IsabelK

What the heck is a Noctor-really? I'm a Nurse Practitioner. I'm not some fake physician. I am, however, a doctor. You can call me Dr. K if you want, but I usually go with Isabel. I think murse is well-stupid. We're all nurses. What am I, wurse (woman...

I agree. Each state has regulations about what you can prescribe and when, especially the scheduled drugs. Do what your BON has said-you'll be able to prescribe those meds soon enough. Don't jeopardize your license by prescribing them before the BON ...

~Looks down at self: nope, not short (okay, I am short), not capsule shaped, and not (thank god or I'd be having my LFTs checked) yellow.~ On a more serious note: I know NPs I wouldn't go to, just like I know MDs I wouldn't go to. I know NPs who can'...

If you want some online stuff, here's 3 of my favorites: Netce.com Westernschools.com RN.com There's about 20 websites I use regularly depending on what I'm looking for. Also check out Fitzgerald, APEA, and Barkley and Associates. Live stuff is easy ...

I have to do a certain amount of education to maintain my certification. My employer also requires continuing education. All of the NPs and other APRNs I know actually like learning. Did I really read that question correctly?

On my lab coat Isabel K, DNP Nurse Practitioner On my signature: Isabel K, DNP, ANP-BC

I'm still an RN. If you're asking if I miss bedside nursing or being a unit manager, nope....Love what I'm doing now.

I graduated from Loyola University New Orleans' MSN - DNP program in 2015. I did the NP, not the executive leadership, track. The first question I remember them asking was why I wanted a DNP. Then it went to issues I'd had with being an RN and an NP ...

Just to comment on the paystubs--my company has a VPN (we're all technically telecommuter) and we all log in to see our pay stubs. We can download them and save them as PDFs.

Actually, it is a legitimate order in some of the LTCs I work in where smoking is still allowed for some of the residents. Do I agree? Nope, but I also feel like if you're talking about someone in his or her 80s or 90s and this is one of their few pl...

Not sure...but it's endemic in some of the nursing homes. I would hazard a guess and say "none of the schools I attended" because all my instructors would have killed anyone who didn't get vitals and record them....

No, thank god....but we also made sure to print the tele strip for the same timeframe...lol. By the way, he never did that again....

Many schools set it up for you to do the two at the same time. If you can do it that way, why not? I didn't do it that way, but some of the folks who graduated with their DNP with me graduated having done the DNP-FNP route. All of them said it is doa...

1. I worked full time while completing my program. I did have a hard time getting my clinical in, but I also found that working per diem during my last semester helped. Per diem made it easier to bring in cash and I had a lot more flexibility about w...

One of my favorites when I was a hospitalist NP: I'm sitting on a tele unit at end of the night shift finishing some documentation. Nurse doesn't realize I'm sitting there. Calls on-call hospitalist to report a death. Hospitalist orders: "EKG to make...

LOL. Actually, I can relate to this one. Many of the LTCs I've been based at I've actually had to write: Vital signs (whatever timeframe): Oxygen saturation, blood pressure, temp, pulse, respirations. Record in the monitoring sections/vitals section ...

Tori22NP-C: Check the Florida Board of Nursing. It'll tell you your scope of practice allowable under Florida statute.

I carry two phones all the time: my personal phone which I put on silent. I use it for references like Omnio and the Merck Manual. My company provides work cell phones which we are required to carry. It's the number we give to staff, families, etc. i...

I'm an ANP working in long term care, but I'm not a facility hired NP. I work for a company that contracts to the facility to provide NPs for residents who have a specific insurance plan. On an average day I handle everything from simple requests suc...

The facility I'm based at doesn't use standing orders for PRN bowel meds or meds for fever. I don't have a problem with PRN bowel meds (the policy is not to use MOM, thank god). I do want a call for fever. I have written specific orders to cover when...

I did my DNP though Loyola University New Orleans. Loved the program. Loved the majority of the professors. Did go down 4 times in 2 years. Twice for intensives, once to defend, and once to graduate. Best part: The graduates from that year all stay ...

In NYS there are uncertified nursing assistants who can be called any number of things such as PCT (patient care tech), PCA (patient care assistant), NA (nursing assistant), etc. Home health aids are HHAs. CNAs (certified nursing assistants) are cer...

I dislike the terms mid-level provider and physician extender for advance practice nurses. My practice is my own. I am independently licensed as an RN and as an NP. I am also Dr. K. In NYS, I do not need a collaboration agreement because I am post th...

Adult Nurse Practitioner--Board Certified. Got the DNP after getting the NP. Work in skilled nursing facilities. Worked in acute care for 19 months when I got out of school and then a geriatrics clinic for 2 years while I got the DNP. Been with my cu...

What is your job title? Adult Nurse Practitioner. What are your responsibilities at your job? I work with a company that places nurse practitioners in nursing homes to manage medical issues/day to day problems of people signed up for a specific healt...