Retired APRN MSN, RN, APRN

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    What duties are available to NPs/CNLs?

    Retired APRN replied to GuiltyLove's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    NPs are nurse practitioners, nurses first of all. You have to be a nurse with a BSN before you can enter an NP program. There are accelerated BSN programs for people who already hold another degree...
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    Ambien psychosis?

    Retired APRN replied to Cat_RN's topic in Patient Medications

    I was given ambien during my first series of chemotherapy. I apparently wandered around the house a lot while on it, but had no memories of it in the morning. One day I received a package from a...
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    What will a bachelors in psychology get me as a nurse?

    Retired APRN replied to itsbekah's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm sorry you had that bad experience. There are all kinds of facilities; some are good, some are atrocious. You're painting an entire field of medicine and nursing with a very broad brush. My...
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    RN processing

    Retired APRN replied to rpreety's topic in Nurse Registration

    It looks like you need to contact Vinayak College of Health Science to make sure they sent your transcripts to the right place, or to see if something happened on their
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    Rant: the first patient to make me truly disappointed in myself.

    Retired APRN replied to renardeau's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like that was really hard on you. I have one practical suggestion. Being very honest with you, some of the answers you wrote do sound condescending (if that is really what you said). What I've...
  6. Retired APRN

    Reality Orientation for hallucinations/delusions?

    Retired APRN replied to babaloo's topic in Psychiatric

    I just want to emphasize what elkpark said about actually looking. Sometimes people see something real that is anomalous and then misinterpret it in accordance with their disordered thoughts. I...
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    Advice to a nursing student on psych specialty

    Retired APRN replied to On_a_mission92's topic in Psychiatric

    Hi there. :) I strongly suggest doing your psych clinical before making any decisions. Some people (me!) love it; other people (my best nurse-friend) couldn't be done with it fast enough. One thing...
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    If you are a male can you ask to only work for male patients?

    Retired APRN replied to dbtw's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't know when the PP's "back then" was, but in my own "back then" (in the US, non-religious hospital) things were like that, too. It was the prevailing culture. Times have changed, and these days...
  9. Retired APRN

    Nursing students on medication

    Retired APRN replied to kjnsweets's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That was gracious and classy, Vianne. Well
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    Bravo LTC Nurses!

    Retired APRN replied to Retired APRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I posted this because I have a sib in LTC (only 56 years old, but medically fragile) and I am just in awe of his nurses. You folks simply
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    How to be excused from clinicals

    Retired APRN replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

    I fainted when I was a student, but not in OR. It was a code blue. I did the right things, brought stuff, handed stuff off, stood out of the way otherwise, and I was very excited and hyped. At the end...
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    You are just a LPN

    Retired APRN replied to BreathWisdomRN's topic in LPN to RN

    This. When I was a new grad I worked on a med-surg floor. There was an LVN there in her fifties or so (seemed ancient to me!) and she'd been working since before I was born. This nurse not only saved...
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    thinking of switching later on

    Retired APRN replied to kdmf12's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't really see how anyone can answer this, unfortunately; there are so many variables. How quickly will you find a job? How much will the job pay? How much money will you need to love on and meet...
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    Need help with a nursing diagnosis!

    Retired APRN replied to jberrn's topic in General Students

    First about the book issue. I'm not in the US either. Even if you don't have a Kindle device, you can get a Kindle app for your phone, tablet, and even PC, I think. Then there is no waiting for the...
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    Employment terminated. Need help.

    Retired APRN replied to roreyn02's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    First of all, OP, thank you for your honesty. From what you say, it sounds like you are aware that the anger you say you carry inside you is bubbling up and making itself known at odd times. This may...
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    Nurse practitioner School

    Retired APRN replied to Kisses_RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

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    Other health professions

    Retired APRN replied to deetrain's topic in General Students

    Laughing hysterically over here. When I was a student most of my instructors for theory and clinicals were WWII army nurse veterans. Honey, you don't know the meaning of drill sergeant! And I...
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    Pain medicine and bone mets

    Retired APRN replied to esrun00's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Speaking as a nurse and as a patient with bone mets - YES, some doctors do under prescribe for pain control. YES, the pain of bone mets is ghastly. YES, nurses can and should make suggestions to the...
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    Nurse brutally beaten in a Brooklyn Hospital

    Retired APRN replied to HGTVrn33's topic in Nursing News

    What a shame that this thread about the brutal beating of a veteran nurse by a patient has been derailed into a yelling match about carrying guns. I realize that this is a hot issue in the US, but I...
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    What will a bachelors in psychology get me as a nurse?

    Retired APRN replied to itsbekah's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I was a psych RN and then became a PMHNP (psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner). Your career path will depend on what you want to do in the end. Please forgive me, but it sounds like you...
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    Retired APRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Hear,
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    Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    Retired APRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Topic? There was a topic? . . .
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    Nurse brutally beaten in a Brooklyn Hospital

    Retired APRN replied to HGTVrn33's topic in Nursing News

    [EDIT: Sorry, I forgot to quote the question in my reply. This is about the meetings held by HCW in response to assaults in hospitals.] It's a kind of protest, similar to a work slow-down in a...
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    Nurse brutally beaten in a Brooklyn Hospital

    Retired APRN replied to HGTVrn33's topic in Nursing News

    Thank you for the link. Dear Lord, this is awful. Seventy years old! When there is patient-on-staff violence in hospitals here, there is often a work action for a few hours. Not a strike, but going...
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    i have a couple questions (new cna!)

    Retired APRN replied to katiemisskatie's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A great thing to do if you find yourself all caught up is to ask a coworker if they need help with anything. You might also tidy linen or supply cupboards, that sort of thing. For reporting off, you...