chillnurse BSN, RN, NP

Internal medicine/critical care/FP

Member

All Content by chillnurse

  1. chillnurse

    Neo/Levo

    chillnurse replied to LNRN11's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    lets start mixing cardiazem and lopressor together. cardiopressor. Hey look, i made a new combo drug. Time to charge 5 times the generic price of
  2. chillnurse

    Need to rant

    chillnurse replied to Stormy8's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    call and ask me for something specific and 99% of the time ill say sure. i prolly woudlnt write somebody up for that but id tell them call me first next time. no sense in write ups for anything that...
  3. chillnurse

    Drug Rep Hassles

    chillnurse replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    some are good some are not, just like another other profession. The food is great though. lol. Too bad I work on the hospital end so the only time i get the food is when i pick up my check. We had an...
  4. chillnurse

    What do you think of fibromyalgia?

    chillnurse replied to Emergent's topic in Health, Stress Management

    it seems as if much of it is caused by poor lifestyle habits. Smoking, high sugar and fat foods, no exercise, poor ability to cope, etc. I am sure this is not true 100% of the time, but I have seen...
  5. chillnurse

    Can NP's perform surgery legally?

    chillnurse replied to jdc6773's topic in Advanced Practice

    if you wanna be a surgeon be a surgeon
  6. chillnurse

    What kind of blood pressure reading will you see in shock patients?

    chillnurse replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in Critical Care

    hypo tensive or 30+ points below their norm I think is one of the tools we use. of course clinical correlation is important too. such as zero mental status vs no change in
  7. chillnurse

    Emergency NP...any regrets?

    chillnurse replied to Mdavidsoninc's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    cost less? hmm, why does it have bad reviews? I can't really comment on an enp program itself. I always just figured its best to get out of school as fast as you can. better to get paid for getting...
  8. chillnurse

    Neo/Levo

    chillnurse replied to LNRN11's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm sure my supervising physician would send me a disappointing text the next morning if she saw i wrote for neo and levodead in the same bag. lol. sounds like an unneeded complication
  9. chillnurse

    How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    chillnurse replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You won't have anything to worry about. Nbody can complain if your doing your hours as stated in the school
  10. chillnurse

    Has Any Body Taken AANP-2014 FNP Boards?s

    chillnurse replied to SuccessfullLady's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    fitzgerald review course. bought it bc it was required. What i learned in my program itself was more helpful though. fitzgerald was good but pretty
  11. chillnurse

    Is there an advantage to getting aanp certification over ancc or vise versa?

    chillnurse replied to mackce's topic in Advanced Practice

    yeah, I was able to take the aanp exam prior to graduate and start making bucks like 5 days after graduation. All the motivation I needed to do AANP. Oh, and there is no research or theory on the...
  12. chillnurse

    How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    chillnurse replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    We had to put our hours into typhon prior to the days. It was a fully brick and mortar program so I don't know how online ones do it. All our clinical sites were pretty close to the school. preceptors...
  13. chillnurse

    How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    chillnurse replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    we used typhoon like trauma said above. and they randomly walked in on me a few times to make sure i wasn't playing hooky or sleeping in the bathroom all
  14. chillnurse

    Emergency NP...any regrets?

    chillnurse replied to Mdavidsoninc's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    i would just do family then work for a year or two and attend seminars to learn skills needed for ER. Might be nice to learn to put lines in and such but at least in my area the docs do all the lines....
  15. chillnurse

    Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    chillnurse replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    bet she gets paid a lot to bash
  16. chillnurse

    Advanced Nursing Lacking "Medical Science"

    chillnurse replied to matthewandrew's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Any good shaman programs out there. I'm
  17. chillnurse

    For-Profit Schools That Offer Online Nursing Programs

    chillnurse replied to TheCommuter's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Don't cut your finger on the Cracker Jack
  18. chillnurse

    The Benefits And Drawbacks Of Private For-Profit Schools

    chillnurse replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    Some people with pay anything to have a degree in their
  19. chillnurse

    The Benefits And Drawbacks Of Private For-Profit Schools

    chillnurse replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    132k for a bsn degree. Rofl. Who would fall for that. There are cheaper medical schools out there. My bsn cost like 10k including my asn. Most was paid for of course. Economics people.
  20. chillnurse

    Advanced Nursing Lacking "Medical Science"

    chillnurse replied to matthewandrew's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Why not just do self study? People who self study always retain more info since they are not reading grudgingly. A degree is just a piece of paper. It's not like you can only learn in a restricted...
  21. chillnurse

    Advanced Nursing Lacking "Medical Science"

    chillnurse replied to matthewandrew's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    We should copy paste this convo onto SDN and get some popcorn and
  22. chillnurse

    Advanced Nursing Lacking "Medical Science"

    chillnurse replied to matthewandrew's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm not worried. Smart people will still get jobs over the ones who have no brain and went thru Easter bunny full sail university of Trinidad and tobacco for their fnp. Good lawyers still make money...
  23. chillnurse

    My obamacare experience

    chillnurse replied to coast2coast's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I thought I walked into congress for a minute then saw my browser was still on all
  24. chillnurse

    Why do you want to be an NP

    chillnurse posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just as a way to stir up a brief understanding of why people wanted or want to become an NP with a focus on a few different areas. Career itself, hours, salary, credentials, opening of new doors, etc....
  25. chillnurse

    Comprehensive list of classroom-based PMHNP programs

    chillnurse replied to priorities2's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Lincoln memorial university msn in