traumaRUs MSN, APRN

Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU

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    Finally, I can add SRNA to my name

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

    Congrats!!!!!!
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    Don't Want To Touch Patients!

    traumaRUs replied to ThinBabe's topic in General Nursing

    ....and back to the topic at
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    Nurse felon needing a job

    traumaRUs replied to kandikissesrn's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Mayb a dumb suggestion but in central IL. There is a physician who runs several methadone clinic on cash only basis. He has a huge practice in peoria, Bloomington and
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    FNP in hospitalist or internist role?

    traumaRUs replied to ashurtle's topic in Advanced Practice

    I have no problems with this BostonFNP. However, I do think much depends on what you do with your clinical experiences
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    DNR in public school

    traumaRUs replied to Hunter'sMom's topic in School

    DNRs are common for medically complex, fragile kids - yes they still attend school, activities, etc. Of course the DNR should be
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    New Grad Nurse hospital orientation process - how do you do it at your facility?

    traumaRUs replied to tbpmom's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    No problem. Glad to help and welcome to AN. I'll move to staff development for more
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    CNS clinical rotations

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

    lol - you are liable to be teaching to all the rest of senior citizen
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    FNP in hospitalist or internist role?

    traumaRUs replied to ashurtle's topic in Advanced Practice

    With the APRN Consensus Model implementation date of 2015, here is what the AACN says about Adult-Gero ACNP: The patient population of the adult-gerontology acute care NP practice includes the...
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    HELP I think I made a mistake!

    traumaRUs replied to ashurtle's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moved to Student NP forum as other students can comment on what they have found too. Best wishes. Its a tough
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    NP on Call with Overtime

    traumaRUs replied to tsipareht's topic in Advanced Practice

    I've recently applied for an ER position where its 3 12's either 0700-1900, 0900-2100 or 1200-0000. As this is a level one trauma center (where I worked for 10 years as a staff RN), I would expect I...
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    So...what do you do after burnout ?

    traumaRUs replied to carachel2's topic in Advanced Practice

    @BC grad - glad you are happy. I always loved the ER and the chaos and my narrow focus is just driving me to boredom. @carachel2 - yep except that when I was an LPN I had a gun pulled on me while...
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    So...what do you do after burnout ?

    traumaRUs replied to carachel2's topic in Advanced Practice

    Well I'm in a specialty practice and as I sit here on a Monday afternoon at 4pm, realizing that I left my house at 6am and won't be home for another 3 hours specialty might not be the way to go. I...
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    Going from ANCC certification to AACN cert? Anyone?

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

    You and me
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    Going from ANCC certification to AACN cert? Anyone?

    traumaRUs posted a topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Okay so I am soo not wanting to return to school at my age (56). However, I have both an adult health CNS as well as a peds CNS certifications thru ANCC. In looking further, it appears as though I...
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    Different roles for CNS's??? Come on guys share what you do!

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

    I have always been in the role of APRN and nope my employer wasn't and still isn't interested in someone who doesnt make bill for their services -
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    what is CDL

    traumaRUs replied to spring00's topic in General Nursing

    This brings up the point to NEVER use
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    newly qualified

    traumaRUs replied to ElinaPrdhn's topic in United Kingdom

    Merged multiple
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    Will be taking CNS exam next week - any tips?

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

    BPNursie - I'll be honest, I've never been a "true" CNS like change agent, educator, etc., have always been in an APRN with full prescriptive authority for almost 9 years now. However, the adult...
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    NP with pension retirement plan?

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

    Pensions are few and far between. None of the hospital systems in my area offer pension anymore - its all
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    ER to ICU orders

    traumaRUs replied to amys4304's topic in MICU, SICU

    threads
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    FNP - PMHNP required vaccinations

    traumaRUs replied to 3**835Y's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Back to the topic at hand: I'm an APN who is credentialed at 7 hospitals in 5 hospital systems and every single one of them required immunizations and/or titers. I will be honest and I do not get a...
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    Illinois RN looking for job after probation

    traumaRUs replied to dknurse74's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Several local (central IL) Fresenius Dialysis Units are hiring nurses. No narcotics at all. Very recovery RN
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    Lessons Learned as an Expert Nurse Witness

    traumaRUs replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    Intraosseous access is becoming much more common place now. Here is a Medescape article showing how to do the procedure with the EZ IO: Medscape: Medscape
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    Reconsidering Nursing

    traumaRUs replied to mestiza98's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Merged two
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    When should I start a family?

    traumaRUs replied to nyc2011's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No perfect time. I had my first while in the Navy and was back to work four weeks afterward in the field. Made nursing school seem like a