

  25. Out of school 2 years and needing NCLEX help

    Larry3373 replied to aw722's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I would look up YouTube videos. David Woodruff has several videos on body systems that are free and very good. He is the editor of Critical Care Nursing made incredibly easy. Speaking of that, you...