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    How do you explain the DNP?

    Bluebolt replied to FreudianSlip's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Another ridiculous comment from a layperson. Your comments alone give away your lack of education. I personally know multiple overall healthy mothers who used midwifes for their delivery of an...
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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

    Another ridiculous and uniformed opinion of a layperson. When we call for anesthesia the person who responds is who is available and not in a case, MDA or CRNA. I'm a travel nurse so when I'm in a...
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    How do you explain the DNP?

    Bluebolt replied to FreudianSlip's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    It is a mandate for the CRNA's only at this point. I'm sorry if my point wasn't clear as mandate for CRNA and logic applied assumption for CRNP. Suspicious that CRNP programs seem to be progressing...
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    How do you explain the DNP?

    Bluebolt replied to FreudianSlip's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I was simply referring to the mandate that all APRN programs will be required to be DNP by 2025. Of course that's the last year they can be fully converted, 2015 many progressive programs have already...
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    Can you prescribe medications?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Thanks for the input guys. The only way I'd have to worry about prescribing in an outpatient situation would be in a pain clinic. "Dr Feelgood" isn't my
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    Can you prescribe medications?

    Bluebolt posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    So what I'm wondering is what type of work you may be able to do as a CRNA outside the OR or L&D unit. Can you work in an outpatient clinic, perhaps doing epidurals for back pain patients, sport...
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    How do you explain the DNP?

    Bluebolt replied to FreudianSlip's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    If they were speaking as a family practice CRNP then that is a very accurate and astute explanation. Who needs all the excess details when all they are truly wanting to know is can you diagnose,...
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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

    "Downplay it" would be a foolish and uninformed way to look at it. I'm not sure what type of experience you have giving you such a limited and skewed view of the medical field (phlebotomy, nurses...
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    How do you explain the DNP?

    Bluebolt replied to FreudianSlip's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I would simply use the easiest comparison for the layperson, the Phd, just like you did. The non clinical option for DNP is just increasing your research and paper writing skills, formulating a large...
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    Why DNP and not MD?

    Bluebolt replied to koreanjohn32's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I hope you're not referring to myself when you mention no real discussion but just bashing of NP's. I did mention that I have many personal friends who are NP's and some of my favorite prescribers are...
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    Why DNP and not MD?

    Bluebolt replied to koreanjohn32's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I just last week interviewed at The Mayo Clinics CRNA-DNP program. It was an 8 hour process that included touring the campus and OR's, meeting the faculty and learning about the courses and structure...
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    Why DNP and not MD?

    Bluebolt replied to koreanjohn32's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I think the CRNP DNP programs should model themselves after the CRNA DNP program. In regards to difficulty of acceptance, set up clinical sites and rotations, in person didactic lectures, etc. The...
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    What is the easiest CRRT machine to use?

    Bluebolt replied to gest1971's topic in Critical Care

    Gambro
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    Why DNP and not MD?

    Bluebolt replied to koreanjohn32's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    If it's the extra requirements for the CRNP program you're concerned about, I have good news. The DNP actually just adds a year onto the education length if you go for a BSN to DNP program. Actually a...
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    Paging Doctor Nurse

    Bluebolt replied to sauce's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    This is a moot point. Essentially 90% of those in this forum agree, the other few vocal minority offer no valid arguments. The core argument I'm seeing out of the minority is that nurses are "just"...
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    Housing for Travel Nurses

    Bluebolt replied to MrCReich's topic in Travel

    airbnb.com, VRBO.com, Furnishedfinders.com, Craigslist.com, Call local realtor for that area and ask what they have furnished for short term
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    Question about working with multiple agencies

    Bluebolt replied to samanthadaisyRN's topic in Travel

    Exactly what Ned said. I have three agencies and three recruiters. In my first year I took an assignment from each of them and got a feel for all three in practice. I love having the options of...
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    Paging Doctor Nurse

    Bluebolt replied to sauce's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    As long as that scrub tech and telephone operator spent 8 years/over $100,000 in total expense for their Doctorate in scrub tech and telephone operator degrees, I'll be elated to call them Dr. Scrub...
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    Is My Pay Really That Bad???

    Bluebolt replied to Nurse_Lightning's topic in Travel

    I used to work full time in the CVICU in Alabama as a new grad. I typically brought home $700/week after taxes and such. The starting base pay for a new grad was $17.25/hr, terrible I know. No matter...
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    Paging Doctor Nurse

    Bluebolt replied to sauce's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    My last name is Bolt. So I can't wait until I get my DNAP so I can hear, "Paging Dr. Bolt to the
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    Anybody worked at Stanford hospital in Cali?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    Hey Ned who is it you get in contact with to find housing for Stanford affiliated folk? My travel agent doesn't know what I'm talking about and is telling me to use Airbnb, which currently has nothing...
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    Anybody worked at Stanford hospital in Cali?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    Wow, it sounds like I should take this contract. It's not often that everyone has positive things to say. Thanks Ned for the advice on the housing offered to those working there, that will come in...
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    Does it bother CRNA's that MDA's get so much more...?

    Bluebolt replied to ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.'s topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Exactly my
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    Does it bother CRNA's that MDA's get so much more...?

    Bluebolt replied to ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.'s topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm interviewing for the Mayo Clinics CRNA-DNP program in 2 weeks. If I get in, the program will be full time for 3.5 years, very rigorous academic and clinical undertaking. My BSN program was 4.5...
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    Pushing meds through NGT/OGT with the plunger

    Bluebolt replied to delphine22's topic in MICU, SICU

    I usually assume people who use gravity method come from a long term care facility background. I precepted and was hired into the ICU as a new grad, I was always taught to use the plunger with...