traumaRUs MSN, APRN

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    Professional Journal Subscriptions

    traumaRUs replied to PG2018's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'll be honest, I subscribe to NO journals. However, I do use UpToDate daily and also listen to Audio Digest which I find much more useful to me as it is more focused on the topics I'm interested
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    I am the wife of a male student nurse and having trouble coping.

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

    At this point, we will close this thread. We wish the OP the best. Thank you everyone for your
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    Is employer-provided malpractice enough coverage?

    traumaRUs replied to christinaFNP4's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm late but couldn't agree more - get your own malpractice insurance that will be on YOUR
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    Feeling very disheartened...please help!

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

    Locums jobs are known to be temporary so you just tell prospective employers that you decided to take a locums jobs for the short time prior to your move back east. Now, however, you are ready and...
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    Feeling very disheartened...please help!

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

    Hi there - sorry you are having such a difficult time. I'm in central IL and have no issues like you are describing. Can you hang in there until your husband graduates? Maybe take a locums job in...
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    esrd lab values

    traumaRUs replied to haagën dazs's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    8.4-10
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    Forced to resign, new grad with only 1 year of experinece.

    traumaRUs replied to Elan84's topic in General Nursing

    Staff note: to the OP: Please take the good advice you have received, sit back and do some self-reflection as to WHY you made these mistakes, work to rectify these issues and move forward. AN is a...
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    Nursing Leadership Interview

    traumaRUs replied to NurseJesseeekuh's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Merged all posts same
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    Foster Care Physicals

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

    Back to the original topic. I do apologize as I seem to have made this thread go off topic. I sincerely thought you were discussing the potential foster children not the potential foster parents. I...
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    Vacation!

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

    I'm basically all outpt at this time (could change soon) and I have another NP/PA take my calls when I'm gone. I try to make sure that I do all my refills prior to leaving but one can't anticipate...
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    Pharmaceutical reps in the clinic

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

    Our large nephrology practice no longer allows pharm reps on site. It had gotten ridiculous. Yes, as far as I know the docs/PharmD's or whoever lectures during these meals DOES get
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    when is enough, enough??

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

    Bring in your APRN to this mix. They can help to facilitate end of life discussions and reasons to cont or discontinue dialysis. I often start talking about palliative care when I see new pts. I...
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    American RN with DUI looking to get licensed in Australia

    traumaRUs replied to Aemrick0421's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Moved to Nursing Licensure with a Criminal
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    Flight Nursing stories

    traumaRUs replied to jjphoenix's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Good morning - best wishes! We have moved your thread to Flight
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    Malpractice Insurance

    traumaRUs replied to PsychiatricNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    Hmmm...never heard of them. I gotta be honest though, 120,000 providers doesn't seem like a lot to
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    NP full scope/independent speculation

    traumaRUs replied to kodc's topic in Advanced Practice

    Ditto ILLINOIS - however the AMA is headquartered up in Chicago so we will
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    ACNP or CRNA

    traumaRUs replied to SNMORRI2's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moving to student NP for more
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    Foster Care Physicals

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

    After reading this thread, I'm thinking you all are posting about foster PARENTS. I am referring to CHILDREN who are taken out of their homes and placed in foster care by DCFS (Dept of Child and...
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    Foster Care Physicals

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

    No DOT physicals. However, for foster care physicals, they all involved emergency placements where the parents were SUDDENLY unable to care for their kids, the kids were in IMMINENT danger or...
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    Foster Care Physicals

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

    In my area, its frequently the ER that does the emergent foster care physicals as it would take too long to get an appt with a
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    I passed California NCLEX in 2008,but i did not do anything coz I don't have ssn

    traumaRUs replied to ver_gregr's topic in Nurse Registration

    Moved to nurse
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    “Your privacy is important to us� so how did patients’ medical exams get on Youtube?

    traumaRUs replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    This thread has veered off topic from what was once a HIPAA thread to something far different now. Closing for
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    Career Advice

    traumaRUs replied to Reneeangel12's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm a second career nurse also. For me, I found nursing school easily doable while working full time. As I was an older student who had to work full time and had kids and husband too, I just stayed...
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    nsg dx

    traumaRUs replied to ktakes's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    MOved to nursing student assistance for more
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    ID NP Market

    traumaRUs replied to Work2Live's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The NPs that I know that work in ID work as NPs not epidemiology. They see pts in the hospital and office. May I ask why you are becoming an NP if you don't want to work as an