Dodongo

Dodongo APRN, NP

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  1. Surgical NP, is this a thing?

    Dodongo replied to JKperiop's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I did ACNP + RNFA. You do not, however, need the RNFA to scrub, assist and more importantly, bill CMS/insurance. There is no difference between a NP and a PA working on a surgical service. The...

  2. NP still working as a bedside nurse on the side...

    Dodongo replied to LM NY's topic in Advanced Practice

    Honestly, "skills" in general, at any level, are relatively unimportant. That's not the heavy lifting in medicine/nursing. Patient management is what matters. Whether it's putting in an IV, or...

  3. NP still working as a bedside nurse on the side...

    Dodongo replied to LM NY's topic in Advanced Practice

    Yeah, same

  4. Opinions: Online ARNP/CRNA

    Dodongo replied to CritCare_RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You are so right. You've really put me in my place. Haha. I did a hybrid program, which is, as you might have guessed, very much online. It was great. I loved the online format. It was...

  5. Stressed as a nurse practitioner resident

    Dodongo replied to nurse7502's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Derm will be just as hectic. It's very procedure intensive, but they expect you to be expedient and a perfectionist - at the same time. You will have multiple patients each hour that you have to...

  6. NP Career advice after staying home with kids

    Dodongo replied to RN2030's topic in Advanced Practice

    To be perfectly frank, having a 3 year lapse after graduation is a problem. That's 3 years where you were not cementing the knowledge you had, or gaining new knowledge. Your app would probably be on...

  7. Unhappy as new NP

    Dodongo replied to PinkTulips13's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Get an outpatient job. Pulm, rheum, cards, GI, etc. This will provide you M-F 9-5, no weekends, no holidays, no nights. What specialty are you in right now? ICU? I'd venture to say that you'll...

  8. For Primary Care, can an NP ever be as skilled as an MD?

    Dodongo replied to alexamasan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Another reason why NPs could benefit from a true biostats class and real research courses. The "studies" measuring these chronic conditions (which are all heavily algorithmic at this point so I...

  9. PNP vs FNP

    Dodongo replied to allycat77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If I were you, I would do the PNP. But there is a huge children's hospital in my area that favors PNPs - when they are available. They're a hot commodity. And the outpatient network associated with...

  10. Opinions: Online ARNP/CRNA

    Dodongo replied to CritCare_RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would never do a 100% online program. I only considered hybrid or on campus programs. I needed the synchronous lectures and real-time interaction with lecture PLUS you absolutely have to go to...

  11. NP still working as a bedside nurse on the side...

    Dodongo replied to LM NY's topic in Advanced Practice

    Right?? When nurses say things like that it just shows they have zero idea what "critical thinking" actually is. Haha. Diagnosing and prescribing is about as critical as thinking can get. And what...

  12. A day as a surgical NP

    Dodongo replied to Reaz's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Many states are beginning to require the RNFA - it certainly can't hurt to get it, but make sure you know what your state requires. If you pursue the RNFA prior to your NP, you need 2 years of...

  13. Confused about diagnosing lymphedema?

    Dodongo replied to nurselove757's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Agree. I was with vascular surgery for a while and it really is a clinical diagnosis. Your history and physical exam will usually guide you to the

  14. Surgical NP's

    Dodongo replied to dana16's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    So my typical day depends. At the moment, I am in clinic one week and inpatient the next. In clinic I have my own patient panel 20-25 a day. These are new patients and F/Us. Typically 8-4:30 on...

  15. Walden Success Stories?

    Dodongo replied to RNeuro's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Read that thread. This topic is just going to rehash

  16. For Primary Care, can an NP ever be as skilled as an MD?

    Dodongo replied to alexamasan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The complete knowledge base? No. Unless you devote countless hours to reading text books and studying, etc. Not gonna happen. Typical diagnosis and management in primary care? Sure. Procedures?...

  17. Any regrets becoming a NP?

    Dodongo replied to DesertSky's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You'll be trading in physical stress for a more cerebral stress. If you are in a medical specialty you will sit a lot more at work as a NP. Once rounds are over, and if you are not called to the...

  18. Vitamin infusions

    Dodongo replied to lovely07's topic in Advanced Practice

    Ehhhh, keep in mind this is practicing outside of evidence based medicine. Beside thiamine for EtOH, or Vit C for sepsis, etc, there is no research or evidence to suggest this is beneficial, or not...

  19. NP still working as a bedside nurse on the side...

    Dodongo replied to LM NY's topic in Advanced Practice

    Creating multiple tracks for NPs has really shot us in the foot. My hospital system only hires ACNPs for inpatient (and NNPs). They had a couple FNPs that couldn't keep up and made this a requirement,...

  20. new NP / x-ray reports

    Dodongo replied to OklaFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have no problem making treatment decisions based off my read of an x-ray, but to be the final read? No. That's so much liability and we didn't go through medical school and years of residency to...

  21. Physician Assistants now have FPA

    Dodongo posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The governor of North Dakota signed FPA into law for physician assistants on

  22. Walden University

    Dodongo replied to amandawhitley's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I post this because, believe it or not, some people care about what kind of education they receive and have a little personal pride. These people will benefit. Others, like yourself, that DGAF about...

  23. Walden University

    Dodongo replied to amandawhitley's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just continue to stomp your feet like a child and ignore everything I've said. You didn't respond to a single piont I made except to say "I don't care". Since you have no idea what NP practice is...

  24. Walden University

    Dodongo replied to amandawhitley's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That's what I thought. You're a RN with no clue what the current practice environment looks like for NPs. And being a NP isn't a right. Not everyone should get to be one just because they want it....

  25. Online ACNP??

    Dodongo replied to RNlkb's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you are deciding between these two, Georgetown is clearly the better choice. Purdue Global is just Kaplan with a name change - a predatory, embarrassment to the NP