IsabelK

IsabelK

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  1. Preemployment drug screen

    IsabelK replied to Gc738315's topic in New York Nursing

    The majority of places I have applied want a drug screen. Simple answer: all of the employers I spoke with during interviews said if I didn't do the drug screen, they'd rescind the job offer. Stop...

  2. DNP before NP cert

    IsabelK replied to RNRy's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Most of the classes I took in the DNP program as an NP (I have the MSN in Adult Health, worked as an NP for 2 years before starting a DNP program) were the same as the Executive Leadership Track. The...

  3. Do DNPs get compensated more

    IsabelK replied to nurselyfe4115's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Actually, I don't see it that way. Being a nurse first is what sets NPs and other APRNs apart from a strictly medical model. Nursing school is not supposed to be about spoon feeding you--you need to...

  4. Do DNPs get compensated more

    IsabelK replied to nurselyfe4115's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Than go to PA school or medical school. I am a nurse

  5. Do DNPs get compensated more

    IsabelK replied to nurselyfe4115's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I wrote a paper for my DNP about NP outcomes. Most outcomes are equal to or better than physician outcomes in terms of diabetes, health maintenance, and others. We are not mid level. Thank you for the...

  6. Should I do more??

    IsabelK replied to Aloe_sky's topic in General Nursing

    Take the NCLEX-RN and find a new

  7. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Practicum

    IsabelK replied to ANGELADEJONG's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    PsychGuy-- My program recommended having the preceptor be where the students worked, but that was not always the case. My preceptors were employed in the same office I was. I did not use work time to...

  8. The hospitalist dilemma

    IsabelK replied to sauce's topic in Advanced Practice

    As a new Adult Nurse Practitioner, I worked as a hospitalist. It was the most amazing learning experience and it has carried forward into getting the second job and the DNP program. I was able to take...

  9. How do NPs use statistics in their practice?

    IsabelK replied to nikkid973's topic in Advanced Practice

    I use statistics every day when I evaluate new guidelines, read studies, etc. I may not generate the statistics but I do need to understand them. They have been

  10. preceptor woes

    IsabelK replied to lfoglia1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You may also want to ask if a PA can precept. My program let me have a PA preceptor as long as I had had at least a few NPs as preceptors. I also had 2 MD preceptors who were

  11. I'm a sexless nurse

    IsabelK replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    You can't damage a man's prostrate. He doesn't have one of those...please look up the correct

  12. Do DNPs get compensated more

    IsabelK replied to nurselyfe4115's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Please don't lump PA, MSN, DNP like that. MSNs and DNPs are not just NPs. They are also CNSs, educators, managers, etc. If you're talking about providers you're talking about NPs and PAs. And NPs are...

  13. Feeling a little discourage

    IsabelK replied to kurisutein's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The patient was alive. If the powers that be do approach you, be honest. You won't make that mistake again. You'll just find others. It's part and parcel of being human. The write up process in a lot...

  14. Do DNPs get compensated more

    IsabelK replied to nurselyfe4115's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    It depends on the practice setting. Where I work now, nope. No difference. In other settings besides academia, maybe. A few places I talked to did come back with higher figures than if I had not...

  15. I'm a sexless nurse

    IsabelK replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    Here's my take for me personally: The nurse can be a little green alien as long as the nurse is competent to perform the job. If I'm uncomfortable with said nurse, I'll ask for another nurse. If the...

  16. Can I be an RN in NYC and take antidepressants?

    IsabelK replied to Helpxme's topic in General Nursing

    I'd have to say that about 25% of the RNs and NPs I know are on some sort of antidepressant. I'd also hazard a guess that there are plenty I don't know about. If they are stable and know their job,...

  17. Why so many 3-11 jobs at nursing homes?

    IsabelK replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    When I could not work days, I preferred nights (11 PM - 7 AM or 7 PM - 7 AM). Most of my friends were adults who worked during the week and were in bed anyway overnight. The only time it was bad in...

  18. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

    IsabelK replied to Corey Narry's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Actually, I agree. I think a lot of this is our focus. Perhaps if I dealt primarily with healthy young adults I wouldn't be as quick to look at skin,

  19. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

    IsabelK replied to Corey Narry's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I work in adult internal med (primarily geriatrics, but we see patients who are younger on occasion) as a PCP. More of my practice is consulting about dementia/delirium/frailty/comorbidities/med...

  20. Non-nursing major graduate wants DNP!

    IsabelK replied to AshleyPCA's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Um...pre-med is not going to prepare you for all the aspects of nursing that will come up. I'd hesitate to see an NP, particularly a new NP, who had never worked as a bedside nurse and learned...

  21. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

    IsabelK replied to Corey Narry's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Actually, when I'm doing "nurse" things rather than "provider" things, it still gives me a chance to evaluate a patient to put together a coherent medical care plan. I can evaluate ability to walk, to...

  22. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

    IsabelK replied to Corey Narry's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I don't actually see that. The majority of the NPs, CRNAs, and CNSs I have talked to loved bedside nursing but wanted to expand their scope of practice. Some of us (like me) went on because of the...

  23. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

    IsabelK replied to Corey Narry's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Thank

  24. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

    IsabelK replied to Corey Narry's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I went from ASN/RN to BSN to MSN/ANP to DNP. I have been an ANP, and board certified, for 4 years. Worked for 2 years as a night hospitalist, then switched to days in consulting/primary care (we...

  25. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

    IsabelK replied to Corey Narry's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I have a DNP. I do feel that it has provided me with a much greater depth of understanding about both my clinical practice and how to look at research and use it effectively. No academic program is...