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    Moving from Australia to America as a Nurse

    traumaRUs replied to bibek's topic in Nurse Registration

    Moved to Nurse
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    Hospital vs. Hospice career

    traumaRUs replied to C. T.'s topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    It sounds more like you are wanting a navigator position and most of the time, they are held by an RN. In order to develop a CNS position (and thus the greater salary) you will need the metrics to...
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    Furthering education... Options?

    traumaRUs replied to becky520's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Moved to post-grad nursing forum. Best wishes on your
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I first had to look up "doxxing" which is to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge. This recently came up when I read about...
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    Hospital vs. Hospice career

    traumaRUs replied to C. T.'s topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Hi and welcome. I will preface my remarks that I practice in IL and my scope of practice=NP. I'm an adult and peds CNS and practice in a medical APRN role. My take on your situation: 1. Does this...
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    Regret Becoming an NP

    traumaRUs replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    I wanted to answer again because I spent only 6 miserable, horrible, horrendous, very sad months in heart failure. For me, my co-workers either make or break my job. I loved being an RN - in my...
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    ACNP - Will I be missing out?

    traumaRUs replied to Apple2020's topic in Advanced Practice

    Exactly - make sure that the certification focus you train for is what they hire for? Look up consensus model and
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    FNP in Hospital Setting

    traumaRUs replied to NewBostonFNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    Are you in a specialty practice? In my area, FNPs are no longer being credentialed at the hospital a their training/clinicals focused on primary care not acute care. Will you be seeing ICU
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    Would you stay?

    traumaRUs replied to Power2020's topic in Advanced Practice

    Hmmm...yeah maybe time to move on. 1. In the future, don't treat ANYONE unless you have a pt/provider relationship, meaning there is charting to back you up. In IL, this would be a BON issue. 2. I...
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    Concussion Education in the ED - What's In it for Nurses and Families?

    traumaRUs posted a topic in Emergency

    Football season is upon us! We all like to dress warmly and go out on Friday or Saturday evening to cheer on our local high school team or bundle up to go to the ice rink to watch our teams. Some of...
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    What's Happening at the VA Hospitals?

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    I want to preface my comments with the disclosure that I was employed as an RN in an ICU at a large VA in the midwest for a couple of years. I only left when we moved out of the area. During the two...
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    What I'm saying is that if we are anonymous we have no filter - we can say what we want because no one knows who we are. However, once our identity is revealed, we must then more closely adhere to the...
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    Touro University - Nevada DNP Program - anyone???

    traumaRUs posted a topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Okay, so I've looked into Touro's DNP program. I like it because it will accept my 1000+ hours of masters-level clinicals leaving me with no clinical component and I can easily (or so it seems) get it...
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    What happened to the post masters certificates?

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

    University of
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    Liability issues

    traumaRUs replied to nursetim's topic in Advanced Practice

    Talk to your malpractice provider but you are held to the standard of your highest
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    Forced Organ Donations from Living Donors???!!!!

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    Agree - I certainly don't believe the US is without flaws.
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    Full Practice Authority

    traumaRUs replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    STAFF NOTE - lets debate the topic, not each other. I think most of us (APRNs) agree FPA is okay and means different things in different
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    How Do We Celebrate Emergency Nurses Week 2019?

    traumaRUs posted a topic in Emergency

    This week is the time to thank and celebrate our emergency department (ED) nursing staff. These nurses face an often chaotic environment where you never know what type of patient or patients will be...
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    Do you have your own malpractice insurance?

    traumaRUs replied to tgod288's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I pay $2k in Illinois and yes I would pay $4k for the peace of
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    Full Practice Authority

    traumaRUs replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thanks much for your kind words. I am very aware of what I don't know. I'm also thankful I have MD colleagues that while they do respect me and enjoy working with me, they also are there to answer...
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    Looking for a low Cost ADN to MSN(NP) program!

    traumaRUs replied to Yodi2007's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moved to student NP
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    Full Practice Authority

    traumaRUs replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    Exactly! Nursing is a second career for me also but I came up thru the ranks so to speak (my prior career was the USN). FullGlass is probably an excellent NP. However, without the nursing experience...
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    Full Practice Authority

    traumaRUs replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    Agree - we are not doctors. I have no issue with this. It seems that the newer NPs sometimes take issue with this. I have to say that as FullGlass is a direct entry NP so without RN experience, it...
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    6,500 Nurses to Go Out on Strike 09/20/19 in Four States

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    Has anyone heard if talks continue? Any new
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    Webcams in Nursing Homes?

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    Exactly. I have had patients and families want to record me and while I have no issue with this if they let me know, its an invasion of my privacy to record me without my knowledge. To clarify - this...