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    NGO's in SE Asia

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

    What's an
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    Terrible day at clinicals

    traumaRUs replied to kkfrn427's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Ugh, I live downstate and even I, country bumpkin know of Washington Park...sorry you had to thru this. boston FNP gave excellent advice and to sum it up, you survived and did fine. Congrats on your...
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    UPS Drivers make HOW much????

    traumaRUs replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Hey there - please be respectful of each other. All professions are important - putting a monetary value on a particular profession is the way of the US. Its called free
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    Patient Satisfaction?

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

    I work in a large (19 MD, 5 APN/PA) nephrology practice. My job is rounding in five geographically separated chronic dialysis units which are owned by one of the big two. While we do not have Pres...
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    Initial License issuance

    traumaRUs replied to yrminarn's topic in International Nursing

    Can you please elaborate on what you are
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    Why nurses eat their young?

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

    I've been a nurse for a long time and just don't see this happening! Teamwork is always the key to good collegial
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    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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

    Just a reminder: AN does not allow giving or asking for medical advice, this does include herbal remedies. As none of us knows the history, meds the pt is already on, etc, we dint want to provide...
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    How to work in Hamad Medical Corporation

    traumaRUs replied to kachidekuyua's topic in International Nursing

    Its been moved for you - best
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    First Job for New Grads

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

    1. What type of clinic? Very large (18+ MD, 5 mid-level providers) nephrology practice 2. 3 Pros a. flexibility b. autonomy c. pay 3. 3 cons a. With very large practice, there...
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    New NP looking for advice

    traumaRUs replied to Patty47's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    1. Have a structured orientation period whereby you initially follow a provider, then expand to seeing SOME pts, then handling your own caseload. 2. Use established and reliable references:...
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    Newborn Babies Care

    traumaRUs replied to Crassus's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Back to the OP I think you have your question
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    Pay for parking?

    traumaRUs replied to Paws2people's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh - I truly feel very bad for you all. I live in central IL and no hospitals charge anyone for
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    Male patient refuses Female Nurse

    traumaRUs replied to Pointofcareanalyst's topic in Men in Nursing

    We wish the OP well but feel (as do other posters) that AN might not be the best venue to help with this problem. We strongly urge you to consider counseling. Please take
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    Malpractice insurance

    traumaRUs replied to amzyRN's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital will tell you this as they have their own interests to protect. They dint want to bother with your attorney, they will throw you under the bus and walk
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    Does any NP regret becoming one

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

    Agree with Boston. personally, I was happier in the ER. I'm very type A, love chaos, love love live never knowing what's coming in the door and am admittedly an adrenaline junkie. that said, I like...
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    NP's, do you like the term provider?

    traumaRUs replied to ruralPA-S's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Any of those suggestions are better than physician extender which sounds
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    APRN licensure

    traumaRUs replied to PavementRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    For many APRN positions, you would need an unencumbered RN and APRN license in order to obtain a DEA. Would you be able to do
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    Is being in a clique bad?

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

    I think we are providing the poster with ethnocentric answers as I think most of the posters on this thread are in the US. May we ask if this is the normal behavior in your culture? Are you all of a...
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    Post MSN ACNP - Anyone have to retake the 3 P's?

    traumaRUs replied to APRN.'s topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I did an MSN in management and leadership, no 3ps. then I adult CNS, adult 3Ps then I did peds CNS but by that time they had combined the adult and peds 3Ps so did them again to get the peds what are...
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    Ever work with people who talk about church all the time?

    traumaRUs replied to Nola009's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Religion is a hot topic. Please stay civil when discussing this topic. If you can't remain civil, please decline to post. Name calling and TOS violations will be deleted. Thanks
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    Retiring In Your 70s

    traumaRUs replied to PacoUSA's topic in Retired Nurses

    Thats great Grumpy but in the US, many of us (nurses) have no retirement, the hospitals stopped pensions for the most part and when the economy tanked a few years ago, it tanked our 401k's also. Paco...
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    Some advice, I hope it helps.

    traumaRUs replied to mellowdude's topic in General Students

    I would love to work with you! What great sentiments! You sure you wouldn't want to move to central IL? lol Have a nice day - your post made me
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    Press Release - allnurses Survey Says Nurses are Bullish on the Industry Outlook

    traumaRUs replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    AN strived to obtain a statistically significant number of replies. As many posters DID complete it, perhaps it was just overlooked by
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    Pearson Vue Trick--trick no more

    traumaRUs replied to ms.gin728's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Please stop with all the attacking of each other. This is not an individual's idea or fault that this computer glitch no longer works. Last warning - AN is a place of support not derision! Thank...
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    Pearson Vue Trick--trick no more

    traumaRUs replied to ms.gin728's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Staff comment - please don't be angry at each other that this isn't working anymore. It never was a "trick" but rather a computer glitch. Best wishes to everyone taking their NCLEX