WestCoastSunRN MSN, CNS

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    Real Talk- "Ideal" Nurse Personality?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to BSNbound21's topic in General Nursing

    These sound like great personality traits for nursing! What I would add is.... think about operating from a place where you know your worth. What I mean by that is, when you are disrespected (you...
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    WestCoastSunRN replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I find it weird that some nurses think of it as an either/or proposition. I think there's a lot of qualities/characteristics that good nurses have in common. Altruism, at least some modicum...
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    1 year in and lost - advice please

    WestCoastSunRN replied to TammyTho's topic in General Nursing

    What would you think of higher acuity nursing? You say you are cross-trained for ICU -- does this mean you can take any ICU patient? Is the ICU at your hospital high acuity? It sounds like you...
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    FNP, AGACNP, and MHNP

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

    I have no solid numbers on this -- so grain of salt -- what I am about to say is based on anecdotal observation. I believe we are in a new era of unprecedented mental health crisis. Psychiatry, it...
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    WestCoastSunRN replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Touchy subject. I literally have no opinion on this and one kind of motivation doesn't make me go, "OMG-I-can't-stand-those-types" over another. Actually, I'm not even sure I understand this...
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    CNS for Later?

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

    CNSs bill for patient services like the other APRNs. Trauma has given you good reasons to walk away from a CNS degree, if you want to be a provider. She is a provider only -- really the equivalent of...
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    CNS for Later?

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

    You're getting a lot of great feedback here. I am a adult-gero CNS student -- and I chose this degree for the flexibility of it. I'm not saying I'll never fill provider shoes (if the right CNS job...
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    Do you enjoy taking care of people you know?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to ricki76's topic in Critical Care

    If your unit doesn't already have a hard policy on this, I would discuss with management at least establishing a unit practice of nurses not directly caring for those they know. Sometimes it's...
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    Hypochlorous wound cleansers

    WestCoastSunRN replied to marienm, RN, CCRN's topic in Burn

    Interesting! We don't use this. Just Chlorhexidine. I wonder what peeps in the ABA think about it? There is so much variability among burn units, I do wonder how much we could improve through...
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    Is this nursing?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you had a good experience with nurses. I hear what you are saying about nursing being a "human" job, BUT... I'm a firm believer any job (aside from some crazily isolated one) can be a...
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    Is this nursing?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree with this. And everything @LilPeanut said as well. It's a mixed bag, nursing. Still, I love the profession and it has been good for me and to me... and maybe I've been good to it...
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    Leaving nursing

    WestCoastSunRN replied to nay2018's topic in General Nursing

    I am always flamboozled from these kinds of posts. OP has been doing this 6 months? Honestly, if this situation is for real, my best suggestion is that OP needs to seek out some life-coach type...
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    Would you be insulted?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    What are you going to grad school for? Would precepting be a good activity for you? Is it an MSN in education? Is it administration? If so -- precepting would be good for you. Have a direct...
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    Traditional BSN Vs ADN-BSN

    WestCoastSunRN replied to LIA_A's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an ADN to BSN now in grad school. Caveat: I completed my BSN bridge program over 20 years ago -- we didn't have online school. I went to the state university like everyone else. My BFF did the...
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    Who will do CNS role?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to anewsns's topic in Advanced Practice

    As it's been stated before, CNSs are in and out of flux depending on where you are in the country. If you've never met or worked with one, I am truly sorry (not being snarky) --- this is a role that...
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    Thoughts on vegetarian/ vegan diet

    WestCoastSunRN replied to bs76247's topic in General Nursing

    We shouldn't teach anything not evidence based. But there are plenty of guidelines (disease specific and for well) by CDC, AHA, etc. that nurses can rely on, as well as RD advisement for specific...
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    A year and a half into ICU nursing and still not feeling like I'm getting it

    WestCoastSunRN replied to salexandra's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I'm sorry you didn't like Ruby Vee's advice. Sometimes we all need someone to be brutally honest and tell us the truth -- even if we are a millennial. You may not like hearing it the way she...
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    Trigger Warning!

    WestCoastSunRN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Very well said @buttercup9 . I have been through trauma in my life as well, I would not be able to do the work I do if I had not figured out how to cope with it and through it. Going around it and...
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    Trigger Warning!

    WestCoastSunRN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know. Maybe because it's a big corporation stealing business away from mom and pop stores, or other retail in general? They sell stuff from China on Amazon? It's a monopoly? Honestly these...
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    Shadowing other units

    WestCoastSunRN replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Ruby Vee, be open about your interest in checking out other units. My institution does not have formal shadowing opportunities, but it's not hard to set it up and people are generally...
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    Trigger Warning!

    WestCoastSunRN replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessarily true. I've triggered someone by talking about what I ordered off of Amazon. It wasn't what I ordered, it was that I shopped on Amazon. I honestly, for REAL, did not think I was...
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    Are We Too PC?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Ah.... good catch --- I have to admit I did not know what SJW meant. That said -- when I say it's about ideology -- I am referring to extreme swings of the ideological pendulum. And I *think* that...
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    Are We Too PC?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, yes, and yes. You have a very cogent arguement here.. I hope others will take the time to really read what you are saying. This is an ideology
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    Why do you love being a nurse?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in General Nursing

    This response wins. Hands down. Ahhhh perspective. and elastic waist
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    What's a Nurse Practitioner?!

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

    It is surprising how many people don't know what NPs are. How about "I'm an advanced practice nurse". And if they ask further.... "I am licensed to do things beyond the scope of bachelors prepared...