NYNewGrad

Ok, anyone attended, attending or will attend Stony Brook's NP online program? Looking to hear from you...

Maybe this was answered before, but I did a little search here and couldnt find anything. With regards to using "Y" tubings with blood transfusions and having a bag of NS ready - Purpose of the Y tubing is so that if there's a transfusion reaction, ...

Also, do you know anything about Methodist (park Slope) or Lutheran Hospital?

I agree with CraigB - yes, the more years you work, the more opportunities you are exposed to, however some people make every single patient interaction a learning experience and become great nurses/NPs that way. I have 2 more semsters left before gr...

I'm starting soon in a Peds Resource Team position where we rotate every 2 months between Peds, NICU, PICU. I have a year and a half adult MedSurg experience and am so desperate and ready for a change. Critical Care really excites me and I have alway...

Hard to give you a clear answer as you have SO MANY options! Off the top of my head, in nyc - NYU, Mt Sinai, Columbia, Beth Israel, Lenox Hill, Bellevue... (prety sure each of these have NICUs). Your best bet - go to their websites and find the numbe...

I sent you a PM. Oh, and I wont be seeing you next semeser, as I'll be right here at my computer

I live in NYC and attend StonyBrook's online NP program. Being "young and single" I know I have the flexibility to relocate at any time without school commitments. I can even do the program from Alaska... And I also get to work full-time.

So far so good with SUNY Stony Brook's online FNP, also part time or full time

I'm doing FNP online, though I haven't started clinicals yet. Our school gives you a list of all places where students in the past have had success with preceptors, and at the same time you are free to set up your own if its more convenient. They see...

It's not like you have no experience - If you're a good medic with strong assessment skills and diverse healthcare exposure I think you'll be okay. Maybe not first pick over a NP with 20 years RN experience, but probably on a fair playing field with ...

Funny how this thread was revived... Either way, my original question still stands. You write that you attach NS with primed tubing to the nearest port in case of reaction. Logically, thats how I agree it should be. However,with the standard blood Y ...

Thats my understanding too. AD only occurs after the phase of spinal shock, in which reflexes return. Do you have any more background info on this pt? Vitals? How much time s/p injury? Other s/s?

not on our floor. Theoretically, somehow its incorporated into our focus notes - in reality the answer is no.

Sorry, but as soon as I read the question I thought - ok, CS. You have to answer the question with the info they give you. Here, they're saying - 1) Cast was "just" placed 2) they got pain meds and pain is "worse". Let's say maybe the pain meds weren...

SUNY stony brook

I'd LOVE to do ER but everyone tells me the ER in my hospital is a complete zoo, with ratios easily exceeding 1:10 at times. Hallway pts are the norm and critical pts stay back against the wall hooked to cardiac monitors, leaving them 3 rows deep. If...

As much as night time is quieter and thus more *time* maybe to learn, I think you learn way more on days. Thats when docs round and discuss plan of care, procedures are done, specialists come on by (OT, PT, SLP) etc. It's much busier b/c theres so mu...

No one needs the EKG flat line printout?

SUNY Stony Brook is another good one.

BB should tell you if that bag contains the ordered 10 units. When I have an order for 10 units of platelets, BB often sends up one or two bags total. I then call 'em up and specifically ask if there are 5 units of platelets in each bag. They make th...

We run FFPs pretty frequently on floor. And yes, blood bank will often combine 2-5 units of FFPs in one bag and we still run it over 15 - 30 minutes. Sometimes it says on the bag how many units and other times I would call them to clarify. How else ...

Finished Advanced Patho couple of weeks ago...Woopee! Next thing you know and its time for Pharm!

2005 ACLS algorithm (took the course yesterday) - stable vtach - amiodarone 150mg over 10 min, repeat as needed to max 2.2g/24hrs. And prepare for synchronized cardioversion.