u/elleroiam

I'm studying for ANCC AGACNP boards and will be taking them next week. The questions on practice tests that I struggle with most are choosing an antibiotic. It seems like I will just have to straight up memorize which antibiotics are prescribed for which infections, but it feels like too much to memorize/keep straight, especially when my resources list multiple appropriate choices for each condition. Does anyone have any tips/tricks for remembering which antibiotics are best for which infections/organisms?

I've seen other people say that Fitzgerald was a good course for board exam prep, and I couldn't disagree more. I'm wondering if the positive reviews were for primary care/FNP, because the acute care on-demand course I just finished was completely useless. The presenter mispronounced several words and spent each chapter alternating between reading directly off the slides and going on long personal tangents. It took me two weeks to slog through all the material, and I don't feel any more prepared to take the exam. The icing on the cake is that the final "practice exam" covered tons of material that the course didn't even touch. Complete waste of time and money. Now I'm back to square one.

Just what the title says. I'm white and have yellow sticky ear wax, my husband is Korean and has white flaky ear wax. Or baby turned out to have yellow ear wax, which got me thinking-- does everybody get one or the other?

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I just graduated with my DNP. Is it acceptable to use the title Dr. in non-clinical situations? For instance, my husband has his PhD, and his mail and whatnot is addressed to Dr. X instead of Mr. X. I'm just wondering 1) is it appropriate for me to do the same, and 2) do any other DNPs use the prefix Dr.?

I'm asking because I am well aware of the contention surrounding DNPs calling themselves "doctor" in a clinical setting. It's made me nervous to use the prefix in ANY situation, even though I'm the first in my family to get a doctorate and I'm proud of my degree. FWIW I never intend to tell my patients that I am a doctor.

FTM to a 6 week old. Last week, my husband caught a cold. He stayed in our guest room for a few days, masked when in shared spaces, and didn't interact with baby. She still got sick. She was congested, had an infrequent cough, and a mild temp (99.9). She's already getting better after only a couple of days. Husband is fine now and back to taking care of her.

Now I have a sore throat. Not sure if I caught what they had, or if it's something different I picked up outside. The trouble is, I do the heavy lifting when it comes to baby care. My husband is willing and able to take care of baby without me, but I've been doing most of her care since she was born. It would be mentally difficult for me to just stop taking care of her completely over a sore throat, even for a few days. Since she already got sick, do I still need to stay away from her? I just worry because she still got sick even though my husband didn't touch her for two days and masked for two more...