CardiacDork

CardiacDork MSN, RN

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  1. Healthy Fit Nurse navigating potlucks.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Sarcasm?

  2. Tell me the downsides.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks everyone. Keep it coming :) Any NPs willing to share, I'm all

  3. Tell me the downsides.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you for your time, honesty, and responses. I welcome all NPs to

  4. Tell me the downsides.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wow, I truly want to thank you for your candid response. These are the type of responses I was hoping for. I want sheer honesty about what I may be putting myself into. I also appreciate your comment...

  5. Tell me the downsides.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you for your honesty. Can I please ask you, what did exactly is that you enjoy that you believed primary care would be like? I want to see how my current visions of primary care align with your...

  6. Tell me the downsides.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sounds fascinating. I would definitely enjoy having interactions with intelligent individuals. The most enjoyable times I've had as an ICU Nurse are rounds with the attending and residents. When the...

  7. What do you eat for breakfast?

    CardiacDork replied to Ioreth's topic in General Students

    Walnuts fruit and drizzle of honey on my Greek yogurt. It's the only thing I can tolerate when I wake

  8. Disappointed

    CardiacDork posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    Hello. I know there may be similar posts out there to mine but I'm going to say it anyway! I am disappointed. I am disappointed because SO many people want to become APRNs and ALL for what I...

  9. Relationship problems

    CardiacDork replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Well I was recently in a relationship with a guy that made me cry several times. He would pick me apart and magnify what he called my flaws. A lot of it, I relate to his low self esteem in regards to...

  10. RNFA APRN

    CardiacDork posted a topic in Operating Room

    What exactly do APRNs RNFA do? Do you have to be an APRN to be an RNFA? If not, is there a pay difference or widened scope of practice with advanced licensure? Do APRNs RNFA get stuck doing a lot of...

  11. Nursing Instructor Anger Management

    CardiacDork replied to sarahky79's topic in General Students

    Should be escalated. Looking back, idk why I put up with so much nonesense in nursing school. I CANNOT stand nursing instructor bullies. Nursing education needs to worry less about trying to seem...

  12. NP being used as an RN

    CardiacDork replied to Adam18's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    On your shoulders falls the burden of defining the future practice of APRNs. Discusss these matters with the physician then find another position. To stay is to hurt both RNs and NPs. Taking away work...

  13. Really, Doctor?!

    CardiacDork replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Okay so for once and for all I am trying to understand the timeline. You see patient and she looks okay and you give her the dose or hydromorphone. Doctor sees patient, she doesn't look quite right....

  14. Transition from Operating room RN to Med Surg Floor?

    CardiacDork replied to Chocolate39's topic in General Nursing

    And if you end up working SICU/Trauma ICU, the OR nurse in you will kick in when the surgeons decide to perform a bedside surgery...!

  15. Transition from Operating room RN to Med Surg Floor?

    CardiacDork replied to Chocolate39's topic in General Nursing

    I work ICU but also have M/S experience. I would urge you to seek out an ICU experience and you could use your "procedural" experience as a selling point. Perhaps a SICU. Although M/S is a beast of...

  16. Mandated Nurse-Patient Ratios

    CardiacDork replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly what baffles me as well! Perhaps it's time that those with business degrees listen to those bedside clinicians and nursing theorists and researchers. Also, it's just ... common sense...

  17. What are Your Goals for 2018??

    CardiacDork replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Goals Obtain my CCRN I start my RN-BSN bridge this January Network as much as possible with resident physicians I work with, in hopes of helping me secure NP employment in the future or maybe even a...

  18. What are Your Goals for 2018??

    CardiacDork replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Hi ICUman :) Australian Shepherd Or

  19. No Respect.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a guy and I'd wear a cap and cape for a little authority ... shaking my head. Compassion and showing your skills and knowledge doesn't work with

  20. No Respect.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I want to also make it clear that there is a huge distinction between concerned and asking a lot of questions... I know this annoys people sometimes but I handle that. I can handle the concerned...

  21. No Respect.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Also, when families are rude and disrespectful it by no means works in their favor. Staff only enter the room when they must and on hourly rounds. Meds/treatments and silencing alarms. The truth is...

  22. No Respect.

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. The hardest part is when the family interferes with patient care. Because the patient has still not interfered in their own plan of care. So you have to navigate the plan of care with people...

  23. This person outranks me?!

    CardiacDork replied to Aunt Slappy's topic in General Nursing

    Is he younger by any

  24. Real Talk

    CardiacDork replied to CardiacDork's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Without any offense to anyone, this here made me laugh! I wonder if np830 did that on purpose....

  25. What Else Can I Do For A Living?

    CardiacDork replied to RNCM123's topic in Nursing Career

    Need more info on this please. Lol. Seriously let's