traumaRUs MSN, APRN

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    Accelerated Nursing Programs Info HELP!

    traumaRUs replied to jgfan615's topic in School, College Programs

    Moved to
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    Transition from school to RN

    traumaRUs replied to Dashia's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Moved to nursing student assistance Can you clarify your question
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    Question For NurseMommies, 2year old experience in ER exposure concern

    traumaRUs replied to aevans1292's topic in General Nursing

    Please check with your daughters provider - per our terms of service, we can't provide this
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    Liability insurance

    traumaRUs replied to NewbieFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Okay - if they ask for the coverage THEY provide - THEY should have that info. Otherwise, if this is your personal insurance, nope there is no reason for them to even know you have
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    Pharmacology

    traumaRUs replied to sarah7694's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Please take this for what its worth (which may be nothing). NP school is not like RN education - don't sweat it with flashcards, memorization, etc.. When you get out do you really want to use just...
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    What are your NP clinical rotations like?

    traumaRUs replied to Rocknurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I did as much of my clinical time in critical care (PICU) and then for my adult clinicals I did most of them in the ER. I love both environments and was very fortunate to know a lot of my
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    Online AGNP for military spouse

    traumaRUs replied to ncbl18's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I was a military spouse too and the only advice I give is to get into one school, stay there and get your clinicals done in one location. The military is only moving folks every 3-4 years nowadays...
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    Salary and Negotiation

    traumaRUs replied to brista's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    City/State: Illinois, specialty practice Years in current position:10.5 Salary: >100k Benefits: free healthcare insurance for myself, 8 weeks PTO/year, 1/8th of my salary as employer paid...
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    $29/hr--why am I still in this job!?

    traumaRUs replied to ndnursepract's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I live in a rural area but am willing to commute. Is that an
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    RN Specialty to different NP Specialty

    traumaRUs replied to JessieMari's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My nursing exp was 10 years level 1 trauma center, 2 years adult ICU, 1 yr PICU, and 2 yrs as an LPN in a snf then I went into nephrology as an APN. However I had extensive orientation into that...
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    Disgusted. How to report...

    traumaRUs replied to ThrowawayAccount's topic in Florida Nursing

    Closing for
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    But Why? Fingersticks and Common Sense

    traumaRUs replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Great article. Agree we need to use evidence based practice and delete the phrase "because that's the way we've always done it" from our
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    RN to MPH-Nursing- Where to Go?

    traumaRUs replied to beachtomountainsRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Moved to Post-Grad
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    Herzing University

    traumaRUs replied to AmbitiousNurse87's topic in LPN to RN

    Moved to LPN to RN student
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    Please HELP

    traumaRUs replied to diamondee777's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Moved to NCLEX
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    OT or Nursing - Can I get some Opinions?

    traumaRUs replied to injured1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Moved to prenursing
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    Nurse Practitioner Contract Negotiation

    traumaRUs replied to Combative's topic in Advanced Practice

    As an aside, I don't mind the calls, what I mind is that they didn't use critical thinking skills and provided a dialysis pt with
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    NP in recovery

    traumaRUs replied to joey1979pa's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congrats on being in recovery. I have moved your post to the Nurses/Recovery
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    Nurse Practitioner Contract Negotiation

    traumaRUs replied to Combative's topic in Advanced Practice

    Just took a call from a dialysis clinic becuz one of my pts has a K+ of 8.2 which was a repeat after I Rx'd with kayexalate. The NH "nurses" (and I use this term loosely in this situation) said "his...
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    Religious Conflicts/Observances

    traumaRUs replied to SunshineNRainbows's topic in General Students

    Religion can be a hot topic. I would advise the poster to contact the school and go from there. As some advice has caused upset we will close this thread for
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    Inequalities of Health Care - Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr Day

    traumaRUs posted a topic in General Nursing

    Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., is a celebrated human and rights activist. He often spoke of the inequalities of health care especially regarding minorities. As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day...
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    First clinical ahead tips?

    traumaRUs replied to 0.5GPA's topic in General Students

    Moved to general student
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    Healthy Weight Week: Eat Healthy Lose Weight

    traumaRUs replied to JanineKelbach's topic in General Nursing

    I like the "diet for a day" idea - maybe I'll try that. Gotta say though that I do great at work while busy but I somehow get into this hungry hippo mode from like 6-9pm and that is
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    Getting to Know You - Getting to Know All About You!

    traumaRUs replied to Carol Ebert's topic in General Nursing

    Hubby is planning to retire in 3 1/2 years (at 67) from his full time job (he is already retired from the military 20+ years ago)but he is already stressing about "what will I do." I'm younger and...
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    ARNP vs FNP

    traumaRUs replied to sweetstrwbrry1's topic in General Nursing

    Hi - APRN, APN, ARNP are the umbrella under which CRNA, NP, CNS, CNM operate so if you want to go the NP route, you have choose a population foci, like family (FNP), peds either acute care or primary...