CraigB-RN

CraigB-RN MSN, RN

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  1. giving D50 for hyperkalemia

    CraigB-RN replied to NurseT88's topic in Patient Medications

    Treatment of hyperkalemia in the ED Hyperkalaemia And you should be checking for blood return and that the vein is still canulated while giving the D50. Be careful and don't assume that one amp is...

  2. Are CEN and CFRN exams really as bad as everybody says they are?

    CraigB-RN replied to BIGT68's topic in Emergency

    You're going to get different responses, but as far as the CEN exam. that depends. I've seen new grad RN's who were paramedics walk in and take it with no problems. One of the things that gets...

  3. Prapring for career long learning

    CraigB-RN posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Do your programs do anything to specifically prepare your students for life long learning and how do you do it? As a hospital based clinical educator I find that many of my nurses have no idea of...

  4. Just a fantasy, or something I should persue?

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

    I think if many of us were being honest, we'd admit that we had fantasies about what we wanted to be when we grew up. Prior to becoming a medic, I wanted to be Roy and Johnny. Then as I learned...

  5. DNP Educator Salary

    CraigB-RN replied to guest538567's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    If the university is a state university, you can usually find the actual salaries online. The primary salary will be based more on the position, than the degree. i.e. affiliate faculty, vs....

  6. Teaching outside of your "specialty"

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

    welcome to teaching. That's one of the parts of the job that people don't realize. I made the assumption that you are teaching initial nursing candidates and not APRN which may have been an error on...

  7. Teaching outside of your "specialty"

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

    Unless you were hired to specifically teach a specialty area, as nurse faculty, your a generalist and nursing IS your specialty area. That's one of the hidden things to being faculty, the time you...

  8. ENA2015 in Orlando

    CraigB-RN replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Emergency

    The general assembly is the ENA Business part or the conference. There will discussion and voting on new

  9. Do I need a professional resume writer?

    CraigB-RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    In my past job as CNO, I never actually saw a resume. The work experience was filled into a computer when they applied and all I saw was a computer print out. They all looked alike so it really was...

  10. CEN

    CraigB-RN replied to Soran's topic in Emergency

    The response is going to be "It Depends" When I took it the first time I didn't study anything specific. I downloaded the blueprint and then just went about my job and then took the test. We won't...

  11. Are there NPs who work as RNs in Massachusetts or NH

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

    When you walk out the door from school, you will have an MSN. This my it's very nature will open doors. You can teach, take any number of different jobs in the hospital. The problem that most new...

  12. ENA A Huge disappointment for ED Staff nurses on the front line

    CraigB-RN replied to ditesbonjour's topic in Emergency

    I actually do the education, just not ENA education. I do it to keep current on emergency medicine, nursing and medicine in general. I try to rotate conferences. AACN NTI, ENA, then a Doc...

  13. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

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

    Actually you'll find a large percentage of nurses going into being APRN not because they had a burning desire to be an APRN but because they hated bedside

  14. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

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

    Yup. Welcome to the world of the APRN. I had faculty members who had never given an insulin shot and they were teaching the APRN students how to do patient education. I had to leave the room so I...

  15. ENA A Huge disappointment for ED Staff nurses on the front line

    CraigB-RN replied to ditesbonjour's topic in Emergency

    I to share some of your frustrations with ENA. But we as a group have to take some credit for things. How many members take the time to research candidates and then actually vote? As to the...

  16. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

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

    Pretty much the only utility threads like this have is entertainment value and as an example of the darker side of the internet. Psychologist have coined a term called Online Disinhibition. Although...

  17. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

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

    Although I do have to say, I have a hard time believing your really going to recoup your investment if you spend $$$ going to a prestigious ivy league nursing school for your DNP vs the state school....

  18. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

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

    I'm fortunate that I work in an environment that HAS LOTS APRNs. Thursday afternoon I had lunch with about 75 of them. A reasonable mix of degrees. FNP, ACNP, MSN, PHD, DNP and one DNP/PharmD/JD....

  19. Social Media Role Modeling

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

    Yes; I try to present social media or I prefer Web 2.0 as tools. Like any tool, it can be used wrong. My student get my blog, and my twitter feed and I try to be an active example. I use cased...

  20. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

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

    I'd have to ask were you an NP already when you got your DNP or did you have a "generic"

  21. Ethics question.

    CraigB-RN posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    With the advent of social media I've noticed a trend that disturbs me. Nursing media stars are pushing products, but there is no disclosure of remuneration. When I asked one, I was told that they...

  22. ENA2015 in Orlando

    CraigB-RN replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Emergency

    Wait and see how the conference itself goes. This is the first year where they merged their two conferences into one and I thin they had some growing pains. I don't recall it being as unorganized...

  23. Nursing CE reimbursement

    CraigB-RN replied to Inquisitive Nurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The CEU/CNE should state who the accrediting body is. In general, a 1 Ceu/CNE should take an hour. If you were taking 2 hours then your boss might have a point. I would hazard to guess your boss...

  24. Article: Paramedics equal to RNs

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

    https://www.ena.org/about/media/Documents/JointStatementNAEMT-ENA.pdf

  25. DNP Nursing Education

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

    First before you decide DNP vd PhD, make sure you know what your end goals are. The DNP is new enough that the whole tenure things hasn't been worked out well in some schools. If your looking for...