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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 population I was working with. I would say it also depe...

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 too long for any of the NGOs where I volunteered. I ...

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 diagnosis and plan of care.

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 differential diagnosis, etc. Then, when I became an ...

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 not only prescribe you medication or diagnostic proc...

Look up AENT, it funded 1/2 of my tuition and gave me a $1200 monthly stipend with no commitments!

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 education. I go to a brick and mortar school meanwhil...

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 get a cath order right away but i guess that goes...

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 or classes. I am going to graduate school this fal...

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. With all that said, no shift should take responsibi...

Any advice? Anything we can do to prepare ahead of time? What about books and other helpful resources.

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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 residual ( what's left in the bladder) is over a ...

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 charge nurse. I'm pushing lasix on this pt q8h and f...

I've been mulling this question over in my head as my NP school application deadline is approaching. As much as I love school I might feel overwhelmed especially since I might be starting a family sooner then I thought and keeping my job as an RN. If...

That's good to hear. One of my schools actually states that they recommend full time for continuity. Are they implying something?

I am also interested in this. My plan is to get a yoga certification which I will have in June and then offer my services to the yoga studio that I am a part of and where I will be getting my certification. I have seen some job posting with sigma ins...

I did, sorry about that.

In hopes of shedding light on this argument I will tell two opposing stories that demonstrate the importance of the nurse to patient relationship in terms of hospice. Though I work on a sub acute rehab floor as a skilled nursing facility I always hav...

Hi. I would consider myself a lazy person who likes to get things done so this is how I studied for the NCLEX. After trying to go over material for a few days I became over whelmed and gave up. So, I went to the book store and did practice tests on i...

I love Evernote as well. It syncs to all my devices which means I can use my phone to review notes but also works well with different mediums, text, audio and visual media.

Yoga is not an exercise, it is life style. As a yogi for a number of years I have found that my physical practice (on the mat) directly translates into my life. Yoga is about movement, breath and state of mind. I would recommend that you research yo...

Ever since I became a nurse I have had less and less time to help out with the family business which at times requires travel. I am still undecided which branch of nursing I want to settle in but flexibility is key. Right now my schedule if pretty ri...

Just as a side note, I think it's unfortunate that if someone engaged in a little pot smoking once a week they are doomed for the drug test but you can go out every week end and blow lines of who knows what and the next week pass a drug test no probl...

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