LouBean

LouBean has 1 years experience.

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1. Duke MSN 2018

   LouBean replied to alotah's topic in Post Graduate Students

   Yup! BSN to DNP applicant here. Got my acceptance email for the MSN portion. Hope the DNP folks send theirs out soon! Congrats

2. Psych NPs and COPD/CHF/CKD/etc clinics

   LouBean replied to LouBean's topic in Advanced Practice

   Aaaah! That's the lingo I was missing. Awesome.

3. Psych NPs and COPD/CHF/CKD/etc clinics

   LouBean posted a topic in Advanced Practice

   Out of curiosity, is anyone familiar with any clinics/programs for chronic physical conditions that really do a great job of incorporating mental health services? If so, any insight as to the nuts and...

4. Cannot seem to pass skilled portion of BLS

   LouBean replied to thatgirl37's topic in General Students

   I second this! Put the damn body on the floor. I'm 5'1 on a good day, and even with a stool I have some

5. Sliding scale insulin

   LouBean replied to bbqabq's topic in Patient Medications

   SSI is its own order set. Low, medium and high. (For example, the low SSI would be 1 unit novolog for a blood glucose of 150-200, 2 units for 201-250, etc. With blood glucose of 351 or higher, give 5...

6. Dressing changes????

   LouBean replied to loriaz's topic in Orthopedic

   Aquacel Ag surgical dressing. MD is the only one to touch, but part of the ortho post-op order set is to reinforce with abd/tape if needed. If necessary, doc will change it on rounds during hospital...

7. Working at VA

   LouBean replied to OUxPhys's topic in Government, Military

   I don't know much about how PRN shifts work other places, but we have a couple intermittent RNs. They don't have a set tour, although actually one of them does do nights only. Now that our unit is...

8. Working at VA

   LouBean replied to OUxPhys's topic in Government, Military

   There is a saying in the VA -- if you've been to one VA, you've been to one VA. In other words, it depends entirely on the hospital in question. I work on a med/surg/tele unit and love it. We have a...

9. Sunday Service and Weekend shift

   LouBean replied to gigglebotRN's topic in Spirituality, Religion

   Is it that you want to specifically attend *your* church service on Sundays? Or is the priority simply to be able to worship on Sundays? If you are working in a hospital setting, there may be services...

10. Writing the Prescription to Fix Broken Nurse Practitioner (NP) Education (Pt. I)

    LouBean replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    This is such a worthy conversation. I'm enjoying reading the lively responses almost as much as I'm enjoying this glass of wine. As I research PMHNP programs and their curricula, I find myself...

11. Research patient or see patient first?

    LouBean replied to RNingBSNing's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with most of the other folks here. I take report, go see my patients and say: "Howdy, I'm LouBean, I'm going to be your nurse today, let me write my name up on the board so we can both remember...

12. Accelerated BSN?

    LouBean replied to mbailey44's topic in General Students

    *waves* I just graduated from Bellarmine (in Louisville, KY) from their 12-month accelerated BSN for second-degree students. I will copy and paste what I wrote to another poster on here a couple days...

13. Bellarmine University Accelerated Nursing Program

    LouBean replied to Ekba224's topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I just graduated a month ago from Bellarmine's accel program. The requirements aren't that unreasonable (Admission Requirements) and the impression I got in the admissions process was that if...

14. What is the downside to the VA?

    LouBean replied to RNrhythm's topic in Government, Military

    I have not started my position at the VA yet (three weeks away ), however, I would encourage you to contact a nurse recruiter and ask about shadowing opportunities. From what I have gathered (both...

15. Worst/Best thing a nursing instructor ever said to you?

    LouBean replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

    I had a wonderful instructor for critical care. In my final clinical eval, she looked me right in the eyes and told me I was going to be a "safe nurse". Maybe that sounds like a weird thing to say,...