YoutubeTheNP

YoutubeTheNP

ER, PCU, UCC, Observation medicine

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  1. Observational Unit NP

    YoutubeTheNP replied to Nurse_Ratched's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would have stayed if the hospital renewed our company's contract. But our CDU was slow and not making a lot of money so hospital closed it. I went back to urgent care and just hate it. A spot opened...

  2. Observational Unit NP

    YoutubeTheNP replied to Nurse_Ratched's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I worked CDU for over 3.5 years. I loved it. I have been out of it for 8 months and miss it so much I'm going back. What city will you be working

  3. Signature stamp a bad idea?

    YoutubeTheNP replied to espress099's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I wish I had a signature stamp before school starts. I do about 2-400 school physicals in August/ September and I have to sign each form twice. I have a stamp for the office address but not my sig....

  4. CRNP or FNP for ER/Trauma Centers

    YoutubeTheNP replied to Murse196's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am FNP and I do ER. I've worked so far in 3 different hospitals and never heard any gripe about my cert. The only time I had a problem was when I worked with a hospitalist group I could not cover...

  5. Working part time as an FNP

    YoutubeTheNP replied to ccononc's topic in Advanced Practice

    I have a FT NP job and 3 part time jobs. I've never just worked PT before. But I would assume you would have a difficult time as a new grad with no experience. Not only would you lack experience and...

  6. negotiating as a new grad NP

    YoutubeTheNP replied to espress099's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Negotiate. They won't give you anything that you don't ask for. My first NP job I was offered 70/hr in urgent care, 2k$ cme a year, 401k. You're worth more than 84k a year. Just

  7. Moving to TX- What Are the Steps for Obtaining a License?

    YoutubeTheNP replied to saptam0109's topic in Advanced Practice

    I first had my RN license in PA for 4 years. Then I applied for my Texas RN. I didn't take a test, at least none I remember. I had an active RN license already so I just sent them paperwork and a...

  8. New NP, DFW Texas, Job hunt

    YoutubeTheNP replied to ACNP2017's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    if you're looking for ER look up the 2 biggest ER companies in DFW: Integrative emergency services and EM docs. Between the 2 they staff over 20 hospitals in the

  9. Help with Certification exam. I took it to day and I am totally bummed I failed. I studied

    YoutubeTheNP replied to Reta50's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Learn from your failures. Now you know what the test is asking. Hopefully it brought out your weaknesses that you can strengthen for the next time you test. Keep studying. Some people aren't good test...

  10. What rhythms do I need to know for ACLS class

    YoutubeTheNP replied to Orion81RN's topic in General Nursing

    quit worrying and take the ACLS test: Welcome to the American Heart Association it has all the rhythms you need to know password is

  11. What would you think if you saw this patient?

    YoutubeTheNP replied to coffeemamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'd go with option C and do an exam. Young patient. A retropharyngeal abscess can present this way, rare diphtheria also, +4 abscessed tonsils. So what was the exam findings? You're really...

  12. "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    YoutubeTheNP replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    I laughed at it. But I have a dark sense of humor. You have to be facetious working in acute care sometimes, else you will burn

  13. Board Complaint

    YoutubeTheNP replied to 2manyk9s's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you really have some stuck up, snobby superiors. I know of nurses who caused sentinel events that weren't reported to BON. Sorry to hear what you're going through. My biggest piece of...

  14. Have you or anyone you know ever sued for not having a lunch break?

    YoutubeTheNP posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been working in the ER world now since 2009. Typically we don't get lunch breaks, which i'm use too. I almost always eat in between patients. I know quite often the nurses miss breaks too. So...

  15. Odd patient medical issue. Help?

    YoutubeTheNP replied to Pachinko's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    refer her to Ronald

  16. How to approach

    YoutubeTheNP replied to Jade_47402's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have a script. In your case, and i don't know exactly what you saw to think about cervical cancer but I say look here is what I'm seeing, xyz. Now this could be one of many things. It could be...

  17. Does she look in pain?

    YoutubeTheNP replied to tsm007's topic in General Nursing

    You're putting way more context and assumptions into this response then the original story ever gave. As a cancer survivor I know what it's like to be in pain so I normally dose my cancer pts above...

  18. Does she look in pain?

    YoutubeTheNP replied to tsm007's topic in General Nursing

    "does she look like she's in pain" . . . does the pt look febrile does the pt look toxic does the pt look overweight does the pt look like he's in respiratory distress It really is an objective...

  19. Suprapubic catheter coming out urethra

    YoutubeTheNP replied to Unitedlife's topic in General Nursing

    was the balloon still

  20. To the Nurse held Hostage yesterday

    YoutubeTheNP posted a topic in General Nursing

    Whoever you are, I don't know if you come on the forums here, but I hope you are ok. To those who don't know, there was a prisoner being treated at a hospital in Illinois yesterday. The inmate...

  21. Normal Saline q24 orders

    YoutubeTheNP replied to neuron's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Your question is missing information. NS or Nacl as you wrote isn't written as q24. You're missing the rate per hour. Same thing for the feeding schedule/volume. Change the bag of NS when it's empty....

  22. I need some guidance

    YoutubeTheNP replied to csanneh70's topic in General Nursing

    You should google phlebotomy programs near you. They are usually quick programs if I'm not

  23. C Section Post-Op Rx

    YoutubeTheNP replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    My wife had c section with twins and she was on either a fentanyl or dilaudid PCA for 2 days, then switched to norco 10 for home. She had a lot of pain from her c section. Tylenol/toradol didn't do...

  24. Concerned about a coworker on stimulants whose heart rate is 110

    YoutubeTheNP replied to farawayisland's topic in General Nursing

    Hi OP, as a new nurse you will learn so much more than what is in your textbook in the years to come. I'm assuming the stimulants the nurse is on only temporarily raises her HR which is normal (after...

  25. Do psychotropic meds contribute to poor decision making sometimes?

    YoutubeTheNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Is the sky blue ? Is water wet?? lol Of course they can change the way you think. Have you ever seen or heard of the adverse reaction some people have with ambien? There have been reports of people...