Dodongo

Dodongo APRN, NP

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  1. Starting out in the Operating Room...

    Dodongo replied to snapdragon13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I usually say put in at least 6 months before transferring, if for no other reason than to protect your resume. Transition to the ICU and see what you think. For me, working in the ICU showed me...

  2. PA practice authority

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

    OH good! Another RockMay post! I love these. PAs may be able to do, in practice, 85% of what a physician does (after OTJ training) but they certainly don't learn 85% in 2 years, what a physician...

  3. Does "BSN preferred" mean "ADNs need not apply"?

    Dodongo replied to nursewall-e's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My facility says BSN preferred. They will hire ADNs but they must complete their BSN within 4 years of hire into the

  4. Can I work in a hospital as a FNP?

    Dodongo replied to nyc2011's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm assuming she meant the lab component of the RNFA program was 1 week. I will be starting an RNFA program this fall and it's a semester of online didactic work with 1 week on campus doing hands on...

  5. Which FNP programs are the shortest?

    Dodongo replied to rynophiliac's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The point is not everyone has the same experience or abilities. NP education is extremely unstandardized. Some people are brand new nurses, fresh out of their BSN, and entering a program that is...

  6. Finding Myself as an NP

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

    I live in PA and the hospital is full of FNPs but ACNPs are starting to take over this area to some degree. I've read the consensus model and it seems to be vague on this. I tend to agree that FNPs...

  7. Finding Myself as an NP

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

    I'd love to know more about this as well. I'm ACNP for multiple reasons but, admittedly, this was a small reason (working outpatient primary care sounds horrific to me). I've heard it thrown around...

  8. Pennsylvania CRNA vs NP

    Dodongo replied to Nursepennsylvania's topic in Advanced Practice

    I vote for ACNP. I may be biased though. I, like you it seems, couldn't see myself sitting at the head of the bed doing the same thing over and over again for the rest of my career. I need options....

  9. Understanding different gtts for sedation: Propofol vs Precedex vs Versed vs Fentanyl, etc

    Dodongo replied to Catticus11's topic in Critical Care

    This is a good point. You can use ativan/versed or propofol (or a combo) for seizing patients. All have anticonvulsant properties. Also, I work in IR and we have typically mostly used versed and...

  10. Understanding different gtts for sedation: Propofol vs Precedex vs Versed vs Fentanyl, etc

    Dodongo replied to Catticus11's topic in Critical Care

    Also, we have an anesthesiologist who likes to run prop and dex together on his mac cases. These patients aren't intubated and they seem to run pretty smoothly through the cases without significant...

  11. Understanding different gtts for sedation: Propofol vs Precedex vs Versed vs Fentanyl, etc

    Dodongo replied to Catticus11's topic in Critical Care

    I've worked for 2 institutions. The first really liked fentanyl and versed drips with propofol thrown in and a small amount of dex or even ketamine drips. The second really loves propofol with some...

  12. Neuro ICU vs. Transplant ICU for CRNA School

    Dodongo replied to Chelse.RN's topic in Critical Care

    Do the transplant over neuro. Liver transplants are some of the most unstable and difficult patients you will encounter, especially in the OR. It will serve you very well I

  13. CRNAs in Critical Care Medicine

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

    The NP school I attend does this currently. All APRNs (FNP, ACNP, CRNA, PMHNP, etc) take the same core classes and then we branch off and specialize. So we all have the option of doing a...

  14. Walden NP students

    Dodongo replied to RNJack-Bama's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Please reconsider these 100% online for-profit "schools". Do yourself, and the profession, a favor and go to a reputable

  15. Surgical NP

    Dodongo replied to Alicia777's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You're doing so much of what I envision for myself in my future role as a NP. I will complete the RNFA program during my ACNP program (I start the RNFA program this fall). I want a job where I work...

  16. Would you still become a NP or would you go the MD route?

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

    Oh come on Rocky. How can you honestly say that you think organic chem is essential to the practice of medicine? I graduated with 24 credits of chem from my first degree - 6 classes with lab. I...

  17. Would you still become a NP or would you go the MD route?

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

    I did. And loved it. Orgo 1 and 2 were my favorite classes from my first Bachelor's degree (Molecular Biology). I really didn't like the inorganic or biochems. And guess what. I also took the...

  18. Full time vs Part time

    Dodongo replied to Marz's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm working about 30 hours a week at the moment going to a part-time program. Once clinicals start I will be following my preceptors schedule (I want all the clinical time I can get) so I'll be...

  19. Why have you decided to become a NP and not a Doctor?

    Dodongo replied to Lightning90's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    BS. This patient wouldn't even make it past the triage nurse to fast track. Every hospital in the country would do an EKG on this patient before any advanced provider even laid eyes on them....

  20. Resign in orientation

    Dodongo replied to AJ1980's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised you were hired in IR without ICU experience. You should come into IR/Cath lab feeling comfortable with critical patients. You need to discuss this further with your manager. Maybe you...

  21. Interventional Radiology considered critical care experience?

    Dodongo replied to AJ1980's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    For the CCRN exam it counts. For CRNA or ACNP schools it doesn't. My ACNP program didn't count my IR experience - they only looked at my ICU experience. The local CRNA programs are the same. You...

  22. Why have you decided to become a NP and not a Doctor?

    Dodongo replied to Lightning90's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Almost all the online NP programs require visits to campus for hands-on experiences - standardized patients, simulations, skill labs, etc. You'll find most are called "modified distance" programs as...

  23. Why have you decided to become a NP and not a Doctor?

    Dodongo replied to Lightning90's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wow. Someone is a bit off the deep end here. I'll agree that some schools should be shut down. But some are, dare I say it, pretty good. They require sufficient RN experience, clinical hours, etc....

  24. How not to suck!

    Dodongo replied to NP2bman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm currently reading through the Saladin physiology book as that is required for my physiology class (it's dense). I've heard the Costanzo text thrown out a few times here and there. I practically...

  25. How not to suck!

    Dodongo replied to NP2bman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So many providers (NP, PA and MD) have given me this advice and I am 100% taking it. I have the luxury of doing clinical full time (or more - basically whatever my preceptor works) so I'll end up...