traumaRUs MSN, APRN

Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU

Trauma Columnist

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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. I watched both of the above referenced interviews and josh states several times he doesn’t know who would have done
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    To further clarify Josh was outside his unit, off the clock. Who went too far? Josh, the nurse or person who felt the need to report him? yes it is important to be mindful of policy. What does it...
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Agree. However when should we as professionals just “leave it”? Was this worth putting someone’s job in jeopardy? Morally right or
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    Social Media and Doxxing - Your Thoughts???

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Great discussion. What about nurses who “tattle” about social media posts? The person, supposedly a nurse on this closed FB group went to considerable effort to “unblur” and out Josh’s...
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    CBD Oil for Older Adults, What is Known and Unknown

    traumaRUs replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    And drug interactions are a biggie for many elderly! What about renal function? Does this play into
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    From Nephrology Patient to Nephrology RN

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    A very good friend of mine was a renal transplant recipient and she worked ED in a very busy level one trauma center. Now as a nephrology APRN, transplant recipients can pretty much work where they...
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    From Nephrology Patient to Nephrology RN

    traumaRUs posted a topic in General Nursing

    National Nephrology Nurses week 2019 is September 8-15th. allnurses.com staff was recently able to interview a nurse who knows first-hand what it's like to be a nephrology patient. We interviewed...
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    How I passed the ANCC FNP Exam on my first attempt September 2019

    traumaRUs replied to bbrowndnp's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Congrats on passing! I moved to the student NP forum for students to
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    Probable HIPAA violation. How to proceed?

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

    Did they use identifying info when they did the mass email? We get metrics on all pts but they are only identified by
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    Full Practice Authority

    traumaRUs replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    I can certainly attest to this. I made a prescribing error when I first became an APRN and yes, I was held to the standard of being completely knowledgeable about the med. The MD was not
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    From Nephrology Patient to Nephrology RN

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I have asked Bridgette to come here to answer questions. She has a very interesting and inspirational
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    From South Africa to US Nephrology Nurse

    traumaRUs posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is National Nephrology Nurses Week. allnurses.com was fortunate to interview Anne Diroll, a hemodialysis nurse from California. 1. How did you come into nephrology nursing?I was a pulmonary per...
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    Anyone ever been on strike?

    traumaRUs replied to dankimal's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Moved to collective bargaining/union
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    What lending did you use for school?

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

    Moved to SRNA
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    Passing FNP Board Exam - 2019

    traumaRUs replied to cat266's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Congrats!! Moved to student NP
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    When should I apply for a student nurse PRN job?

    traumaRUs replied to Elisa Cecilia De Lourdes's topic in General Students

    Moved to General Student
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    Unfair Clinical Evaluations

    traumaRUs replied to guest723's topic in General Students

    Staff note - multiple posts have been removed....posts that were offensive as well as those that quoted the offensive posts. Please adhere to the terms of
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    Years of RN experience before NP

    traumaRUs replied to NewOncNurseRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Agree with above posters - do the NP fellowship. The fellowship will give you the tools to be
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    Need to determine my path ...

    traumaRUs replied to friendlylark's topic in Advanced Practice

    You seem on the right path by taking a break. Some thoughts: 1. Shadow some MSN-leadership grads. See what they do and if you like it. 2. Same with FNP. The big decision as I see it is clinical or...
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    First RN Job and Anxious About Speaking English

    traumaRUs replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    As a provider who takes phone calls from nurses, here are my tips: 1. Speak slowly 2. Some cultures pronounce words differently than native US English speakers - try to learn the local pronunciation...
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    White scrubs ( sigh) and makeup

    traumaRUs replied to MSO4foru's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    How about make-up that doesn't "shed?" I use a 24 hour make-up that once its on, its on until I take it off and it doesn't smear on my
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    Failing LPN school

    traumaRUs replied to AspiringRN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    moved to LPN
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    ACNP vs FNP: My Summarization of the Great Debate

    traumaRUs replied to rauscht's topic in Advanced Practice

    I actually was referring to the Consensus Model/LACE. I should have explained myself
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    ACNP vs FNP: My Summarization of the Great Debate

    traumaRUs replied to rauscht's topic in Advanced Practice

    Not so at all - we are debating a topic that is of the utmost importance to all APRN students, prospective students and even current