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    Offensive Raise Structure

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    It just seems so bizarre, especially compared to a union/contract system where raises are clear, equitable, and based on years of service. To clarify, I'd actually fall into the newer-middle...
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    Why is there a shortage of pediatric nurses?

    adventure_rn replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

    It's a weird combination of high census and high travel rates. Most peds units were at a historic low census during covid (since scheduled surgeries were postponed, kids weren't getting the...
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    CHOP?

    adventure_rn posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm considering applying to CHOP for a PRN position. Are there any current or former employees willing to share their experiences? I'm happy to DM if you prefer not to state your job location on the...
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    CHOP 2021 New Graduate Program

    adventure_rn replied to rRN04's topic in Pediatric

    Is anyone who got a job offer on this forum still active? I'm starting grad school, and considering applying for a PRN position. Is anybody willing to share their experience as an employee? (Happy to...
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    Worth it to Travel for One Contract?

    adventure_rn posted a topic in Travel

    I'm planning to start an NP Program in the fall, and I'm debating whether or not I should use the time between now and then to travel. The NP programs I'm considering are in-person and...
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    UAB Announces Xenotransplantation Breakthrough

    adventure_rn replied to J.Adderton's topic in Nursing News

    The flip side is that plenty of animals are already being slaughtered, and their kidneys being discarded. Perhaps this way, they could make use of organs that would be going to
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    Okay to wear traditional nurse uniform to work?

    adventure_rn replied to Elliebeanlovesmisterbubbles's topic in General Nursing

    The bigger question is, why the heck would you choose to wear white? I worked at a place that required a white scrub top with navy bottoms, and it always inevitably spilled something on it (coffee,...
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    Flight Nurse

    adventure_rn replied to Aswanb's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    For the record, I'm not a flight nurse, but I have worked with a few. I'm not sure if this interests you at all, but another option would be to go the pediatric flight route. The guys I know said that...
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    What's your most ridiculous supply shortage?

    adventure_rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'll start: *FFP (fresh frozen plasma)--instead for a time we were giving Factor VII for DIC *NG feeding tubes--we're leaving in the 24-hr ones in for days, and rinsing/reusing the 30-day...
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    PNP to FNP

    adventure_rn replied to daffymom's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The person would complete a post-masters certificate to sit for the FNP boards. Just to clarify, when other posters are saying they'd have to complete the entire FNP program, they could skip a lot of...
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    CNS, an APRN role on life support?

    adventure_rn replied to matthewandrew's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    A bunch of schools are closing their programs, which isn't helping. In my experience, hospitals/practices are only willing to pay a provider salary if they're getting reimbursed for something...
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    Calling all PNPs- Am I totally wrong here?

    adventure_rn replied to babynurse613's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Like gentleman said, that's true for all of the three P courses--patho and assessment/physical will probably be equally adult-focused and frustrating. Literally all NPs in every specialty have to take...
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    Hard Decision

    adventure_rn replied to SouthSectional's topic in General Nursing

    Another consideration is that travel assignments are more likely to have dangerous ratios these days than in the past. Staffing is so screwed up right now that pretty much all units in all hospitals...
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    Certifications

    adventure_rn replied to Obiwanwasabi's topic in General Specialties

    There isn't one. The different certifications are offered by different certifying bodies, and there are dozens of them for hundreds of certifications across various nursing specialties; there isn't...
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    Backorder of butterflies...

    adventure_rn replied to Mary Wilson RNC-NIC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yep, none for the entire hospital. It was earlier in the pandemic back when nobody was giving blood because they were afraid to go outside. We just happened to have a handful of cooling DIC kids at...
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    Backorder of butterflies...

    adventure_rn replied to Mary Wilson RNC-NIC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My current unit allows the most skilled IV nurses (usually PICC nurses) to draw cultures off of regular IV catheters when they're starting our IVs; that's how we usually get cultures for fresh admits...
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    NNP Phase Out Concerns?

    adventure_rn replied to nurshey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's such an interesting, tricky question. IMO, if you become an NNP, you will always be employable. If anything, the shortages will cause an increase in NNP salaries, which are already quite...
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    Neonatal Nurse Practicioner or FNP

    adventure_rn replied to healthxo33's topic in Advanced Practice

    I think I already responded to your post on the NICU forum, but for reference, you don't actually need bedside experience to apply to FNP programs (or the most other primary care programs), although...
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    Neonatal Nurse Practicioner School

    adventure_rn replied to healthxo33's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Rather than getting a second PRN job, it's best to focus on demonstrating engagement and leadership in your current job. Join committees and develop new projects to help the unit, precept after you...
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    Infant circumcision question

    adventure_rn replied to Tammynurse2000's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ahhh! Please advocate for lidocaine!! (Plus sweeties during and tylenol either before or soon after). This makes me really concerned about how well this provider was trained. Ouch!!
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    Is this normal or concerning for a vent peds patient?

    adventure_rn replied to mari94's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Is there an equipment help line you could call? They might be able to help troubleshoot what's going on with the screen. If the child seems unaffected (and sats are fine), it could be that the vent is...
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    Mask mandates are 'harassment,' Florida Dept. of Education says

    adventure_rn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I've been staying with my parents this week, and I've heard several Fox News reporters call school-based mask mandates "child abuse" at the cost of teacher safety.
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    Notice

    adventure_rn replied to Phoenix1565's topic in General Specialties

    Are you absolutely sure that the handbook says two weeks for nursing? In most hospitals, four weeks is the standard for clinical staff (I.e. nursing); non-clinical administrators might get two weeks,...
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    "But most of all, angry"

    adventure_rn posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Read this really interesting editorial in the HuffPost by an ICU physician (Thahn Neville MD)....
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    Do hospitals allow nurses to wear their own respirators of choice?

    adventure_rn replied to Kara638's topic in General Nursing

    May I kindly suggest that if you're so inflexible about following hospital policy, healthcare may not be the best fit for you. There are plenty of other professions that are a lot more lenient,...