CraigB-RN

CraigB-RN MSN, RN

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  1. Nursing Boards control of Nurses

    CraigB-RN replied to Cougar1113's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's never as black and white as we think it should be. The problem started when she apparently identified herself as a nurse. This put her in a different category than if she was just a family...

  2. Anyone seen an MI from septic shock?

    CraigB-RN replied to Lev's topic in Emergency

    Troponin Differential diagnosis of elevated troponins Interpreting high troponin: It's not just for cardiologists

  3. Performance Tests in Nursing Skills: High Stakes?!

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

    Do you do any remediation between

  4. DNP Fluff

    CraigB-RN replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    There is a difference between clinical care and technical care. If your making comparisons there is no comparison with an RN PhD. One semester of research or even 2 semesters does not make a DNP a...

  5. DNP Fluff

    CraigB-RN replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Education theories as well as psych. Even Benner's theory was something that someone else did (with her there helping) and her changing it to

  6. FREE TUITION 60yo, RN toBSN?Where

    CraigB-RN replied to johnnoes's topic in Retired Nurses

    Doubt any online ones, but states like AR education is free when your over

  7. The Dreaded Social Media

    CraigB-RN replied to Lorelions's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That is correct. They can know the accounts but they aren't allowed to require passwords. Even Uncle Sam who maintains my security clearance doesn't have access to those accounts. (not that they...

  8. VA Nurse 3 Performance Assessment

    CraigB-RN posted a topic in Government, Military

    Anyone have a good example of a Nurse 3 Self Performance assessment. I'm getting told that no one is going to get nurse 3 and I'm trying to stack things in my favor as much as possible. My Mentor got...

  9. DNP Fluff

    CraigB-RN replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Sorry your concept of PA education is completely wrong. They do in fact get informatics, research, QA and QI. PA's are involved in education, research, management. They manage research programs,...

  10. Is Capella University a good choice for masters in nursing education?

    CraigB-RN replied to LaborRN3's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have a slightly warped view of Capella from my time managing VA and GI Bill students. We found that the RN-BSN program had an abysmal completion rate. When looking at online programs there are two...

  11. How do nurses keep current with up to date information?

    CraigB-RN replied to Shillelagh's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure every day of every year. But it is time intensive. RSS feeds of the table of contents can help whittle it down, I see the contents of about 65 journals, Get the actually table of...

  12. How do nurses keep current with up to date information?

    CraigB-RN replied to Shillelagh's topic in General Nursing

    The common term today is setting up a personal/Professional learning network or PLN. This is a network consists of people you know and work with, organizational resources like AACN,ENA, AORN. And...

  13. NP's answering to Nursing Management?

    CraigB-RN replied to ohiosam2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Can you do me a favor and reference those laws. The issue is going to be different in each facility and it's important to be comparing apples to apples. As a CNO i had direct oversite of the ED....

  14. lecture prep advice

    CraigB-RN replied to JaxJax5423's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    1. New lectures I prep and practice it till I don't need notes. I keep iPad close by with my own bullet points and any complicated information I might need. But for the most part, I've read and...

  15. Resume Help

    CraigB-RN replied to whodat34's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Id use terms like "actively involved in resuscitation". CPR istself is just a mechanical skill and really doesn't say much. However getting across that you did your externship in a high acuity CCU...

  16. Scope of practice

    CraigB-RN replied to sroseo's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Also remember there are some practice acts that include wording to the effect that your hosp policies and procedures dictate scope of practice. Usually

  17. Scope of practice

    CraigB-RN replied to sroseo's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    In most cases each BON has a list of clarrifications addressing specific skills. SOme are better at indexingt so you can find these clarficications than

  18. DNP Fluff

    CraigB-RN replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    That isn't an indication of smarter. Just education. Of the 35 PA students in the class I'm getting ready to teach right now, only a few have actually "Science" degrees. There are English majors,...

  19. DNP Fluff

    CraigB-RN replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    You should actually sit in on a selection sometims. You'll find out quickly that although that statement makes sense, it isn't true. then sit in a classroom and your RAPIDLY find out that it isn't...

  20. Scope of practice

    CraigB-RN replied to sroseo's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Don't use when you learned something in school as an indicator of whether your particular states nurse practice act allows or disalows someting. That will get you in a ton of trouble. What will tell...

  21. DNP Fluff

    CraigB-RN replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The CRNA's have always done a better job at this education model than the NP side has, my co workers who when into DNP anesthesia program are all doing almost twice the amount of clinical as before....

  22. DNP Fluff

    CraigB-RN replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Not better, but different, and the level of experience of the RN going into NP school on average isn't what it was back when the proffesion started. The issue is that the curriculm hasn't caught up...

  23. Nurse Practitioner vs Physician Assistant

    CraigB-RN replied to nurselyfe4115's topic in General Nursing

    When looking at choosing NP or PA, you need to look at what common and not what's possible. Yes you find NP working as first assistants In the OR but if you looked at the number, although it...

  24. Nurse Practitioner vs Physician Assistant

    CraigB-RN replied to nurselyfe4115's topic in General Nursing

    There are many factors that come in to play with choosing PA vs NP. The first one is that PA's are generalist in their basic education. That means they can move from specialty to specialty easier...

  25. VA Hiring Process

    CraigB-RN replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government, Military

    It helps, but it's not guaranteed. The boards are notoriously independent and it's hard to predict. It. Would out you at the high end of nurse