Meet my Friend Erin who started her NP career in Neurocritical Care and then transitioned to a Malignant Hematology. She's going to tell you all about imposter syndrome and what its like to pivot specialties and essentially start over.
Topics we cover:
RN background
Why she went to NP school
How she ended up in a Neuro ICU
Tips for starting over with a new specialty
Oncology specific tips
Pay
My favorite resources:
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The Ultimate H&P Cheatsheet: www.breenp.com/
(A copy of the 12 most common ICU problems with associated dot phrases to copy into your EMR with explanations for each problem. This is how you become efficient at note writing. It changed my life, literally started going home on time once I used these)
The ICU Book by Paul Marino amzn.to/3jbh2vn
(A must have. Easy to read, literally cover to cover. Also a life-long reference. Particularly helpful when the nurse calls you for tachycardia - simply flip to that page, it gives you actionable sequence of events with a little bit of pathophys)
The Ventilator Book amzn.to/2UvENE0
(A must have)
Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation amzn.to/3jiOXCi
(Deeper understanding, does a good job describing the mechanics and also I love how they break down waveforms)
Mometrix test bank for AGACNP review amzn.to/35XkUrO
Barkley Board review amzn.to/3xSCObb
(Get this before you start school and use it to study as you go along in your course - trust me it makes all the difference in the world when it comes to preparation post graduation)
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