traumaRUs MSN, APRN

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    Stethoscope

    Moving to Nursing Gear
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    Please help........

    I think the job situation is just very
  3. my friends work for a private practice and this is just part of her job. one
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    CNN - DaVita Medicare Fraud

    Merged threads. Agree that there is more to his then meets the
  5. Hi and welcome. I'm not a cardiology NP but work with several. One of them (FNP) runs a CHF clinic for a large hospital. The other sees pts in clinic but also rounds at the hospitals. Don't know...
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    ANP vs ACNP

    Yes and the Consensus Model brings in a whole new dimension of
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    New nurse feeling overwhelmed!!!

    Moving to Nursing: The First Year of Licensure. It can be overwhelming. Do you have a mentor or someone you feel comfortable with to talk
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    Moving up in the world...

    Very cool.
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    Malpractice Insurance

    Totally agree with above poster. Also, Yamkins I know you are in IL where we have one of the highest malpractice ratios of suits to pts in the nation! All you have to do is have your name on a chart...
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    Cold Feet

    I may not be of much help in this area. I did an MSN in management and leadership and found it time consuming as far as papers went but not otherwise demanding because it was a non-clinical MSN....
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    Cold Feet

    Keep going - its really better to just trudge on thru! I did the ADN to BSN in 2004, went straight to an MSN than did an adult health CNS - all right after the other. Then...five years later I went...
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    CNN - DaVita Medicare Fraud

    As far as I know, with the current Fe protocol, that's the way FMC does it
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    Really need to talk to a traveling dialysis RN please

    I live/work in IL so LPNs are not in dialysis units except as techs and FMC no longer hires LPNs at least in IL. The FMC travel nurses do the same thing the staff nurses do and yep that means getting...
  14. Agree with above. After many years in different specialties, different states and facilities, I just don't see this. Not saying it doesn't happen, just not where Im in hearing distance. I keep...
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    Really need to talk to a traveling dialysis RN please

    I'm an APN in multiple outpt HDUs. Our travelers do everythingthe usuaal RN does. Hours the same, everything. Also, FMC has their own travel nurses that are FMC
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    Nursing presentation HELP!

    Moving to nursing student assistance. What do have so
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    Drug test next week..question!

    We can't provide medical advice as much depends on your particular metabolism. Please ask your
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    about accustomation permit

    Moving to
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    Illinois school nurse changes re: Rule 226.840

    You might want to post this over in the School Nursing forum for more
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    BSN to PHRN

    Contact your area EMS manager (usually affilated with level one trauma center). Alternate way is to contact IDPFR but probably the EMS manager is going to be your best bet. I've been a PHRN since...
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    Failed NCLEX PN, desperately need help :(

    The link is posted so there is no reason to post your emails. Good luck to everyone. We do advise you though to use authored genuine study materials as without a source, this can be just so much...
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    ANP vs ACNP

    Has to do with the Consensus Model that gives rise to FNPs and ANPs doing primary care and ACNPs doing inpt
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    Retaking Pharm Class?

    Important because as an RN they are probably not as aware of NP regs. Now back to topic. Agree with
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    How flexible is a NP's schedule?

    Mine is
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    Med-Surg HESI

    There are many legitimate sources of study materials. Please don't post or ask for