CraigB-RN

CraigB-RN MSN, RN

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  1. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    CraigB-RN replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Tammy No I don't know anything about you. Just like you know nothing about me, or about most of the other people here. Personal attack isn't always about what is said, but about how it is said. You...

  2. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    CraigB-RN replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    First of all human resource and Public realations would be the last to know. You shouldstart with the medical staff office. I suppse that some of the stuff that the DNP program should teach is...

  3. CNS vs NP?

    CraigB-RN replied to NICUplease's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I've been filling a CNS position. I dont' wory about it. I try not to get into explaining much. Everyone knows I'm the one doing the research on how to best provide nursing care in an evolving...

  4. DNP's failing the test????

    CraigB-RN replied to physasst's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I would think that if you want to get involved in policy reform the PhD would be a better way to go. You could focus on just the policy and not have to worry about the clinical stuff. the DNP is...

  5. Any NP interest in an EM residency?

    CraigB-RN replied to physasst's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think if you go over and look at posts in this thread and in others, the examples are there. Look at how TX is treating FNP's now. No more inpatient care, because it wasn't covered in their basic...

  6. CNS vs NP?

    CraigB-RN replied to NICUplease's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Not necesarily true. Go the way that helps fullfill what YOU want in life. I choose the CNS route after a couple of semesters of FNP. You see I found out I don't care about pelvic floor disfunction...

  7. Any NP interest in an EM residency?

    CraigB-RN replied to physasst's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I still say it's not the medical community that is the danger, it's the Board of Nursing in each state that is the danger to practice. Each one is interpreting things differently. just as an...

  8. Looking for info on Fort Hayes Virtual University

    CraigB-RN replied to meg816's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It's been a few years since I looked, but having lived near Hays KS and having hired Ft Hays nursing graduates, I can say that it's decent school. Like any program, you need to make sure you check...

  9. paramedic nursing

    CraigB-RN replied to mcgill01's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    There are many models to choose from in developing programs like that. Just about every military organization in the world has a program to teach their medics how to handle those kind of situations....

  10. paramedic nursing

    CraigB-RN replied to mcgill01's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Again David takes my posts and makes them clearer. And I was so hoping that Grad school would help he state my thoughts clearer.

  11. paramedic nursing

    CraigB-RN replied to mcgill01's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    First I want to make it very clear that I am very pro education, and that education is never wasted. What I was trying to point out is that just makeing the associate degree the solution to all EMS...

  12. paramedic nursing

    CraigB-RN replied to mcgill01's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    No chance of improving anything. EMS is just repeating the same mistakes nursing made. No has yet proved that ALS actually makes a difference. we know that there are a few specific areas and...

  13. PI in Staff Development Programs

    CraigB-RN replied to lcprnc's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    If your talking about PI for your educational programs, you have to look at retention at a time down the road that you determine, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, whatever. I keep time of meeting and...

  14. Gwinnette Hospital

    CraigB-RN replied to ladymedik's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I take it that things went well. I didn't get any panic phone calls.

  15. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    CraigB-RN replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    There seems to be a lot of us Denver/Colorado refugies here. I was stationed at the Academy and started my EMT-P career with Mt Valey Ambulance in the springs. I was already an EMT-P when I got...

  16. Pocket Stamps

    CraigB-RN replied to GmF17's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Just make sure you facility allow the use of stamps. I've also seen a couple of places in the malls and even places like Kinko's and the UPS Stores that will do it for

  17. IT Solutions supplement to Nursing Management

    CraigB-RN replied to rninformatics's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Can you post the full article info volume and page number and such so I can find it easier. I'm on the road and don't have full internet access and my medline

  18. CEN EXAM

    CraigB-RN replied to xxJohnnyTxx's topic in Emergency

    My first recommendation is Don't cram. Actually study and this takes time. Your understanding of the care material and the foudations of emergency nursing will be stronger and besides making you a...

  19. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    CraigB-RN replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Hmm the Doc sitting across from in the chamber with this critical patient probably knows more about the actuall physics of what's going on than I do, and funny he's running the vent also. That is...

  20. Red Flag education - What are you doing at your place?

    CraigB-RN replied to HouTx's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    First this isn't a new law. it was went into effect in 2005. It's not a provider issue it's an IT issue. And normal HIPPA stuff should cover anything providers need to know. It's mostly geared to...

  21. Paramedics saying they are nurses---is this legal?

    CraigB-RN replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    One thing is deponding on which state your working in, the BON prob has no juristiction on what paramedics do and were they do it. The EMS act and the Hospital acts all direct this. The BON no...

  22. Things you would like the ICU to understand

    CraigB-RN replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    But unfortunaty it IS standard of care right now. It's a regualatry thing, we get gigged when we don't do them. we ahve to report our stats to one agency or another. yes is is a sacrad cow, but we...

  23. So, not everyone thinks highly of NPs.

    CraigB-RN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sounds like someone who see's one side the system that others don't. For all this talk of autonomy, I've worked in states that required "protocols" for NP's to work. If the protocol said CXR for the...

  24. Prob with ultrasound guided lines

    CraigB-RN posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Anyone have any suggestions or tips on how to get over the coordination problem of starting IV watching a screen vs the patient. I can't seem to get coordinated enough to get the line started looking...

  25. Education - On line info

    CraigB-RN replied to Bonedoc's topic in Men in Nursing

    Kan Ed (kansas education consortium) Colorado community college