traumaRUs MSN, APRN

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    MA rant

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

    Hmmm...sorry you are going thru this. Just because she is in her 50's doesn't mean all folks in their 50's are ssslllooowww!
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    CRNA with an old misdemeanor?

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

    Moved to nursing licensure with criminal hx
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    Provide clinical sites and preceptors

    traumaRUs replied to bassgirl's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Title edited (typo) and moved to student NP
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    Research help-Clinical adjunct Faculty

    traumaRUs replied to RNpathoteacher's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Moved to Doctoral Student forum for more responses. Thanks
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    Insurance and Breast Cancer Treatment: New Choices

    traumaRUs replied to Debi Fischer's topic in General Nursing

    Very sad
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    NP student needing help with case study

    traumaRUs replied to jh206043's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moved to student NP forum. What do you have so
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    Collaborative Physician Issues

    traumaRUs replied to nbtw's topic in Advanced Practice

    Hmm...no have not had this issue. What is their
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    Insurance and Breast Cancer Treatment: New Choices

    traumaRUs replied to Debi Fischer's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. For those fortunate to have health insurance with low deductible there are more choices. Sometimes, my pts can't even seek a second opinion because of the high
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    OTC medications for parents?

    traumaRUs replied to nursegirl2017's topic in General Nursing

    I would not do so as you have no nursing relationship with
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    Injured doing compressions?

    traumaRUs replied to dbabz's topic in General Nursing

    Per AHA - personnel doing compressions should be rotated every 2 minutes. During a code, no reason to be a hero - switch it out. Don't get tunnel vision - ask for help. You'll get the hang of
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    Nursing video game?

    traumaRUs replied to Lexi256's topic in Nursing News

    Moved to mobile
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    Interviewing for a flight nurse position,.or so I thought?

    traumaRUs replied to Jano8797's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Moved to flight
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    CNS: Admin > Clinical?

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

    CNS and NP are two separate APRN roles. If you become a CNS, its not automatic that you become an NP. You would need to do a post-MSN pysch NP program with the required 500+ hours of
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    Old nurse won't retire

    traumaRUs replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    We all age - there's no getting around that fact. As nurses we have both physical and mental qualifications that need to be met. There will come a time for many of us to realize (or have pointed out...
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    Any NPs in EMS or the Fire Dept?

    traumaRUs replied to eg1014's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Aw yes the danger: Dogs - they are first of all excited to see new people in THEIR house, the dogs are protective (in some cases) and don't really like to see their owner or someone else in their...
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    MO Hospital offering $5,000 sign-on bonus to new grads

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

    I'm familiar with Springfield MO as family lives there. This is a nice town with several colleges: MSU, Drury and a community college all offering nursing degrees. Cox is the other major player in...
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    CNS: Admin > Clinical?

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

    I am not a psych CNS but rather an adult and peds CNS. Elkpark is right on with concerns regarding the CNS role. I've been a CNS for 12+ years now and was trained/educated as an advanced practice...
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    New Grads

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

    Moved to first year after
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    Med school drop out, now a CRNA. Ask me anything...

    traumaRUs replied to MDdropouttoCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Staff note: per our terms of service, to which all members agree too, staff can and do remove posts that violate the terms of
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    ENA offering Mass Casualty Education at 2018 Conference

    traumaRUs posted a topic in Emergency

    A new practice improvement initiative and study indicates active shooter training and simulations are vital to ensuring staff is equipped to respond effectively should their emergency department ever...
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    Any NPs in EMS or the Fire Dept?

    traumaRUs replied to eg1014's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think (with 19 years exp as a pre-hospital RN + 12 years as an RN + 12 years as an APRN) that RNs have a role prehospital but not so much
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    A nurse with a difficult name??

    traumaRUs replied to Moonkitten's topic in General Nursing

    I work with multiple providers who have foreign names. They all have nicknames or abbreviations of their name - no issues whatsoever. I go by a shortened version of my full name but my last name is...
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    Medications for a dying patient

    traumaRUs replied to SN2432's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Moved to nursing student assistance
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    Nurses help me

    traumaRUs replied to milo65's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Moved to recovery
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    HIPAA Violation, Fired

    traumaRUs replied to kosmopolitan's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    MOved to HIPAA