adventure_rn MSN, NP

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    Nursing with little to no hands on patient contact? More critical thinking?

    adventure_rn replied to Guest716906's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to nursing education jobs, there are also patient education jobs for nurses (i.e. Diabetes Educators). Also, many NP roles might fit your criteria. Yes, you still have 'patient contact' in...
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    How do I become a better nurse?

    adventure_rn replied to Marythenurse1994's topic in General Nursing

    Great. In the scenarios you're describing, are you on orientation for a new job/specialty? Are they bouncing you around between a bunch of different preceptors? Are you shadowing people in other...
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    How long was your hospital orientation for a prn ICU position?

    adventure_rn replied to pearlbubbles's topic in Critical Care

    Unfortunately, nearly all hospitals have a week-long, mandatory, non-negotiable hospital orientation for all employees (nursing, admin, housekeeping--everybody). It's easier and cheaper for hospitals...
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    What do you wear to commute, esp if you walk or take public transit?

    adventure_rn replied to Bloop41's topic in General Nursing

    Oh boy, that would be rough. It’s too bad they didn’t have any of those mesh postpartum panties to spare. Our L&D unit stocks abdominal binders for the post-C-section moms, and they were kind...
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    Awkward

    adventure_rn replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Specialties

    Yeah, no, you are completely right. Set your boundaries, stand your ground. Their expectations are completely unreasonable (I seriously can’t believe that someone would expect you to bring your baby...
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    Strange HTN case

    adventure_rn replied to Anonymous666's topic in General Nursing

    Woah, calm down. I read all of the posts, and I think there were just some miscommunications (both on your end and on ours). We aren't saying that the blood pressures are necessarily inaccurate; we're...
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    Strange HTN case

    adventure_rn replied to Anonymous666's topic in General Nursing

    I'd definitely try to alternate which arm you check first to see if the readings were consistently higher. For instance, at your first check you'd do right arm first, next check you'd do left arm...
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    Alarm Fatigue Design Feedback

    adventure_rn replied to Cags_'s topic in General Nursing

    It is an interesting idea. A few things come to mind. Big picture: I don't think that this will actually fix alarm fatigue. Rather, it will just create a new type of alarm fatigue. If you're getting...
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    What do you wear to commute, esp if you walk or take public transit?

    adventure_rn replied to Bloop41's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes, that's just one of the many reasons I no longer do clogs. I feel like they choose the most inopportune time to just give up at being clogs (for instance, when you're running to a code and twist...
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    How do I become a better nurse?

    adventure_rn replied to Marythenurse1994's topic in General Nursing

    @Marythenurse1994 are you a nurse or a nursing student? It's unclear from the details in your posts, and the answer will definitely help guide our
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    Travel Nursing: tax home

    adventure_rn replied to wafuru's topic in Travel

    @NedRN this is the clearest explanation of the requirements for a tax home that I have ever read (and I have read a bunch of them). Thank you for sharing your wealth of expertise with us! I'm always...
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    When to call doctor about pvc’s?

    adventure_rn replied to Alinaa's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it's different in peds, but it seems odd to me that you'd measure it as 'how many in a row.' 3 in a row is technically V-tach, and it seems like you should be preempting that. I'd argue it...
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    What do you wear to commute, esp if you walk or take public transit?

    adventure_rn replied to Bloop41's topic in General Nursing

    Lol, yep, you're overthinking it. Honestly, I don't think you need to wipe your shoes down between shifts either unless you feel so inclined; just don't wear them in and around your house. I would...
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    Timetravel

    adventure_rn replied to RN_OneDay's topic in General Nursing

    I think I'd tell myself that every unit will have it's good aspects and bad aspects, and there's no such thing as a perfect unit or job. If you leave a unit because of the bad stuff, you might realize...
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    What's the least saturated specialty in APRN?

    adventure_rn replied to soljhs's topic in Advanced Practice

    I think what you're saying is a non-sequitur. People who become NNPs choose to work pretty much their entire careers in NICUs (since that's just about the only practice setting where NNPs can work). I...
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    Has anyone ever passed out during an emergency or have felt faint? How do you get over the feeling if it comes on?

    adventure_rn replied to Newbie32's topic in General Nursing

    Great responses so far. As others have said, it is probably just your adrenaline, and it will get better with exposure and experience. Think about it--how often in real life are you exposed to a true...
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    What's the least saturated specialty in APRN?

    adventure_rn replied to soljhs's topic in Advanced Practice

    The major difference being that med schools (and PA schools for that matter) have *way* more clinical hours than NP programs. Residents literally spend years learning to do what NPs learn in a couple...
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    Types of Maternity Nursing?????

    adventure_rn replied to Jordan1927's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are also 'antepartum units,' where you monitor moms with high-risk pregnancies. I've known some NICU moms who lived in antepartum for several months prior to delivery. However, once the moms...
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    What's the least saturated specialty in APRN?

    adventure_rn replied to soljhs's topic in Advanced Practice

    (Still thinking about this topic several hours after my last response...) This is perhaps more controversial, but I actually think that having an adult critical care NP background could be a detriment...
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    What's the least saturated specialty in APRN?

    adventure_rn replied to soljhs's topic in Advanced Practice

    Yes, we understand, and the answer is still no. The assessment and management of 500 gram (1.5 lb) preemies is obviously radically different than just about anything else in nursing. A NICU nurse who...
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    license lapsed in NC; just moved to NM: How to get it again?

    adventure_rn replied to myojin's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if it varies by state. When I moved from compact state to compact state, I was told that my multi-state status immediately ended when I changed my place of residency, and I needed to wait for...
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    license lapsed in NC; just moved to NM: How to get it again?

    adventure_rn replied to myojin's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely do it while you're still a permanent resident of NC. Once you stop having NC residency, the process gets a little more tricky (a theme with some compact states). Just as an FYI,...
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    Scab nursing?

    adventure_rn replied to Emergent's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Also...maybe this is just me being ignorant...but wouldn't it be considered abandonment if all of the nurses went on strike without some kind of temporary agency (scab) nurses to leave the patients...
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    Scab nursing?

    adventure_rn replied to Emergent's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I've wondered about this, too. I work in the NICU, where the kids need to eat every three hours or they will literally die. Many of them are intubated/ventilated, and again, without nurses, they will...
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    One Third (1/3) Healthcare Spending on Bureaucracy

    adventure_rn replied to FullGlass's topic in Advanced Practice

    Maybe I'm mistaken, but I don't think that a single-payer system would remove the need for the oversight bodies which accredit hospitals. Rather, it would effectively replace insurance companies....