WestCoastSunRN MSN, CNS

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    Reproductive health and more....

    WestCoastSunRN replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Yeah. What I should have said was "I'm not trying to defend my beliefs on any certain thing in this thread". I can see how you could take "not looking for debate" as "I only want to hear from people...
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    Reproductive health and more....

    WestCoastSunRN replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I think this is a great point. And one of the reasons I wanted to put this out there -- it is helping me process, for
  3. WestCoastSunRN

    Reproductive health and more....

    WestCoastSunRN replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Hmmm. This is an important point. I, in no way, am looking for views only from people who have similar views to myself. I'm not sure what I said that would have alluded to that? I'm looking for...
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    Reproductive health and more....

    WestCoastSunRN replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Hi Susie. I totally appreciate what you're saying. I guess what I meant by that is that I really do know my having any of these issues puts me in the minority. I didn't post the questions as a means...
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    Reproductive health and more....

    WestCoastSunRN replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thanks Offlabel. Of the entire scope of FNP practice, women's health appeals to me the least. I am not certain of this, but being that my uni is Catholic -- I may have support in not performing...
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    Such good thoughts in this thread. I've never been one for direct entry NP programs. And truely I can't see how they make any sense for acute care NP or CRNA aside from making such programs much more...
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not as far in as you -- just a little over 20 years for me. But I can attest with certainty that in my city you will not work (as a new nurse) in any one of the major hospital systems without your...
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    NO experience new graduate BSN student applying for MSN-FNP graduate school?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to 2bABLE's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Wow Dodongo. Looks like she put you in your place. Maybe you'll be worthy once you get that MSN.
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    NO experience new graduate BSN student applying for MSN-FNP graduate school?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to 2bABLE's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Very well said. Thank you. If you haven't worked in ICU, you may not be able to appreciate the scope of an RNs practice and knowledge
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    No. I am not suggesting BSN nurses have superior anything. I am suggesting the world has changed. BSN is quickly becoming the minimum nursing degree. Just a fact. And you're right nursing is not...
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    Clinically speaking, you have a point here. But I would argue that being clinically proficient is not enough anymore in view of progressing nursing as a profession and knowing how to play with...
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    yes, yes, yes! The bedside nurse being at bottom of clinical ladder is a problem, for sure. There needs to be incentive to continue in education -- especially hospital-based educational offerings/...
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're both right. And I think the answer lies in solutions that speak to all the
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    Advice for a New Burn ICU Nurse

    WestCoastSunRN replied to RNthenDoc's topic in Burn

    I will say, I wouldn't call dressing changes savage events. Many centers are doing them only QD now (as evidence shows cost/benefit of QD is appropriate), and we use pain meds appropriately....
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    Great post. You hit the nail squarely on the head. And Katie, your calculations of debt vs. earnings support this idea as this is now math people are doing well in advance of nursing school. I'm...
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    Disappointed

    WestCoastSunRN replied to CardiacDork's topic in Advanced Practice

    I totally agree with you, CardiacDork. APN has changed since I became a nurse 20+ years ago. It was always a goal of mine to grow and stretch into the role of APN someday. That was before it was a...
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    Return to the bedside

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Missmilo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    ^^^ This is a real thing for sure. So much so that I'm almost inspired to write an article addressing it. Becoming an NP is more of a career CHANGE than a career PROGRESSION. And this is certainly why...
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    Please help!

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Nurse3242's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    TraumaRUs and MurseJJ, Could you speak to the concerns regarding the CNS role as far as employability and ongoing certification of CNSs? I keep coming back to this idea, myself, mostly because I...
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    Hospitalist --- FNP or AGACNP?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Yes, great point about needing dual cert programs like FNP/ACNP. And TraumaRUs, see that surprises me about a little about your nephrology clinic. I think some specialties like cards would like...
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    Hospitalist --- FNP or AGACNP?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    In my area I'm not seeing a ton of ACNP jobs the way I see FNP jobs. So that has me worried. That said, I have a top-ranked teaching hospital university in my backyard that has an AMAZING acute care...
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    Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    WestCoastSunRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thanks Boston. Well said. In fact poll the docs and see how much of ANY specific biochem they remember that does not directly pertain to their specialty. Some stuff will stick, but let's just face...
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    Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    WestCoastSunRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Disclaimer: I haven't read through all the comments in this thread. To Globoid -- I agree you have made some SDN-esque comments. I think and hope that a bit more real-world experience will bring...
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    Time to remove the "nurse" in APN?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This. This. This. And that is the real question the OP posed, does it make sense to refer to APNs as nurses anymore when by direct-entry they are divorced from the role of nurse as we've...
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    Time to remove the "nurse" in APN?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Great post. The CNS's I know are also not in the provider role, but are more experts in a particular area of nursing and a huge support to the staff in those areas. The nurse's nurse. Yes! I would...
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    Time to remove the "nurse" in APN?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This topic is near and dear to me. I'm an experienced nurse who really loves the profession. I appreciate all of the many opportunities this profession has to offer --- whether they are at the...