traumaRUs MSN, APRN

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    CRNA- ICU experience

    traumaRUs replied to sophie<3's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Several posts have been deleted in this thread as off topic - please stay on
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    NTI 2016 Moral Courage

    traumaRUs posted a topic in General Nursing

    We attended an NTI session this morning about moral courage and ethics for the APRN. This is applicable to many nursing specialties The lecture was Sarah Delgado ACNP Clinical Practice Specialist from...
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    Phones Are Down...

    traumaRUs replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    *67 blocks your number from caller ID. Also, on most phones there is a way to disable the caller ID feature. Best
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    Coworker physically abusive to patients

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

    This is an ethical and legal issue. By NOT reporting it, YOU are just as
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    NTI 2016: Family Presence During Resuscitation?!

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    You all bring up some great points: 1. Many times a pt's wishes are disregarded way before a code situation occurs - this is the time to bring in SW, palliative care, etc., to discuss plan of care,...
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    NTI 2016: Family Presence During Resuscitation?!

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    At Beckysue - since the pt is coding am not sure that we could ascertain their wishes....how would you do
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    NTI 2016: Family Presence During Resuscitation?!

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    calivianya, you bring up such a valid point. The families, when they see what a REAL code looks like and sounds like, very rarely do they ask to continue indefinitely! Family presence helps with...
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    Live Coverage of NTI 2016 New Orleans - Are you going???

    traumaRUs posted a topic in General Nursing

    The American Association of Critical- Care Nurses (AACN) will host the 2016 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI) in New Orleans at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center....
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    Live Coverage of NTI 2016 New Orleans - Are you going???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Say goodbye to dry skin....we all wash our hands all day long. Here's an
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    The Agony of Ecstasy in PICU and Other Tales... a Play in 3 Acts - NTI 2016 Session

    traumaRUs replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Great and informative session this am!!!! Thank
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    NTI 2016: Family Presence During Resuscitation?!

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Agree - with the coming of age of the boomers, and more information available on the internet, families expect more (we all are experiencing this!) and they don't want to leave their loved ones. I...
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    The Agony of Ecstasy in PICU and Other Tales... a Play in 3 Acts - NTI 2016 Session

    traumaRUs replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    So timely with the increased numbers of overdoses. Thank
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    NTI 2016: Family Presence During Resuscitation?!

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    You are so right EMTb2RN. It is important that families are given the choice and that their choice is
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    Live Coverage of NTI 2016 New Orleans - Are you going???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/nti-2016-oh-1052416.html
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    Are nurses generally more attractive

    traumaRUs replied to rfms's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Closed for obvious reasons - several posts have been deleted as they quoted a post that violated the terms of
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    Accused of med diversion, no proof

    traumaRUs replied to sonotguilty's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Moved to the forum where more nurses are dealing with board
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    2016 allnurses National Nurses Week Contest Winners

    traumaRUs replied to allnurses's topic in News, Announcements

    Yes thanks - it was great reading through the entries - so
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    Question About Returning to Dialysis

    traumaRUs replied to westieluv's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    @westieluv - so glad you are happy! I see pts at both FMC and Davita. Besides the annoying "its a great day to work at Davita" when they answer the phone, I don't see a big difference. The...
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    Accepted dialysis clinic position, now having second thoughts - advice please?

    traumaRUs replied to Lucky724's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Westiluv - you are right on! This whole situation is weird...and
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    Live Coverage of NTI 2016 New Orleans - Are you going???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I am lucky enough to go too this year as part of the AN Team - we will be all over the place - watch for our tweets, FB posts, interviews and pics....Look our NOLA here comes
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    Accepted dialysis clinic position, now having second thoughts - advice please?

    traumaRUs replied to Lucky724's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    1 RN to 24 pts is NOT safe - RUN! The MD medical director who allows such a thing is an idiot - the 'big two' have the easy availability of getting travelers in to help out - heck Fresenius has their...
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    What was your path to NP?

    traumaRUs replied to MomAndSonInMD's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Wow - you psych folks are so interesting. I did my RN psych rotation at a state hospital where I saw all I wanted to and thought nope not for me. Now ER is where its at for me and if I could have my...
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    Nps in the er

    traumaRUs replied to NSC Nursing's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I intubate as a pre-hospital RN and do needle decompressions. Procedures aren't the end all. More importantly is the assessment! When I worked in the ER as an APRN (for a six month part time gig),...
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    Advanced Infusion Courses

    traumaRUs replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    I use the EZ IO prehospital as a volunteer on my rural fire Dept. No special training needed. To me advanced IV skills is a central
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    Nursing Experience FNP

    traumaRUs replied to hdhnurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    At least in my area, we hired two APRNs in the last year. We consider nursing experience but as they were new grad APRNs they started at a base salary which was more than they were making as RNs but...