Rod, Male Nurse

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  1. South university online graduate school of nursing (msn family nurse practitioner)

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to ModestTruth's topic in School, College Programs

    Expected graduation/completion date is Oct 8th! Practicum has proven to be the most difficult part so far. Even with very strong ties and networking with physicians, I am fighting for spots with a few...

  2. Made a "bad" decision 3 months ago, I JUST heard about it.

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to qaqueen's topic in General Nursing

    Don't feel inadequate or inferior to your supervisor. As a new nurse (about 7-8 months in) I wrote my supervisor up for a similar situation (didn't end in death but was a stupid decision that could...

  3. South university online graduate school of nursing (msn family nurse practitioner)

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to ModestTruth's topic in School, College Programs

    It is your first preceptorship. It has to be in family practice, and you will need 60 hours of patient time (not clinical time). Actual documented patient time needs to be 60 hours. You still have the...

  4. Worried about phenergan IV push

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to Jaellys's topic in Patient Medications

    Because phenergan can have some nasty results you always need to verify the IV is in good shape. Always always always dilute it and always alway push it over several minutes. I've never had a problem...

  5. Where to go from here

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to MegaPedsNurse's topic in Nursing Career

    Have you tried progressive care unit (pcu), intermediate critical care? The acuity is less than critical care but you get a good mix of the types of patients you care for. I started in med/surg and...

  6. South university online graduate school of nursing (msn family nurse practitioner)

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to ModestTruth's topic in School, College Programs

    I don't know that you get 5 weeks off. It just means your next classes start that much earlier...unless of course you tell the school you want to take the break. The whole point for me was to get it...

  7. South university online graduate school of nursing (msn family nurse practitioner)

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to ModestTruth's topic in School, College Programs

    Anp1&2 are more "study" heavy while research is heavy on writing papers. I doubled up on them and worked full time. I don't have kids so that helped. Someone who has kids and is a type A...

  8. South university online graduate school of nursing (msn family nurse practitioner)

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to ModestTruth's topic in School, College Programs

    They offer FNP and adult-gero programs. For FNP your clinical sites will be a family practice, adult primary, pediatric primary, women's health, and the last one is another family practice, no other...

  9. South university online graduate school of nursing (msn family nurse practitioner)

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to ModestTruth's topic in School, College Programs

    Yes it is. If you are at the adn level now then you still have some time before you get to the more intense classes. I worked full time through the bsn and have worked full time through the FNP...

  10. CNA asked to stay 30mins help!!!

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to AlexR's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You told your supervisors...you don't have to wait until a replacement arrives. The only other thing you could have done is ensure the nurses taking care of those patients know you were leaving....

  11. travel nursing in florida

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to empatheticRN's topic in Travel

    Well...the pay is in the low side but it sounds like you are at a bad facility. More reason to actually look up the facility before you sign a

  12. South university online graduate school of nursing (msn family nurse practitioner)

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to ModestTruth's topic in School, College Programs

    You just tell your academic advisor you want to double up. I they tell you they do t recommend it you can tell them you want to regardless. You don't have to wait until after your first class

  13. Too many cancelled shifts

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to NurseThompson's topic in Travel

    This gets on my nerves. My agency doesn't dock my pay for shifts missed when it is the facility canceling me. When I get called off I am still technically making money. My agency contacts the facility...

  14. To travel or not to travel

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to scoope23's topic in Travel

    Find a good recruiter, first off. Secondly, always always always look up the facility before you ever commit to a contract...in fact, before you even interview you should know what other travelers...

  15. Financial obligations of a cancelled contract

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to perfexion's topic in Travel

    First off, if you had a halfway decent agency they would be assisting you through this. If you aren't making money then neither are they. Where have they been during all of this? 7k? I guess next time...

  16. Should I not even consider nursing if I am prone to contact dermatitis?

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to jewelipooli's topic in Nursing Career

    My wife has the same thing, though not as severe apparently. It started when she began her RN career. Its not really practical for her to carry around her own personal bottle of hand soap so she just...

  17. Starting picc line business

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to Rennie248's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I know I'm rekindling an old flame here but are there any PICC nurses with their own PICC insertion business out there who care to chime in on this? I LOVE LOVE LOVE starting IVs and will one day get...

  18. Entrepreneurs

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to kurtzmobile's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Im curious if you ever ventured out on your own or have you come up with any ideas? I am finishing my last year of FNP school and started clinicals. So far I am unimpressed with the experience so far....

  19. HELP Accepting DERM NP offer!

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to Dumplins's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would consider it. derm is great background to have under your belt. One thing I would question is whether the training consist of full time in office training PLUS the reading/studying which means...

  20. FNP social anxiety

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to mayrod's topic in Advanced Practice

    aren't you in a nursing role currently? You have as much or more social interaction as an RN (I would think) than as a FNP. I am an introvert but I certainly don't "hate people". I would be content in...

  21. BSN to MD

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to SussetH.Alcover's topic in General Students

    The so called "np to md" route doesn't shorten the amount of schooling at all. Still at least 4 years then residency. Look into oceana school of

  22. South university online graduate school of nursing (msn family nurse practitioner)

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to ModestTruth's topic in School, College Programs

    That I right. If you live near a university it will be difficult to find preceptors. Stay at usf if you are already

  23. South university online graduate school of nursing (msn family nurse practitioner)

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to ModestTruth's topic in School, College Programs

    If you've done any online courses then it won't take long to get used to. They are set up exactly like the orientation

  24. South university online graduate school of nursing (msn family nurse practitioner)

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to ModestTruth's topic in School, College Programs

    please direct me to a reliable source of information on the web that actually says the graduation rate is 9%. I am in the FNP program, just started clinicals. Since I started I have heard all kinds of...

  25. South university online graduate school of nursing (msn family nurse practitioner)

    Rod, Male Nurse replied to ModestTruth's topic in School, College Programs

    I havnt been able to see pass rates for SU anywhere. Where did you locate them? I know dozens who have finished or who are near finishing...havnt met anyone who actually failed yet but I'm sure there...