Frontier Nursing Univ. Class 142

1 Hey! I was just wondering if anyone else is applying to Class 142 at Frontier, either Midwifery or FNP? I'm submitting all of my materials tomorrow. Good luck, everyone! I applied to 142 also, CNM for me. I just barely got all mine in this week sin

Redefining "Abuse"

I have seen this (a friend caring for an abusive family member). We naturally think about the vulnerability created by age (and yes, that's very real). This points out the vulnerability to abuse created in some cases by caring.

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Vanderbilt ENP (Dual FNP/ACNP)

EDIT: Oops. I clearly don't know how to drive this thing. If a moderator would like to move this to a more appropriate location, that would be super.

Hi all--

I've lurked (and read and learned a ton) for a while but now I have my own question that

Fecal impaction treatment

1 Hi,

I am a nursing student that encountered an impacted patient at my clinical site. Just wanted some different ideas about how it could be treated What caused the fecal impaction, was it a persistent fecal impaction or was it acute. what did your f

UC Health and University of Cincinnati tuition

We are considering a move to Cincinnati from Cleveland - I see on UC Health's website that they offer tuition reimbursement - do they offer tuition remission at University of Cincinnati? If they don't how much do they offer in tuition reimbursement

Mills Peninsula Hospital New Grad Training question

So, after working pt new grad jobs (aesthetics/registry), I finally landed an interview with Mills Peninsula Hospital for their new grad training (multiple units). Passed phase I, yay. Phase 2 was last week.

I thought the interview went well with th

What can I do to increase my knowledge skill and critical thinking?

1 At 2.5 years into being a practicing nurse, I feel that I am on Patricia Benner's "Advanced Beginner" stage in my nursing career. I am no longer a novice, but not anywhere near a highly skilled / experienced RN. It seems that most people

Ambu bag with COPD patient question..

Was reading some threads on ambu bags and came up with a scenario. If a pt. has copd and is a code how many liters of o2 do we give while using the ambubag connected to oxygen. standard is about 10-15liters with no copd, but wat if the pt. has COPD? I

Is it worth it to apply to a hospital that has poor patient reviews?

1 There is a med-surg job opening in a hospital I found on indeed.com. I reviewed the hospital's website which looks great, however patient reviews I've found online are poor. Many reviewa have the same opinion about doctors and nurses being incomp

Pyxis or RxStation

Is anyone using Cerner RxStation at their facility? We have been using Pyxis for medication dispensing since the 90's. Our administration is looking to go with Cerner's RxStation once the contract ends 3rd quarter next year. Although the RxStation