traumaRUs MSN, APRN

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    Psych NP programs

    traumaRUs replied to morningcoffee's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moved to student NP forum. There are many programs that do not require years of experience and this forum is pretty active - someone will be along to help
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    Doing the WHOLE college thing, or complete in 18 months?

    traumaRUs replied to Mae637's topic in General Nursing

    I went to school in my 30's also and I would advise just doing a BSN right from the
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    Cardiac Nurse Practitioners

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

    I'm in nephrology but several of my colleagues have crossed from nephrology to cards and they were all FNPs. Just be mindful of the Consensus Model as to scope of
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    The Reality of the New York University (NYU) Acute Care NP program

    traumaRUs replied to maxdog's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moved to Student NP
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    Santa Barbara City College ADN Fall 2016

    traumaRUs replied to Cathereen09's topic in School, College Programs

    Moved to
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    Anxiety and Ativan

    traumaRUs replied to owlcitygirl's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Moved to Health and Stress
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    Lone Star College Fall 2016 hopefulls?

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

    Per our terms of service, we do not allow linking to FB pages, so name the FB page and others can ask to
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    Why do nurses.....

    traumaRUs replied to offlabel's topic in General Nursing

    I put what the state tells me to put: traumaRUs,
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    Teaching Peritoneal Dialysis

    traumaRUs replied to reeniedoc's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Sorry I wasn't clear - I don't mean an equipment rep like Baxter, I mean a dialysis company like Fresenius or Davita that provides acute hemodialysis in your hospital - they usually contract with your...
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    Teaching Peritoneal Dialysis

    traumaRUs replied to reeniedoc's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    That sounds like a solid plan. What kind of resources will you have for your "superusers". At least in my area, PD is run by either Davita or Fresenius so they are on contract to the hospital, not...
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    May Is Mental Health Awareness Month

    traumaRUs replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Staff note: multiple posts have been deleted/edited as either off-topic, intentional trolling, quoting off-topic or quoting intentional trolling. Back to the topic of the
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    Butte College Nursing Applicants

    traumaRUs replied to crazycatchic24's topic in School, College Programs

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    2017 Lone Star ADN Hopefuls

    traumaRUs replied to alex30's topic in School, College Programs

    Moved to
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    Montefiore & Cochran Fall 2016

    traumaRUs replied to MJ_2bRN16's topic in School, College Programs

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    11 years ago, positive UDS, can I get a job?!

    traumaRUs replied to SNRN2BE's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I'm a vet and usually, what I've found is that HR asks for your military service and asks what type of discharge you got. Since you have a general discharge, versus an honorable discharge, most HR...
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    Wagner ABSN 2016

    traumaRUs replied to MariaRN89-2b's topic in School, College Programs

    Just a staff note: AN does NOT allow linking to FB Please just NAME the FB page and then others can join.
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    need clean catch urine specimen

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

    Why are they checking for infection at the nephrologist's office? Seems kinda weird - most likely checking for protein/blood. I would ask the
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    Teaching Peritoneal Dialysis

    traumaRUs replied to reeniedoc's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    PD is a skill that must be kept up like CPR - however due to the sterility of the procedure as well as the tech aspects, it is not something you can just do competencies on once in awhile....
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    Dual degree FNP/ AG-ACNP

    traumaRUs replied to heather in ohio's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moved to Student NP
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    felony

    traumaRUs replied to mommy44k's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Moved to Licensure with Criminal
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    NCLEX RN California verification

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

    Moved to
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    need clean catch urine specimen

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

    I'm a nephrology APN and I would ask if they suspect an infection. If not, ask if they have a speci-pan that she could urinate into and then poured it into a urine container. Most likely at a...
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    Why preceptors don't precept

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

    For those that do precept what would make a good precepting
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    New GA Practice Rules - The Consensus Model Continues

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

    Concerning to say the least that GA entertained this
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    New GA Practice Rules - The Consensus Model Continues

    traumaRUs posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I thought this deserved its own thread. This the Georgia position paper on FNPs working in "acute" care settings: Position Statement: Family Nurse Practitioners in Acute Care SettingsThe Georgia...