traumaRUs MSN, APRN

Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU

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    Any NP's with an S Corp - can we perform NP services if we incorporate as Nursing Corporation (not Medical)?

    traumaRUs replied to Dk2013CA's topic in Advanced Practice

    Moved to APN
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    Supplies needed for Clinicals?

    traumaRUs replied to Blondie_M's topic in General Students

    Congrats - moved to general
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    Would PMHNP role be welcoming to nurse in recovery?

    traumaRUs replied to SkyIsTheLimit86's topic in Advanced Practice

    I tried looking this up on the IDPFR site but couldn't find what I was looking for. However, don't you have to have an unencumbered license in order to go to school?
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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

    Good
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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

    Wow! Unimaginable! To those nurses affected by the strike - how is it
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    First NP Job

    traumaRUs replied to dnpfnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    Since neither you nor the physician is super busy, maybe meeting with her and simply explaining your concerns: 1. You are a new NP and though you have lots of nursing oncology experience, being the...
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    Ethical Dilemma: Is it ever ok to mislead a patient?

    traumaRUs replied to RNjuice's topic in General Nursing

    STAFF NOTE - stop the back and forth please. Debate the topic, not the poster or leave the thread!
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    Spouse of nurse

    traumaRUs replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    STAFF NOTE - please adhere to the terms of service: debate the topic, not the poster.
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    Concussion Education in the ED - What's In it for Nurses and Families?

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency

    Great comments - thanks for the additional
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Right. I wonder what education he had about social media and the
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Yes its a slippery slope and one no one wants to go
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Agree. With a degree of anonymity, civility is
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    Full Practice Authority

    traumaRUs replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    Hmmm...I never represent myself nor do I allow my pts to think I'm the MD. I work with several pts who are vets (as am I) and they call me "doc" but they are very aware I'm not the physician. APRNs...
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    Full Practice Authority

    traumaRUs replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thanks for your kind words. As Clint Eastwood says, "a man's got to know his
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    Full Practice Authority

    traumaRUs replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    I should clarify my comment about MD oversight. I meant that we (APRNs) still can’t just take off and do everything an MD can do. I’m in nephrology and have a FPA license. However I don’t plan...
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Great points. When I look at who our medical/nursing social influencers are and how much they post. I personally have been surprized at how much info they put out.... As an APRN myself, my practice...
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    Full Practice Authority

    traumaRUs replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    Okay guys FPA doesn't mean a free for all with APRNs randomly caring for pts w/o oversight or physicians to discuss cases with. I'm in IL, the home of the AMA and we recently passed the FPA law and...
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I will speak to the Catholic hospital issue - the local very large Catholic system does indeed only have Catholics at the top of the tier. It is well known which church to attend and even in some...
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    He actually only posted a selfie with his name tag blurred out. He did make a comment that a pt made. However he did not in any way ID the pt. Seems like hospital took offense at selfie when name...
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    As others have mentioned there is definitely a risk if you post on any social media platform. Agree too that punishment did not fit the
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Agree. We do not know who outted him. And also agree punishment was very
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    Probable HIPAA violation. How to proceed?

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

    Yikes! Yes even if it was encrypted - should not have gone out to everyone. We use Outlook email, then further password-protect it, then the password comes to us in a second email. For our texting...
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    This! We all know hacking is very common nowadays, IP addresses are traceable and identities are discoverable. However, this case was a little different in that someone intentionally went to some...
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    You CAN post on social media but as nursing professionals, we must always be mindful of our facility policy. I've worked places where they didn't have an "official" policy, it was just "be careful."...
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Agree!