Bluebolt

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    Arterial sticks and analysis

    Bluebolt replied to heinz57's topic in Critical Care

    As a new grad RN in Alabama I was required to do three arterial sticks and verify appropriate technique and safe practice in the ICU. It was mostly a backup so that if the RT is too busy or unable you...
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    NP v. PA

    Bluebolt replied to eacu's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hah, speak for your own program only please. Obviously your supposed nursing program you claim to have attended was inadequate and you "somehow" managed to pass boards as your RN on your online...
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    Clarification on the DNP requirement of 2015

    Bluebolt replied to umbdude's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Has anyone clarified yet that the requirement for DNP is only in regards to CRNA (as of today, we shall see) and programs start converting in 2015 and have to all be converted by 2025? The other APRN...
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    NP v. PA

    Bluebolt replied to eacu's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    A Physicians Assistant is taught with the medical model because they have no required clinical experience or knowledge before their program begins. They have two years to go from layman with an...
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    How often do you do nerve blocks and PA Cath insertions?

    Bluebolt posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    So I just interviewed at a CRNA DNP program and during the process they told me that while we will do a semester rotation at a rural hospital doing spinal blocks and PA Cath insertions we wouldn't do...
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    How often do you do nerve blocks and PA Cath insertions?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    An hour was an approx term. If you're doing the speed limit exactly it would probably be 1 1/2 hours to reach my original hospital in ALABAMA via I-20 that I was referring to. You shouldn't presume...
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    Will I ever find a decent recruiter???

    Bluebolt replied to ahoppen's topic in Travel

    Define decent... like do I think mine would actually kill for money? Well, possibly. I imagine them mostly as used car salesman. It's their job to make you like them but your trust is not something I...
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    Types of ICU.

    Bluebolt replied to CardiacDork's topic in Travel

    As some have said, your travel agency will give you a skills checklist that will include just about any ICU skill or machine imaginable and they'll ask you to accurately describe how skilled and...
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    Is travel nursing right for me?

    Bluebolt replied to adventurous_rn's topic in Travel

    Who are you asking
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    MD's treat male nurses with more respect?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So your perspective is that physicians treat male nurses differently because they behave in traditional masculine work roles and discredit females because they
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    MD's treat male nurses with more respect?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would agree with SmilingBluEyes perspective. Of course working in CV-ICU I have come across some female and male nurses that go overboard with a god complex and shove their weight around, even...
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    MD's treat male nurses with more respect?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow, that sounds like an extreme case... I hope you get to feeling better. As a male nurse I wouldn't treat you like
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    Urgent Care NP

    Bluebolt replied to OCRN3's topic in Advanced Practice

    I make significantly more than that as a BSN RN in the hospital setting. Absolutely ridiculous pay if that's their
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    Can NP's perform surgery legally?

    Bluebolt replied to jdc6773's topic in Advanced Practice

    WOW!, you went for the full play by play here. As for the OP. You would be smart to do an ACNP specialization and then seek out a surgeon needing an NP. Many surgeons have NP/PA's and the stories you...
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    Why DNP and not MD?

    Bluebolt replied to koreanjohn32's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Yes, your viewpoint is known. I'd say almost all your 54 posts you have listed on this website since your start of your profile in October 2015 has been in this thread saying that viewpoint, over and...
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    MD's treat male nurses with more respect?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well
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    Bedside report - hate it? Like it? Love it?

    Bluebolt replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I don't enjoy a full report at bedside. As others have mentioned you need the EMR and possibly the chart to get report at shift change. That can be hard to produce at bedside and chances are if you...
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    Why DNP and not MD?

    Bluebolt replied to koreanjohn32's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Oh, well that just wasn't a very friendly thing to say to a fellow nurse. I've always held your opinion in such high
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    Why DNP and not MD?

    Bluebolt replied to koreanjohn32's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    AndersRN I know you say you've got years of nursing experience, which means you should have been through an accredited nursing program I'm assuming. In nursing school your instructors should have...
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    MD's treat male nurses with more respect?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's a good point russianbear. Innately I think males are less likely to allow someone to talk down to us or be rude to us without an equal response. It's probably something related to...
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    Why DNP and not MD?

    Bluebolt replied to koreanjohn32's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    And again the discussion is brought to a screeching halt when asked to prove inflammatory and bias opinions. We could circle this topic over and over always ending in this
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    MD's treat male nurses with more respect?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you saying that the doctors refer to you as Nurse Pangea, because you consider it typical to address people by their title frequently in conversation. I'm also assuming that while you're being so...
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    MD's treat male nurses with more respect?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would agree with
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    Why DNP and not MD?

    Bluebolt replied to koreanjohn32's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Working in the ICU I've seen this same thing many times. Of course a brand new NP I regard with respect but caution just like I do for first and second year residents. Although once the NP has some...
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    Is travel nursing right for me?

    Bluebolt replied to adventurous_rn's topic in Travel

    Adventurous RN, I think you're in the perfect spot to go travel. My girlfriend of some years was a deterrent to go traveling because she wasn't ready to leave home yet. I took a couple unfulfilling...