As a second year Primary care NP student with and 4 years of experience as an RN in acute rehab I decided to go back to school when I felt confident in my skills and understanding of the patient...
Can you tell me about your experience after you graduated? Also, I have one recommendation coming from a faculty member but am having trouble coming up a with a good second recommendation. Its been...
In my program, the first clinical rotation you are expected to take on 6-8patients/ day and do complete/ focused SOAP notes. You are expected to do a full assessment and try your best on differential...
I think its really important to discuss different roles within the heath care setting. As a bedside nurse I often find my self feeling resentful toward PA/NP who would come strolling in with their...
You and other reliers have clarified it pretty well. Basically, an NP can do everything that an MD can do with a focus on health promotion and disease prevention. If you went to see an NP she would...
I certainly agree with you on the effect the organization of the program has on my own confidence. While my sites are picked by my school, I find the instructors hardly on par and interested in my...
I guess each faculty is different but when I get an order to collect a urine sample I clarify if they want a clean catch or a straight cath. If a doc ordered a sample on an incontinent patient I would...
I have struggled with the same issue. While I have been able to grow professionally at my currency job the stress leaves me so burnt out that I am unable to explore other part time opportunities...
I'm sorry about your situation but do you think going around and getting a cath sample would have made the whole thing easier? I would never attempt to get a clean catch from an incontinent patient....
Basically the foley is removed and the patient is given opportunity to void on their own. Depending on you facility protocol or the MD orders you either bladder scan after voiding and straight cath if...
Anyone have a good technique for taking a BP on someone who the machine doesn't read and manually you can hardly hear anything, even the arrow doesn't jump clearly. I have tried as well as APRN and...