traumaRUs MSN, APRN

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    How to answer nursing school questions?

    traumaRUs replied to StudentRNN's topic in General Students

    Moved to General Nursing student
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    Tampa ARNP-one yr post grad still no job!

    traumaRUs replied to Agriffin2's topic in Advanced Practice

    Some thoughts: 1. Go back to court to get custody revised so that you can provide for you children. 2. Then you could move to a more rural area where jobs are more plentiful. 3. Work as an RN...
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    Dominican Missions

    traumaRUs replied to Jtkknj's topic in General Nursing

    Moved to volunteer nursing. I would definitely go to Haiti under the auspices of a well-known
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    What do NP's wear

    traumaRUs replied to FutureNP111315's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Okay guys I had to look this Vanquest up: Amazon.com : Vanquest
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    Maintaining nursing certifications as an NP

    traumaRUs replied to NeuroNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    Yeah I volunteer as a pre-hospital RN on my rural fire dept so CEN, TNS (Trauma Nurse Specialist (IL-specific cert), etc., are all required. However, I want to keep my options open too....even after...
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    MSN to gerontological NP

    traumaRUs replied to melindaHS2's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moved to student NP
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    School assignment

    traumaRUs replied to garib002's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Moved to nursing student assistance
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    What do NP's wear

    traumaRUs replied to FutureNP111315's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    @Boston - lol! I bet you look cute in
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    Maintaining nursing certifications as an NP

    traumaRUs replied to NeuroNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    Hmm...I've kept all my certs up even though I'm 10 years down the road in nephrology. I still keep my CEN, ACLS, PALS,
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    RN Needlestick

    traumaRUs replied to SadieRN123's topic in General Nursing

    We can not provide medical advice per our terms of service...please see your medical
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    suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    traumaRUs replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    STAFF NOTE - this is a very sensitive subject and several posts have been reported. Please be mindful of your
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    My Nursing revocation

    traumaRUs replied to kimm2524's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Agree that a lawyer is the best way to handle this situation. Per our terms of service, we can't provide further advice for you. Please take care and best
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    What do NP's wear

    traumaRUs replied to FutureNP111315's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    lol - I have to laugh at "club wear".. I wear black scrub bottoms and short sleeve tshirt in the summer and long sleeve t-shirt in the winter. I wear long blue pin-striped lab coat in the summer and...
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    most cost-effective strategy for absn

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

    Moved to prenursing
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    Give me some perspective NP's

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

    I will say that my two CNS programs (yes, like a dummy I didn't learn the first time!), provided me with a solid clinical experience but only because I worked in a level one teaching
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    Resume Help

    traumaRUs replied to whodat34's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Moved to resume help
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    Bullying in the workplace

    traumaRUs replied to PrincessAlexiss's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Staff note - many posts which were off-topic were
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    Confused!! Post masters or DNP

    traumaRUs replied to supernursejason's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The consensus model cont to be problematic for the APNs in the states that have approved it....here is the link to the states that have approved it.... Here is the link to LACE which discusses the...
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    Re-entering the workforce as an NP vs getting a PhD

    traumaRUs replied to pnpvirginia's topic in Advanced Practice

    Can you network with your state's APN group? Perhaps look into a job as a
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    Bullying in the workplace

    traumaRUs replied to PrincessAlexiss's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    STAFF NOTE - please keep on topic. I've been a nurse for 24 years and was in the military prior to that. I've not experienced bullying. If bullying is disagreeing with me or saying something...
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    First Time male catheter story

    traumaRUs replied to Rumple89's topic in General Students

    Moved to general nursing
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    suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    traumaRUs replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    I looked up studies for suicides among professions and this is one study that I found: Several occupations with the highest suicide rates (per 100 000 population) during 1979–1980 and...
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    Fall 2016 Nursing Student Study Tips Contest

    traumaRUs replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in News, Announcements

    Please submit your study tips to this link so they can be considered in the
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    Give me some perspective NP's

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

    NPs can work in trauma centers. However, most level one trauma centers have their own surgical and/or EM (emergency medicine) residencies (for physicians) so they get the "cool" stuff. I am a CNS...
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    RN to MSN for CNS?

    traumaRUs replied to broe0043's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Please take your time to explore your CNS options prior to committing. I'm a CNS and everyone who knows me here at AN knows how much I regret my decision to obtain not one but two CNS certifications....