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  1. Hotel for day sleep for 3rd shifter?

    gospa posted a topic in Travel

    Hi all. I am taking my first contract RN job in Boston. It is 70 miles from home and I will be working 12 hour shifts overnight weekends only. So I will stay at the hotel on the weekend and then drive...

  2. Newbie RN, ? about Lopez valve

    gospa posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I'm in my first week as a new RN on a medsurg floor. I only came across a Lopez valve two or three times in clinicals over two years. Now that I'll be seeing them much more often, I'm wanting...

  3. Regis College reviews?

    gospa posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hello all, I have been researching Regis College on this site and find most of the posts about their NP Program are several years old, and were mostly negative. Have any of you completed...

  4. Starting Simmons FNP, ambivalence

    gospa posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi all Just wanting thoughts on some of my concerns. It appears to be one of the most prestigious and well-organized programs you could however I'm becoming more concerned at the extreme heavy load...

  5. Need pedi rotation for FNP

    gospa posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hello colleagues, I had a preceptorship fall through today and am looking for a pedi rotation of 7 weeks or 112 hours in the Providence/Boston area. I attend Simmons College, which claims to find...

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

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

    LOLOL. 2 terms of complete fluff organic chem while real men like you took "real" classes. You're the biggest troll I've ever seen online. Great for laughs. Thanks for letting the rest of know we are...

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

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

    Why don't you tell us? Most bachelor's degrees in nursing in my area require organic

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

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

    double

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

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

    I would go to medical school but I'm 42 and don't want to finish residencies when I am 50 and have more than $500K in loans plus interest and lost income for the years not working while in medical...

  10. Hotel for day sleep for 3rd shifter?

    gospa replied to gospa's topic in Travel

    Ned what do you mean "you will have to prorate your per diem to only the days away from home." My stipend does not show divisions such that this much is for food, this much is for gasoline, this much...

  11. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    gospa replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Here's a good one. Few months back, someone comes in by EMS for dizzyness. When did it start? "Someone rang my doorbell at 10 p.m. and when I opened the door there was a brownie on the ground. I ate...

  12. where else do ER nurses go?

    gospa replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Emergency

    Most of our ED nurses leave for PACU or cath

  13. "Bleed" an IV line

    gospa posted a topic in Emergency

    Quick question. the other day day I was hooking up an insulin drip to a patient and a nurse asked me "Did you bleed the line already?" I assumed she meant did I prime the line already so it was free...

  14. I start in the ER next week!

    gospa replied to MedicFireRN's topic in Emergency

    I was an ER tech then did medsurg RN then returned HOME to the ED. You'll do fine. Read books, take notes, ask questions of both Drs and RNs. Also I find it pretty important to be a great teammate. I...

  15. Where do I belong?

    gospa replied to Jrhemming's topic in Emergency

    Weird to me that you are "annoyed" by lower acuity patients. Especially for a newer RN? You should learn all you can from all your patients including lower acuity. There are always things to learn...

  16. "Bleed" an IV line

    gospa replied to gospa's topic in Emergency

    Thanks all. I didn't even know there was a policy for draining a portion of the insulin bag. But I searched and found we do. It's 50cc. Seems silly to me to fill 100 units of insulin in a 100 bag and...

  17. New to ER

    gospa replied to eacu's topic in Emergency

    It is good that you want to read and learn. Too many nurses I've seen are cocky and figure they know it all or will remember it all without writing anything down. A brilliant resident I work with...

  18. "Bleed" an IV line

    gospa replied to gospa's topic in Emergency

    So I read that study but am still unclear on what I would do differently. I will look into policy. But policy aside, for theoretical purpose: I put 100 units regular insulin into 100 cc bag. I prime...

  19. Newbie in ER, feeling hopeless

    gospa replied to MsPebbles's topic in Emergency

    Pebbles I am sorry to read about your experience. U may well be cut out for emergency nursing but it seems that you are not set up for success currently. I help precept occasionally and I would never...

  20. Will an ER tech help me land a job in the ED?

    gospa replied to loosemoose's topic in Emergency

    It certainly could help. I did

  21. Can I enroll for a Master's degree right after I get my RN license?

    gospa replied to BloggerNurse's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    To the OP: I wanted to be an NP more than nurse also. But I recommend for several reasons that you work as a nurse along the way. I have been an RN for a few years and learned a considerable amount...

  22. Starting Simmons FNP, ambivalence

    gospa replied to gospa's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    yes the online simmons. Bostonfnp, I've read your posts here for the past few years while I positioned myself to begin a master's NP program. I would really like your viewpoint. The Simmons online has...

  23. Ambivalence about Simmons FNP

    gospa posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi all Just wanting thoughts on some of my concerns. It appears to be one of the most prestigious and well-organized programs you could however I'm becoming more concerned at the extreme heavy load...

  24. Massachusetts and NP restriction

    gospa posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Greetings. I was accepted into Simmons College online FNP program this week and noticed on a Simmons website an article which lists Massachusetts as one of the top 5 most restrictive states for NP...

  25. Massachusetts and NP restriction

    gospa replied to gospa's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Katie I read that website also and concluded the same. I haven't finalized what I am going to do. I'm still split between acute care and family. I work in ER and love it. But some of the NPs I know...