AutumnLeaves MSN, RN, NP

acute care, ICU, surgery, vasc.surgery,trauma

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    When Should I Retire? My Struggle

    AutumnLeaves replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I am in this group too. I am actually too young right now to collect SS and I need 4 more years at the VA to get enough from them to pay my insurance and have a few bucks left over. However, I AM...
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    Good sources for learning how to interpret CTAs

    AutumnLeaves posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have recently changed jobs and am trying to learn how to interpret vascular CTAs, as in abdomen,pelvic,neck and head. I actually have found several sites on YouTube but still feel overwhelmed, so...
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    Good sources for learning how to interpret CTAs

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

    Sorry, left this out. I do work in an academic center and we don't have radiologists 24/7. It is often necessary for me, as the on call provider, to look at CTAs, know if there is a critical finding...
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    Good sources for learning how to interpret CTAs

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

    I am not relying on just my read to make clinical decisions. Both the vascular surgeon and the radiologist read them too. My surgeon wants me to be able to give HIM my read, and then we often look at...
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    VA Application help

    AutumnLeaves replied to microsinger's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Unless you are an NP/PA or MD, I doubt if you have ever had privileges. Providers like these are required to apply for privileges to see patients @ hospitals. Good luck with your application, the VA...
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    How Much was your First RN Paycheck?

    AutumnLeaves replied to igottaconquer246's topic in General Nursing

    7.71 hr in 1984 in a southern
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    Good sources for learning how to interpret CTAs

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

    I agree. I think he is asking a lot of
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    Good sources for learning how to interpret CTAs

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

    We do vascular surgery. I can read the organs already, but not always sure of some of the vessels. My doc wants me to read the necks/ cardiac/abdomen and pelvis scans and be able to give an opinion....
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    Low Salary @ the VA as NP

    AutumnLeaves replied to BermudaTriangle's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As they say,every VA is different. My particular VA pays poorly, at the lower end of the scale. I have noticed that you can make more these days if you come in from outside as an NP, not just transfer...
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    Surgical NP's

    AutumnLeaves replied to dana16's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am a surgical NP at a VA hospital. I am also a RNFA. We do not scrub because we have residents. Before this, I worked for a trauma center where only PAs/residents scrubbed. If you really want to...
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    Va Hiring Process 2019

    AutumnLeaves replied to futurecrnasla's topic in Government, Military

    It usually takes several months. It took 5 months for my transfer without the same hospital to go through all the VA paperwork. The best thing you can do is make sure that your references return their...