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    Not Hiring New Grads in ER's

    zmansc replied to cel589's topic in Emergency

    Personally, I went straight into the ED. Many have argued that new grads should not go directly to specialty areas, and my hospital has even made this change recently. I think it's wrong, but I'm...
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    69 Medications Every New ER Nurse Must Master!

    zmansc replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in Emergency

    Seems more in that vein. I haven't looked at both to reconcile the differences, but the much more organized list is to my way of thinking much easier to grasp, especially for new to the ED nurses....
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    11am-11pm ER nurse help!

    zmansc replied to george907's topic in Emergency

    At our facility the traffic picks up around 10a, so the 10-10 and 11-11 shifts were very hard to fill, as you came in and had to hit the ground running. The 7a-7p shift nurses usually had time to...
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    69 Medications Every New ER Nurse Must Master!

    zmansc replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in Emergency

    I'd say a fair portion of this list either isn't used at all, or is so rarely used that only a very cursory knowledge is necessary and listing all of the medications as if they are all of equal value...
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    Frontier question

    zmansc replied to motheringheart's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Angel is from the same folks that made BlackBoard, they have alot in common. Yes, FNU did switch from Angel to Canvas, as Angel & Blackboard have many issues and Canvas is one of the better...
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    Schools???

    zmansc replied to Keown's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    WGU has an online NP program, or would you be taking a different track for WGU? I ask because I didn't see one when I looked. Many online and B&M programs require some level of assistance from the...
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    New grad in underserved, urban ER?

    zmansc replied to melc0305's topic in Emergency

    To me the issues at hand are: 1) Can you as a new grad assimilate directly to the ED, or do you need to work in Med/Surg first? 2) The commute, adding 1hr each way to a 12 hr shift, makes it a 14hr...
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    Can I work in a hospital as a FNP?

    zmansc replied to nyc2011's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    An FNP can work anywhere that is within their state's scope of practice law (with caveat below). So, by that, the question to you would be, what does your state's scope of practice law say in regards...
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    Frontier question

    zmansc replied to motheringheart's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    As with any program, your specific situation may be different than mine, so I certainly think you should consider your options, however, for me I feel the FNU program was the best choice available by...
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    Getting Paid to Precept Students

    zmansc replied to steffyh's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My school will not allow a student to use one of these services, but it does pay a small honorarium to the preceptor(s) when the student completes their clinical practicum. Personally, I'd love to see...
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    Can a new APRN only work PT or PRN?

    zmansc replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There are DNP programs for nursing education. That would qualify you as having a DNP and you wouldn't have to work or be an APRN. If you are saying that you want/need both a DNP and to be an APRN, in...
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    online NP schools..

    zmansc replied to SwoRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I believe the OP is from FL. Frontier has a online program that would require you to do two campus visits. There are several students in my cohort that are from FL and they split about 50/50 between...
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    Frontier question

    zmansc replied to motheringheart's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm in the FNP program, not the CNM (CNEP) program at FNU, so I would double check with the admissions folks at FNU to verify. However, my program has a requirement that I not precept at the same...
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    Nebraska joins ranks of states with independent NP practice

    zmansc replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Re Nebraska: I believe the requirement of 2000 hr is with either a physician or an NP. Re NY: NY passed a bill last year that the NY NPs believe gives them full practice authority, however there were...
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    New nurse with old academic history haunting me. Chances of admission to ADN-ARNP?

    zmansc replied to Medic362's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    1) While male NPs may be few and far between, I seriously doubt that is going to help your admissions, of course my school started in midwifery, so my opinion on that may be biased! lol 2) What is...
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    New to ER

    zmansc replied to kward6's topic in Emergency

    Who is they? Your coworkers? Mentor? Your supervisor? I would talk to them. Ask if you are progressing according to plan, or what you need to do differently to improve. I have mentored a RN who moved...
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    classes, certifications, etc... please help.

    zmansc replied to toERortonot's topic in Emergency

    Prepare yourself for what, the interview or to be an ER RN? Don't worry about doing additional things to be ready to be an ED RN, you are not going to learn to be an ED RN until your facility trains...
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    Do schools help with ebsco host and databases?

    zmansc replied to 2bnpcout's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My school has these creatures, I believe they call themselves "Librarians".... I'd never heard of them before, but they actually are trained on how to do this very thing, and get this, they are only a...
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    Working full time + clinicals

    zmansc replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm assuming your school has you find preceptors. I am also assuming that there is a high demand for preceptors in your area. In which case, I think it would be difficult (but certainly not...
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    question about maintenance fluids and drips

    zmansc replied to seventhirtynine's topic in Emergency

    Was the order written for one bag, or for many bags? I follow the orders as written, and the MAR we use shows if the order is for one or multiple doses (so does the paper order in cases where it is...
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    Too disabled to be NP

    zmansc replied to CombatCJ's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    nicktexas and IIg gave you some excellent advice. I would only add that there are many programs that are more interested in finding the 100 easy students who are trying to get into their program than...
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    Soon to be New Graduate

    zmansc replied to BurtMuffin's topic in Emergency

    I don't believe that ER nurses eat new nurses alive, at least that is not my experience. I do believe there are nurses who have better dispositions to teaching new grads than others. I hate the "eat...
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    Foster Care Physicals

    zmansc replied to midwestFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Interesting, I have never seen a foster care physical in the ED here, I'm assuming it is different state requirements or something. Thanks for the
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    Foster Care Physicals

    zmansc replied to midwestFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Seriously? I'm not questioning that it would take a while to get into your PCP, that can take quite a while here too. But the ED?! I would have expected retail, walk-in clinic, or even UC. I know most...
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    Schools Still Offering MSN?

    zmansc replied to sertile's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Last I checked there were still more MSN/FNP programs than DNP/FNP programs, so I would suggest broaden your search and you will probably find some. Some programs may also advertise themselves as DNP...