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    Need some help from my fellow APNs - interviewing for hospitalist position....

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in Advanced Practice

    The way I'm understanding this is (and this is a tiny hospital) with only 18-30 pts in-pt at any one time. The hospitalist service seems to have both hospital-employed AND hospitalist-company...
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    I swore at a resident

    traumaRUs replied to calicali707's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Merged threads. As we stated earlier this situation is just not something we can comment on as it is veering into legal advice which per our terms of service, we can't provide. We sincerely wish you...
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    I swore at a resident

    traumaRUs replied to calicali707's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    So sorry for this added stress. Agree with above poster. We wish you the best and are sure this won't recur. Take care. Closing this now as it is veering into legal
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    Need some help from my fellow APNs - interviewing for hospitalist position....

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in Advanced Practice

    okay so after 1.5 hr phone interview this is what I got out it (condensed version): hospital employee tied to a hospital employee hospitalist MD some type of call system (I would be first call) 2...
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    Winter 2015 Article Contest Top 10: You Pick 4 Winners

    traumaRUs replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in News, Announcements

    Great
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    Need some help from my fellow APNs - interviewing for hospitalist position....

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thanks so much everyone - this is great information and lots of stuff that I didn't consider. Thanks again
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    multigenerational staff

    traumaRUs replied to Shrooq Alsulami's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Moved to nursing student assistance
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    Canadian RPN wanting to take the nclex pn.

    traumaRUs replied to scrubnrs's topic in Nurse Registration

    Moved to Nurse
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    Need some help from my fellow APNs - interviewing for hospitalist position....

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thanks Juan thats a good question to ask. Yes, I'm ready to move on - this working 60 hrs/week and driving on average 400 miles/week is getting old. I am excited to try something new I know for...
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    Can we just agree, being honest is not akin to being "rude"?

    traumaRUs replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    There are two sides of the issue: First I do agree that when you post on the public internet, you are going to get many different opinions from many different aspects. Some of this is great as often...
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    UNBELIEVABLE what goes on here

    traumaRUs replied to Bailey246's topic in Correctional

    Very sad. I'm a volunteer with a prison monitoring group and do prison visits. The entire prison system needs to be overhauled. Don't get me started on the sad state of prison healthcare in the US:...
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    Starting to think there should be some limits...

    traumaRUs replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    Appreciate the comments. This is at the top of the Nursing Student Assistance Forum (which everyone must look at prior to posting): Congratulations on being accepted into a nursing program! This is...
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    Paying Preceptor

    traumaRUs replied to whovian11's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moved to student NP
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    Nclex Exam

    traumaRUs replied to giljen's topic in Nurse Registration

    Moved to NCLEX forum for more
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    English (Career) Assignment

    traumaRUs replied to AshleyC2015's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Merged duplicate
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    Primary Care: Screening For Risk Of Prescription Drug Abuse

    traumaRUs replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Great article. I screen SOME of my patients but I also rely on our prescription monitoring system PIL - Redirect for info. In IL, this is a computer data base that includes name of the patient, drug...
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    CNM (midwife) Burnout

    traumaRUs replied to junipers's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Moving to CNM
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    First NP Job With Little Autonomy

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

    Some suggestions (and I assume you are in a transplant setting as that is your experience?): 1. Have a meeting with the other APRN: find out what they would like in a job setting. 2. Come up with...
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    glove allergy

    traumaRUs replied to sherone's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Merged two
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    glove allergy

    traumaRUs replied to sherone's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here you go: KIMTECH PURE* G3 Sterile STERLING* Nitrile Gloves 6-Kimberly-Clark Professional* Nitrile gloves is what we use in the US on latex allergic pts and for latex allergic nursing
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    Stethoscope Bling?

    traumaRUs replied to chorses4evr's topic in General Students

    Okay back to the subject at hand please. BTW just for everyone's knowledge, although manual BPs are still taught in school, there is new literature that an automated BP is actually more accurate....
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    Favorite Clinical Apps -- Go!

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

    Looking at my phone - this is what I have: ICD-9 ACLS Advisor Dialyze Drugs Epocrates Sanford Guide Bugs and Drugs ACOG 5 min Clinical
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    Can I work in a hospital as a FNP?

    traumaRUs replied to nyc2011's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    @dranger - few family docs admit to hospitals anymore. Every hospital that I'm credential at (7 at the moment) use hospitalists and intensivists. The keywords now are decreased length of stay and cost...
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    MSN then obtain FNP certification?

    traumaRUs replied to ZooCrew10's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Might as well just do the MSN with FNP focus from the start
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    Where is wooh?

    traumaRUs replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Posters come and go for a variety of reasons. Sometimes posters lurk (read but don't post). We try to respect poster's privacy as sometimes what goes on in real life (work, family, etc), takes up...