JellyDonut

JellyDonut

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  1. Why The Future of NP Practice Maybe A Two Edged Sword

    JellyDonut replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I remember having this discussion years ago with an LPN when I worked as an ADN in a long term acute care hospital. I explained that even with similar responsibilities the pay should not be equal....

  2. Gave up DNP

    JellyDonut replied to LookForward's topic in Advanced Practice

    If I were younger I would go the MD route... I know now they are not that bright and I could coast their

  3. FNP thinking about joining the military

    JellyDonut replied to RNAngel83's topic in Advanced Practice

    I served as an RN and it is something I am very proud of. I would suggest requesting to shadow an FNP as it is a different world in the military. I encourage everyone to serve... it is the ultimate...

  4. What made your first year of NP difficult?

    JellyDonut replied to BlessedOne's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My first year was horrible as I was a spanking new grad in a specialty with two physicians who help pulmonary and critical board certifications. It took two full years to receive my very first...

  5. Hitting a wall, I hope it gets better fast

    JellyDonut replied to Tony1790's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have worked in a specialty for several years now and I often work on my own. However, I always have specialist who know way more than me to check in with if I am unsure or I need more of an expert...

  6. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    JellyDonut replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I had to chuckle at this one...No one on Earth orders more useless testing than do residents. The hear hoofbeats and immediately think Zebra or

  7. FNP working in acute care

    JellyDonut replied to npmm's topic in Advanced Practice

    Depends on where you live. Where I practice the NP hospitalist and most of the NPs rounding IP are ANP or FNP. I have met maybe 3 acute care NPs in the past five years. Sure, we were told about the...

  8. Should I sign other NP's order

    JellyDonut replied to lisazhang's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In my practice we sign for each other all the time. it is usually refills, rehab referrals and oxygen. Did not even think of it as an

  9. What diagnostics can NPs order independently

    JellyDonut replied to DelightfulNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In clinic anything...however, there are some off medicate rules about rehab and home care. In patient is different, you require sign off by MD (i have been told this is still the case in full...

  10. Writing doctors orders without an actual doctors order

    JellyDonut replied to Toadroad's topic in Critical Care

    Way back in the olden days when i was an ICU nurse we commonly wrote orders for certain providers daily. This was back when paper charting was all the rage (LOL). it was how I learned the ropes in...

  11. Open visitation in the ICU

    JellyDonut replied to Mini2544's topic in Critical Care

    i never ever thought open visitation was a good idea in the ICU. I have read a few studies, but always questioned the validity as there is more than family satisfaction. In Texas we had a unit that...

  12. Don't trust my FNP

    JellyDonut replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Go with your gut. not every provider/patient relationship works and it is sometimes better for all to seek another

  13. Brave or just stupid?

    JellyDonut replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Experience as an RN is still experience and helps to broaden the depths of knowledge the person has. I attended NP school and it was much easier because I had the experience of being a critical care...

  14. Ohio BON Restricting FNP Practice

    JellyDonut replied to Dodongo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So arbitrary. FNPs practice in more acute care settings than ACNPs. If the goal is to align specialties then there needs to be more available specialty programs available to rural areas and it needs...

  15. Best Doctorate Degree

    JellyDonut replied to KansasFNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    There are dual DNP/PhD options

  16. New nurse practitioner

    JellyDonut replied to ulvikap's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Amen to that! We always pay attention to the school for new graduates. We all know the handful of online programs who churn out less than qualified graduates. Maybe they will turn out to be good in...

  17. Tearing my hair out over noncompliant DM2 patients!

    JellyDonut replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This is common with many new providers. We all want to cure/fix the patients and you can easily drive yourself nuts in attempts to make them "get it". The best you can do is to present the...

  18. New DNP mandate

    JellyDonut replied to Rocknurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You took the words out of my mouth..now stop that. I think many of us wish there were measures in place to address the overall quality of these for profit NP mills who are pumping out poor performing...

  19. NP move from NYC to GA. Need advice

    JellyDonut replied to ZenNurse2016's topic in Advanced Practice

    Unless I am looking at my map incorrectly, Georgia is on the east

  20. Essential Oils in the ICU

    JellyDonut replied to beanrn1202's topic in MICU, SICU

    NO NO NO NO NO!!!

  21. CNS or NP Degree in California

    JellyDonut replied to Merchantj90's topic in Advanced Practice

    CNS ...I didn't know those were still an

  22. OR vs Post Surgical - Which would you pick

    JellyDonut replied to 2018nursewi's topic in Nursing Career

    Training as a circulating nurse can be beneficial should you ever want to travel one day. PACU...it is not the Most challenging area to work. To quote a friend, "A trained monkey could work PACU"....

  23. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    JellyDonut replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU

    You may not like what I said, but it is just true. I was an ICU nurse for many years and started out where we did make decisions and start medications then informed the providers of what we did....

  24. Tips for New Critical Care NP

    JellyDonut replied to ColoradoKT's topic in Advanced Practice

    I was an ICU nurse for many years but it is a different world when you step in as the provider and make decisions. In the beginning you may have some older RNs who think they know more than you and...

  25. Is getting your DNP worth it?

    JellyDonut replied to brookeg30's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I do not agree. When you put your ego above the patient care it is a problem. We need to keep things as clear as we can when interacting with patients, families and other members of the healthcare...