WestCoastSunRN MSN, CNS

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    Working in a small practice, and the employees are rude.

    WestCoastSunRN replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Advanced Practice

    This
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    Firstly, I'm really sorry you have had to deal with the kind of stuff you wrote about. And I hear the point you are making about the living taking a priority. Your comment brings to light, also,...
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    The scenario you describe is not euthanasia. Removing someone from heroic measures/life support -- while not to be done lightly or without the proper authority and input from patient and family...
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    CCRN Study Guides

    WestCoastSunRN replied to CardiacDork's topic in Critical Care

    When you sign up at AACN for the exam and pay for it, it will give you the option of purchasing the online study course at half price. The course is really good. It will have some questions...
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    This actually made me laugh out loud. Not likely you'll see euthanasia in a critical care unit (no matter the
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    I'll just add that this issue actually can come up in areas you might not expect it. Like ICU. I've only encountered it once, but I must admit it was a soul-rattling experience. Won't go into...
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    MSN/FNP or MSN/Ed?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Wonky215's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Well, like you said, it depends on what he really wants to do. An MSN Ed is certainly going to open doors in institutional education (hospital or university) that are not currently open to him right...
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    Help save my career

    WestCoastSunRN replied to ccw123's topic in Advanced Practice

    This sounds like an excellent opportunity for you right now. So happy for you. You sound like you are working through this situation really well and with a clear head. Good job taking charge of...
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    I think I might hate nursing

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Lexi256's topic in General Nursing

    Haven't read through all the comments, but just wanted to say there are plenty of areas in nursing where you get to do physical work and use your brain at the same time. We don't use CNA's in our ICU...
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    Is bedside nursing really that bad?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to ivyleaf's topic in General Nursing

    It totally depends on where you work and the specialty your in. I'm a big advocate for bedside nursing, but I can honestly say I do not ever want to work Med/Surg. When you get into higher acuity...
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    Need some career advice

    WestCoastSunRN replied to PAnurse94's topic in General Nursing

    You are young and still figuring a lot of things out about yourself. Given that ahead of you are some pretty huge life changes: marriage, kids, career trajectory... I would SLOW DOWN in the...
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    Writing doctors orders without an actual doctors order

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Toadroad's topic in Critical Care

    Yep. This is what protocols are for. You can do a ton with a liberal protocol -- but it needs to be there, in the books -- to cover
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    Do I have critical care experience?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to pepino23's topic in Critical Care

    I would say that yes, you do have critical care experience. Most definitely. You are certified by the AACN as a PCCN nurse. The fact is the acuity you see in your PCU is the same acuity you would...
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    Should nurses be able to listen to music at work?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    In our ICU, we play music -- if/when we can ask the patient, we play what he/she wants .... or we ask the family. Sometimes we have to guess. Sometimes it's not music but a TV station. When we have...
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    Icu opportunity

    WestCoastSunRN replied to montov's topic in Critical Care

    ICU all the way. You can learn the peds bit down the road. They'll like that you've experienced the super sick and learned to hold your
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    old. starting new. self-conscious

    WestCoastSunRN replied to treeye's topic in Critical Care

    The choice to change specialties while in NP school -- especially from med-surg to ICU, is interesting. Unless you are going for acute-care NP (you didn't say) -- in that case I could see why you'd...
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    And we were having such a nice day, too...

    WestCoastSunRN replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to lunch, my patients shouldn't need anything.
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    Tell me the downsides.

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

    LOL. This is the ED nurse in you!
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    do any NPs wish they did something else

    WestCoastSunRN replied to 8-ball's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm an ICU nurse. I've decided to stay an ICU nurse - I do like it and I make good money - too much for it to make much sense doing an NP Program now - what with the additional stress added of...
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    Trump Admin Will Protect Health Workers Who Refuse Services On Religious Grounds

    WestCoastSunRN replied to herring_RN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    You have made a lot of assumptions here. I don't think people are getting gender reassignment casually. I do know a bit about the process as well as I work for an organization that performs it. I will...
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    Trump Admin Will Protect Health Workers Who Refuse Services On Religious Grounds

    WestCoastSunRN replied to herring_RN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    You make good points about caring for all patients the same. I would hope this would be reflected in all of Nursing. As for it not being any of your business - it may not be your intent (or maybe it...
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    Are NPs expected to be happy and cheerful?

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

    This. The Miss Mary Sunshine thing -- I agree with whoever said nurses are putting that on themselves. Also this subject has nothing to do with the independence and authority a NP has (or doesn't...
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    Trump Admin Will Protect Health Workers Who Refuse Services On Religious Grounds

    WestCoastSunRN replied to herring_RN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Totally agree -- healthcare has no room for bigotry. That said, the above issues likely have nothing to do with bigotry for the educated (even if religious) healthcare workers that may object to...
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    Do You Have To Be Religious/Spiritual to be a good Nurse?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Soliloquy's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    ^^ what she said.
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    Do You Have To Be Religious/Spiritual to be a good Nurse?

    WestCoastSunRN replied to Soliloquy's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    [quote Patients can believe whatever they want. If they want my presence while they are praying, if they want me to go to church with them, if they want me to read the Bible with them, I will be...