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Actually, for complicated intra-abdominal infections, unless the kid had an allergy to it, metronidazole would usually be ordered along with the cefepime. Vancomycin would have made more sense to add into the treatment regimen if they cultured the d...

I agree with pedsRN, this patient doesn't sound septic, although it's hard to say that positively without actually seeing the patient. Sounds like a pretty normal post-op patient, though. With respect to the sepsis bundle, are you saying that at yo...

My school requires a minimum of 1 year RN experience in the ICU before you can even apply for the ACNP program. Best to check with your school, you may also need ICU experience before being accepted.

Study. Beyond that, I can't give you an answer because I don't know what your learning style is, if you have any conditions that impair your ability to learn, etc... When you think you've studied enough, study some more. Also, do an internet searc...

Often times it's a numbers game, your odds of landing a position would arguably be improved by submitting applications to multiple units.

When you graduate from nursing school you can write BSN behind your name, but you have to first pass the NCLEX before you can also write RN after your name.

I think the OP may have been asking about credit hours vs. contact hours. But 3 credits = 3 credit hours. 3 credit hours = 45(ish) contact hours if the class meets for 50 minutes 3X/week and if it is a semester based system which lasts 15 weeks. Ed...

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It's as if you literally looked inside my brain and took the words right out.

I understand. I'm not saying that ALL aides/techs are useless. Obviously I'm sure there are nurses that just don't want to do basic care and delegate it out to the aides when they could actually do it. It's not a nurse vs. aide argument, it's just...

This may be true for some, but I have not had that experience. I'm attending NP school virtually for free thanks to employer reimbursement. My school sets up clinical sites and preceptors for us, no work necessary on our part except to show up and ...

There also happens to be alot of CNA's/PCT's that don't fully understand the scope of a nurse's job. Just because it looks like I'm sitting there on the computer doesn't mean I am not busy. I have exponentially more documentation to do than the unl...

It really makes me wonder who exactly is staffing the email address for the NYS BON and if their understanding of the issue is adequate. My guess is no since we've both gotten different answers in response to separate emails sent to them (as well as...

Not all of the top schools in the country require the GRE. I attend one of the top NP schools in the U.S. and I wasn't required to take the GRE. Check with each individual school you are planning on attending because you may not need to take the ex...

Do you have any APN's on your unit? Maybe they can put together a brief inservice about reading CXR's for the staff?

I'm really surprised that the school requires a year of general chemistry; it really won't make much difference in your nursing studies. Just be happy you don't also have to take a year of organic chemistry! Anyways, as someone else said, getting t...

Their position is that if you, for example, are licensed as a NP and are hired as a RN and are working within the scope of practice of a RN, then you are liable for everything up to and including the scope of practice of a RN, not a NP. However, I u...

Thank you for your mature response.

Yes, I've seen the website. I spoke with someone at the NYSED about this issue and they stated what I posted before, which is in direct contradiction to their website. I suppose the question is whether or not a RN would ever take a job as a LPN or ...

Whoa, pump the brakes. Are you telling me that your aides/techs round on a daily basis and actually toilet the patients instead of confusing work time with social hour? You guessed it, that's my peeve.

Sure, no problem. How about the above post... Where you assume that because I (or anyone else) have the letters RN & BSN after my name that I don't put my patient's needs first.

Exactly! If I had to work a M-F schedule I am fairly certain that I would gouge my eyes out. One of the things that I love about nursing is that you can work three 12 hour shifts and have 4 days off a week. There is no way possible that I would ev...

Well I'm sure that I'll be in the minority here, but I've said it before and I'll say it again, I have no use for CNA's or PCT's. I do total care for all of my patients, draw their blood, change linens, clean them up, do BG's & EKG's, etc... On...

THIS!!!!!

Not everywhere. In NY, according to the NYSED, you are not held to the level of your education or licensure. You are held to the responsibility of the job you were hired for. With that being said, RN's in my institution are NOT told that they will...