traumaRUs MSN, APRN

Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU

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    I just answered all 265 questions on the NCLEX, what are the chances of me passing?

    traumaRUs replied to Guest878640's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Moved to NCLEX
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    What do allnurses members want in a Blog?

    traumaRUs posted a topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    allnurses.com is THE social media site for nurses. With over 1,000,000 members there is a wide variety of nurses and students. So ... what does it take to grab our members' attention? These are some...
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    good bye ER... maybe

    traumaRUs replied to Ryan RN's topic in Emergency

    I did ER for 10 years (level 1 trauma center inner city knife and gun club). Became APRN - miss the ER every single solitary
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    RN to...? What's next when you need $ but have kidney failure?

    traumaRUs replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nephrology APN - hopefully you are under the care of a nephrologist and are optimizing your health by keeping tight control of your BP and diabetes (if you have these diseases) and adhering...
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    New nurse needing help with being assertive when delegating task to CNAs

    traumaRUs replied to NurseMari22's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Moved to First Year After Nursing
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    Compact License Question

    traumaRUs replied to ebslawrl's topic in Travel

    Moved to travel
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    Who still works as a floor nurse?

    traumaRUs replied to OCRN3's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Okay - I've been APRN for 10 years now and I still volunteer as pre-hospital RN! (lol - my little adrenaline rush). I'm at the ALS level so I run my own codes, intubate, do needle decompressions, the...
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    Considerations for a true practice doctorate

    traumaRUs replied to twozer0's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Moved to DNP
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    Is it me or 'memorex'?

    traumaRUs replied to Eschell2971's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Moved to Pt/Colleague
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    Nephrology Nurse Practitioner

    traumaRUs replied to aandrae's topic in Advanced Practice

    Hi there - I'm a nephrology APRN (for almost 10 years now). I had no nephrology experience when I went into this. My RN exp was 2 years adult ICU, 1 year peds ICU and 10 years all ages level 1 trauma...
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    NCLEX Study Guide

    traumaRUs replied to wrightkm777's topic in General Students

    This study guide is copyrighted and no longer available on
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    Which NP specialty is most in demand?

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

    I also recommend reviewing the ANCC Consensus Model as it might play into your choice. While currently not a big player in your choice, as you say, you are still several years away from a choice and...
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    Villanova university Crna program interview

    traumaRUs replied to doja's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Moved to SRNA
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    Concordia University Irvine Summer 2016 ABSN

    traumaRUs replied to s142bannock's topic in School, College Programs

    Moved to Nursing schools and
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    Mark Klimek Nclex review

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

    Moved to NCLEX
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    Took NCLEX -RNtwo times already and scared to take it for the third time. Please help

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

    Moved to NCLEX
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    Need to interview a BSN ASAP.

    traumaRUs replied to nhomsey1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Merged threads and moved to nursing student
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    Welp - it's official!

    traumaRUs replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!!!!
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    Jobs as Preparation for NP

    traumaRUs replied to Zyprexa_Ho's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I did adult ICU, peds ICU and 10 years level one trauma ER before becoming APRN - it prepared me well. However, I totally miss the adrenaline rush that the ER provided me....like PsychGuy said though...
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    Pediatric Nurse Practitioner : never worked. .

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

    I have had some recent questions that I asked of ANCC and got quick answers via email from ANCC (and I wanted written answers since they pertained to a very specific
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    ANCC AG-ACNP Exam

    traumaRUs replied to Dr.KP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moved to Student NP
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    What does MSN(R) mean.

    traumaRUs replied to Nurserosanne's topic in Advanced Practice

    Where did you see
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    Nclex-PN /BREEZE CA,2016 plus!pvt trick february 2016

    traumaRUs replied to izaaach23's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Staff note: Per our terms of service, we do not allow soliciting of any kind on AN.
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    Partnerships will advance personalized medicine

    traumaRUs replied to yhl1975's topic in Advanced Practice

    Well NurseLeigh - thanks much - still not understanding
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    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    This physician who is the original poster of this thread works in the ER. Of course in the ER, one must be able to read and interpret xrays (simple) and suture. Those are standard procedures....