traumaRUs MSN, APRN

Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU

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    I'm glad I have never rx'd xanax

    traumaRUs replied to gettingbsn2msn's topic in Advanced Practice

    Agree with above posters - the media should not be our prescribing
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    mom about to start school; i'm ambivalent

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

    My kids were older when I did the APN route but 5 and 10 when I did nursing school. Organization, food prep, not realizing that your house is going to be spotless are all the things that helped me. I...
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    Questionable practices?

    traumaRUs replied to stickit34's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If billing practices are fraudulent and other practices are questionable, then your best option IMHO is to leave. I would never write a script on a pre-signed script pad - no way, no how. Billing for...
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    Accidental Pill Pusher

    traumaRUs replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Great article. Chronic pain and acute pain require two different kinds of pain
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    Working before credentialing

    traumaRUs replied to Memori's topic in Advanced Practice

    I don't let students see pts without me being present in the same
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    Anyone do Transitional Heart Failure??

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thanks everyone - will be nice to have a hand in further developing this program. The hospital is looking to restart a heart transplant program
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    Bad experience as a patient

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

    Moved to Pt/Colleague Relations. Very sorry for this experience. Since you were just coming out of general anesthesia, is it possible you misinterpreted
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    Perinatal CNS No Certification??

    traumaRUs replied to MikeR26's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Right - it looks like from that reference I quoted that you have to take the Women's Health CNS certification
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    Hate my job

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

    Agree with APRNKate - way too soon to leave a job. What don't you like? LTC is similar to primary care - maybe change your mindset? Leaving a job so quickly unless there are concrete reasons like...
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    A good prescribing reference

    traumaRUs replied to sedlak12's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Moved to student NP forum I use UpToDate because that is what our practice uses. Subscription is expensive - approx $450/year However, our hospital system is moving to DynaMed Plus so I purchased a...
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    Perinatal CNS No Certification??

    traumaRUs replied to MikeR26's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Okay here is what I found at a school that offers a post-MSN Perinatal CNS: Our Perinatal CNS curriculum follows the Women's Health CNS Competencies published by the Association of Women's Health...
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    I'm glad I have never rx'd xanax

    traumaRUs replied to gettingbsn2msn's topic in Advanced Practice

    Sometimes they are needed. Please don't completely negate providing needed Rx's to patients. What kind of practice/facility do you work at? I do Rx benzos, opiates and basically what my pt needs. I...
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    Compression Socks..... No Longer Just for Grandma.

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

    I would I
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    Quitting Your APRN Gig?

    traumaRUs replied to traumaRUs's topic in Advanced Practice

    Its not BS - we as professionals should be conducting ourselves professionally. And that goes for when we change employers. Its sometimes hard not to quickly quit but in the end it is always better...
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    Going into EMS?

    traumaRUs replied to TNViking's topic in Emergency

    I've been an RN for 25 years and a pre-hospital RN for 18 of those years. PHRN is an actual license in IL. I volunteer on my rural fire dept and love love love it! However, I could never WORK as...
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    I need to interview a couple of RNs.

    traumaRUs replied to tommy2122's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Moved to nursing student
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    Compression Socks..... No Longer Just for Grandma.

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

    Cute product, very reasonably priced and a nurse is the owner! How
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    Which ICU Unit To Work In???

    traumaRUs replied to BSPRN11's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Moved to SRNA
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    research nurse practitioner vs biomedical engineer

    traumaRUs replied to Hward11's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Nurse researcher are usually nurses with experience in that particular area. To be honest I am a sub-researcher for my practice and that part of the job isn't all that interesting to me. You are...
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    research nurse practitioner vs biomedical engineer

    traumaRUs replied to Hward11's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Wow - those seem (at least to me) to be very diverse choices. How about shadowing, talking with people that hold jobs that you are interested
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    AANP recert

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

    And did they confirm that you are indeed "treating"
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    west coast university north Hollywood

    traumaRUs replied to mellybabyyy's topic in School, College Programs

    Moved to
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    The wait is killing me

    traumaRUs replied to fydrn2019's topic in General Students

    Moved to General Student
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    A Change of Heart

    traumaRUs replied to nursemike's topic in General Nursing

    Great article but very sorry you went thru
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    Nurse Midwife?

    traumaRUs replied to CallMeSally's topic in Nurse Registration

    Moved to nurse registration. In the US, a CNM - certified nurse midwife are at least graduate degree programs. Some states do have "lay midwives" who are not nurses but that practice is largely...