traumaRUs MSN, APRN

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    Take my survey for Statistics class please!

    traumaRUs replied to kelynndi's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Moved to nursing student assistance and edited to reflect the terms of
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    New NP going into nephrology

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

    Good questions. I'm actually changing jobs: going from this neph practice to a big hospital system to work in their heart failure service. The reason? I want to go back to the hospital. I love this...
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    New NP going into nephrology

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

    Well....I've been a nephrology APRN for 11.5 years now. I'll be glad to help. I also do dialysis rounding (although up until recently we were also in the hospital). I work for a large 20+ MD, 8...
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    Seeking Advice: Direct Entry Blues

    traumaRUs replied to mk989's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    8 months long from BSN to MSN NP!!!!!! Wow! How do you fit all your clinicals and the core classes in in 8
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    Do all nurses make fatal mistakes?

    traumaRUs replied to justtryintonurse's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't listen to your
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    ER RN NYC /Pt:RN Ratio

    traumaRUs replied to BelDym's topic in Emergency

    Moved to ER
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    Head to Toe Assessment

    traumaRUs posted a topic in General Students

    The head-to-toe assessment is one of the basic skills all nurses need to develop. No matter what specialty you go into, assessment is one of the first objectives of any patient interaction. Here is an...
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    Nicotine test for employment

    traumaRUs replied to Sunshine90's topic in General Nursing

    When I do a cotinine test on my prospective transplant candidates, it goes back 90
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    Any jobs when your no longer licensed?

    traumaRUs replied to mbgirl81's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would depend on WHY you don't have a license? Can you or do you want to obtain a different kind of license? If your license has been revoked again would depend on the why? Perhaps school...
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    I'm hired (fired a year ago)!

    traumaRUs replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for sharing your story and
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    Any advance practice nurses (NP, CRNA, CNM, CNS) willing to answer a few questions?

    traumaRUs replied to Vannessacee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    •What motivated you to become a _______? I'm a CNS and I was looking for more autonomy. •What specialty/area do you work in and what lead you to choose this? I currently work in...
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    accurate information on scopes of practice

    traumaRUs replied to Confusedstudent7383's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I agree with above poster: talk to some NPs in your
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    Nurse Practitioner vs. Physician Holistic Care

    traumaRUs replied to KC1000's topic in Advanced Practice

    While I try to approach my pts holistically, the fact remains that my pts are on multiple meds, have multiple co-morbids and require a lot of time just to get thru who's prescribing what
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    Dialysis question?

    traumaRUs replied to Pharmahaulic's topic in General Nursing

    You can "technically" dialyze off a lot of meds. However, it is only done in emergent settings as placing a hemodialysis catheter and getting the hemodialysis nurses in to set up machine, run the...
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    Metal worker needs MRI

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

    When I worked in the ED, we did a CT of the orbits prior to any MRI in similar
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    Utah Nurse Wubbels Reaches $500,000 Settlement

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

    Did you read what she was doing with the money? She is setting up legal care for those affected by these
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    Hospital Readmissions - What does the research show?

    traumaRUs replied to realitytvnut's topic in General Nursing

    Great article - thanks. I currently work with dialysis patients and their readmission rate is actually very high. While we (post-hospital care) don't use a scoring system, we (our neph practice) are...
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    Seeking Advice: Direct Entry Blues

    traumaRUs replied to mk989's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    While I agree a generalist NP (FNP or AGNP) in primary care should feel comfortable without an extensive orientation, for specialty practices, I believe a more in-depth orientation is needed. And...
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    Second Victims - the Nurse that Makes a Mistake

    traumaRUs posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nationwide Children's Hospital, located in Columbus, Ohio is a nationally ranked pediatric care center which spans 68 facilities caring for the sickest children in the state. While they care for...
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    Bad online review

    traumaRUs replied to karenCPNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    I second Jules - don't let it get you down. It IS the negative folks that will spout off on social
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    Online Hiring Events for Nurses

    traumaRUs replied to Ilovenursing1978's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Moved to Job Search
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    should I be ashamed that I can't handle the hospital?

    traumaRUs replied to chiariwarrior's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Be the best at what you can do! Don't sweat the hospital
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    Seeking Advice: Direct Entry Blues

    traumaRUs replied to mk989's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Moved to NP forum. What about looking for a specialty that will offer an organized orientation? I currently work for a large nephrology practice and our orientation (for new grads and those without...
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    potentially dangerous postpartum situation

    traumaRUs replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    Per AN's terms of service, we can't provide medical advice and without knowing much more info, we can't comment. Please do contact your OB provider or the hospital patient relations department....
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    Returning to work

    traumaRUs replied to Mellymel079's topic in General Nursing

    Per the terms of service, we can't provide medical advice - please contact your provider.