traumaRUs MSN, APRN

Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU

Trauma Columnist

All Content by traumaRUs

  1. traumaRUs

    CNS vs MSN in Education for educator roles

    traumaRUs replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I'm a CNS and my role (and that of my local CNS's) is that of APRN. We do not do education but rather have the scope of an
  2. traumaRUs

    I passed aanp fnp 2017

    traumaRUs replied to jkenser's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moved to student NP
  3. traumaRUs

    AACN certification for acnpc-ag

    traumaRUs replied to Kemmerc28's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moved to student NP forum where you will get more up to date info from current students in your situation. The NP forum is frequented by NPs who have been out of school for awhile and may not have...
  4. traumaRUs

    Discipline on license

    traumaRUs replied to ivorygirl623's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    NPDB - National Practitioners Data Bank Moved to Nursing Licensure with Criminal
  5. traumaRUs

    2017 Job Market Nursing in Illinois.. good, bad, ugly?

    traumaRUs replied to Brad_Student_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Come on down and join us in the real Illinois -
  6. traumaRUs

    2017 Job Market Nursing in Illinois.. good, bad, ugly?

    traumaRUs replied to Brad_Student_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in central IL and they can't get enough teachers here - lots and lots of subs because they can't get qualified teachers. Not sure of job market in Chicago - they have lots of nursing schools...
  7. traumaRUs

    Can someone explain state hospital care to me

    traumaRUs replied to ksola's topic in Psychiatric

    In IL, we have no state hospitals any longer. Everyone was deinstitutionalized many years ago. When they were open, they handled the criminally insane, treatment resistant, hard to manage and hard to...
  8. traumaRUs

    Adult wanting to move to Family

    traumaRUs replied to nurse7502's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Okay - I'll throw this out: I'm both an adult and peds CNS - two board certifications which cover the birth-death concept. However, I pay double for re-certifications, I must have double the CME, and...
  9. traumaRUs

    Urgent pls help!

    traumaRUs replied to entrepreneur_np's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thanks
  10. traumaRUs

    Psych NP Health Assessment

    traumaRUs replied to Purple_Clover's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hmm...I would bet it is. Don't most psych NPs do med management? So, don't you have to assess your pt
  11. traumaRUs

    Urgent pls help!

    traumaRUs replied to entrepreneur_np's topic in Advanced Practice

    Is seeing kids in your scope of
  12. traumaRUs

    FNP Clinical Settings

    traumaRUs replied to CR27's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moved to student NP
  13. traumaRUs

    Drug Calculation Questions Need Answers Please

    traumaRUs replied to anita jones's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Moved to nursing student assistance forum - what work have you done so
  14. traumaRUs

    Where can pediatric nurse practitioners practice?

    traumaRUs replied to Lavender619's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The caveat to this is, that as the Consensus Model gains momentum (and it is), your training will dictate your job placement....best to decide BEFORE you start school, what you want to
  15. traumaRUs

    Marcus Engel - Turning Tragedy Into Triumph

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

    I was also fortunate to help with this interview. Mark is phenomenal. He took a tragedy and completely turned it around. He really explains what it is like to be without sight and be in a very...
  16. traumaRUs

    Glassdoor vs Salary.com real market value-have to let them know by the end of the day!

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

    I go with Jules: Don't give in to their pressure - tell you need to take a little more time. I use my states APRN organization and personal knowledge of friends' salaries. I live in IL but in a...
  17. traumaRUs

    Sharp New Grad Residency 2018

    traumaRUs replied to NurseNat17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Move to first year after nursing licensure
  18. traumaRUs

    Columbia University CRNA 2018

    traumaRUs replied to wannabeecrna's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Moved to SRNA
  19. traumaRUs

    Old Dog, New Tricks

    traumaRUs replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Well Davey - sorry it didn't work out for you. Yes, I'm changing jobs and specialties and while I won't publicly reveal my age I've been a nurse 25 years and this is a second career. Go for
  20. traumaRUs

    Hospital Insanity and Why I Want to Quit

    traumaRUs replied to hemwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! It seems as though most of the issues revolve around missed days. I agree that the first year in nursing is especially rough. Since you live an hour away, have you considered changing to...
  21. traumaRUs

    Cgfns-cvs application... Help!

    traumaRUs replied to khalStorm's topic in Nurse Registration

    Moved to Nurse
  22. traumaRUs

    Anyone do Transitional Heart Failure??

    traumaRUs posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    Okay - so I accepted a new job at a large (900 bed+) hospital heart failure transitional care center. The goal is to keep these pts out of the hospital and decrease readmission rates. Its a growing...
  23. traumaRUs

    Anyone do Transitional Heart Failure??

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thanks so much CardioDNP - appreciate the
  24. traumaRUs

    Dr. denigrates NPs, cites low IQ etc

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

    Regardless this type of physician is in the minority IMHO. I've been an APRN for 11+ years and have worked in five hospitals for a large practice. If any of the docs feel this way, they keep their...
  25. traumaRUs

    Work-Life Balance of a NP

    traumaRUs replied to futurern118's topic in Advanced Practice

    Moved to APN