JustKeepDriving

JustKeepDriving

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  1. Health Care is Not a Right

    JustKeepDriving replied to Tetra's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why nursing? Why not business, administration or politics - which seem a lot more egosyntonic with your personal beliefs on the allocation of health resources and provision of

  2. Health Care is Not a Right

    JustKeepDriving replied to Tetra's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I've lived in both the US and Canada. I've heard of people that have gone to the United States for procedures but I never met them and generally the procedures I've heard of were more of a luxury...

  3. Health Care is Not a Right

    JustKeepDriving replied to Tetra's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My state has really bad mental healthcare because treating that population is a money sink - they can't pay for it, the insurance often only covers so much of it, and the state is unable to finance...

  4. Everyone is in NP school !

    JustKeepDriving replied to Atl-Murse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm quite aware of the standardized procedures and patient specific protocols for California and how loosely the Nurse practice act defines scope in terms of certification. I'm also aware of the...

  5. Everyone is in NP school !

    JustKeepDriving replied to Atl-Murse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm curious how this even works. I get managing stuff like simple anxiety and depression but as far as I know FNP/AGPCNP/ PNP don't get tons of training in managing stuff like schizophrenia, OCD,...

  6. Everyone is in NP school !

    JustKeepDriving replied to Atl-Murse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The fact that this is a thing: [ATTACH=CONFIG]24765[/ATTACH] While this is also a thing (same facility): [ATTACH=CONFIG]24768[/ATTACH] Where someone can literally make more as an RN than an NP at the...

  7. Marijuana - medication interactions - thoughts?

    JustKeepDriving replied to shibaowner's topic in Advanced Practice

    Probably the best presentation I've seen on it is: https://doh.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/doh/publication/attachments/Medical%20Cannabis%20Adverse%20Effects%20and%20Drug%20Interactions_0.pdf...

  8. Writing the Prescription to Fix Broken Nurse Practitioner (NP) Education (Pt. I)

    JustKeepDriving replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    Clinical rotations can vary so, so much and I agree that the apprenticeship model needs changed. My program placed students and even there - it was a lot of variation (and we still had to interview at...

  9. Is psychiatric nursing a dying profession?

    JustKeepDriving replied to LilaDavis's topic in Psychiatric

    I personally am not a fan of the deinstitutionalization movement - mainly because although I understand the necessity of it, some places are overly zealous about it and the community treatment model...

  10. Writing the Prescription to Fix Broken Nurse Practitioner (NP) Education (Pt. I)

    JustKeepDriving replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    Yep - one of the good things about my program is that we did a lot of our rotations in tandem with the residents and it put into a very harsh perspective how many deficits the NP program has in...

  11. Writing the Prescription to Fix Broken Nurse Practitioner (NP) Education (Pt. I)

    JustKeepDriving replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    One of the biggest frustrations for me as a new grad PMHNP is that in my specialty we just aren't exposed enough to the medical realm and yet, so many of the patient's we work with have a ton of...

  12. Working while in NP school

    JustKeepDriving replied to friendlylark's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    A lot depends on your program - my first semester was light on clinical hours but heavy on theory/sciences and working full time was not a problem; however as it progressed I started picking up more...

  13. Writing the Prescription to Fix Broken Nurse Practitioner (NP) Education (Pt. I)

    JustKeepDriving replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    So, a good look at the link shows MEPN admission with a list of MS specialty area's on the right hand side that admit master's entry students and include AGPCNP, FNP, PMHNP, WHNP ect. I've worked...

  14. US NP to practice in Ontario, Canada

    JustKeepDriving replied to ladygodiva112's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Honestly, my piece of advice would be to contact the college of nurses in Ontario and ask them. They more than anyone could give you all the details on what is expected to get licensed and practice...

  15. US NP to practice in Ontario, Canada

    JustKeepDriving replied to ladygodiva112's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm have dual citizenship (US & CAN) and gotten all of my education in the states and have looked in to going back to Canada as I miss my family and friends. Unfortunately - it's a heck of a...

  16. "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    JustKeepDriving replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    One of the biggest problems with addiction is that people treat it as a 'disease of morality' and not just a disease. It's easy to look at people and think "you did this to yourself!" when they're on...

  17. Unconventional hair colors

    JustKeepDriving replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

    My personal philosophy on it is the grey rock technique. I try to be as uninteresting and boring as possible at work - it's a conservative field and like any field where you're interacting with the...

  18. Needing encouragement: I think I regret being an FNP

    JustKeepDriving replied to Trilldayz,RN BSN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Until APRN nursing gets it's collective stuff together in terms of training people I'd be absolutely terrified to have an army of NP's replacing primary care provider MD/DOs. There is just way too...

  19. No PMH-ANPs in Canada!!!

    JustKeepDriving replied to RunnerRN92's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm have dual citizenship and have lived in both countries and just finished up my MSN-PMHNP degree (waiting to take the boards). Just getting licensed in Canada as an RN is an extremely arduous...

  20. DNP vs MD/DO

    JustKeepDriving replied to DrZaphod's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Direct quote from the "Great site"aka literal word

  21. Should drug diverters be prosecuted?

    JustKeepDriving replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, and this is probably going to be a particularly unpopular opinion, but I'm getting tired of treating addiction like a criminal issue and not a public health issue. I live in a state where we...

  22. Nursing Arrogance

    JustKeepDriving replied to Flowerchild6065's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Meek? Yeah no. My first nursing job involved a riot shield, spit hood and 8-16 hours/day of dodging flying excrement and punches in a max security facility for the criminally insane. I don't consider...

  23. Does working at a small hospital make me less of a nurse?

    JustKeepDriving replied to Jaellys's topic in General Nursing

    Didn't anyone tell you? Nursing is like a video game! You gotta get a job in a large level 1 trauma center ICU to reach max level and healing ability!!!! That way you can face down the big bosses of...

  24. DNP Fluff

    JustKeepDriving replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I researched my bum off to find an NP school that had a partnership with a medical school. Some of my classes are taught by NP faculty and some (like my psychopharmacology course) were taught by MD...

  25. Whatever happened to going to school to be a nurse?

    JustKeepDriving replied to indish's topic in General Nursing

    You know, If I could have gone to school to "just be a nurse" that would have been awesome. I enjoyed taking care of patients, talking to them, learning about medications and treatments as well as...