terfernay

terfernay has 5 years experience.

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1. NFP Nurses

   terfernay replied to ThePlannedNurse's topic in Public/Community

   As far as staying organized while on the road: I have a portable clipboard that I bring to every home visit that has educational and community resources I commonly reference, pens, sticky notes, and my clients working chart. If I know I will do a wei...

2. PHN registration in Minnesota

   terfernay replied to goldenina's topic in Public/Community

   Hi! I'm a PHN in MN. My understanding is most public health nursing jobs require you to either have your PHN certification or be willing to get it. The nice thing about attending a BSN program that offers public health courses is that you can apply f...

3. NP schools now required to find clinical sites?

   terfernay replied to Telenurse1990's topic in NP Students

   What's the big differences between the two other than this new requirement CCNE is putting out about preceptors?

4. NP schools now required to find clinical sites?

   terfernay replied to Telenurse1990's topic in NP Students

   Is this only for CCNE accreditated programs? What about ACEN?

5. NP schools now required to find clinical sites?

   terfernay replied to Telenurse1990's topic in NP Students

   At my school you can do clinicals at your place of employment it just can't be within the same unit. For example if you work in L&D and go back to become a CNM you can't do your clinicals there because you work there as an L&D nurse. However ...

6. Finding my fnp preceptor

   terfernay replied to my2butterflies's topic in NP Students

   You could also try attending local NP meetings and network network network! Let EVERYBODY know you're in NP school and if they know ANYONE who may be interested in precepting. You could also try Public Health depts, family planning clinics, FQHCs, In...

7. Pursuing NP while being a case manager..Is that posisble?

   terfernay replied to Mystiquex's topic in NP Students

   NP school doesn't require you to be working as a bedside nurse or in a clinical setting. You could do case management while in NP school but like the previous poster mentioned it may get more difficult as you get to the clinical portion of your progr...

8. FNP student - need clinical specialty suggestions

   terfernay replied to KBRCCRN's topic in NP Students

   I think this is something you'll have to decide on your own. I took the time to shadow various NPs in different areas to get an idea of where I would like to practice when I graduate. I found out that I am most interested in Family Medicine and OB/GY...

9. CCNE Releases New Standards

   terfernay replied to Dodongo's topic in NP

   I was going to mention Frontier being ACEN accredited as well. I have heard they've hired a new clinical faculty member whose role will be to help students find preceptors however they are still in the very early stages of coordinating this and as of...

10. please share information about best online FNP programmes

    terfernay replied to Emeralda's topic in NP Students

    I'm going to be starting Frontier Nursing University's online FNP program this fall. From what I can see it's a very reputable school!

11. Is nursing school really awful?

    terfernay replied to makykh's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Nursing school was one of the hardest and most stressful times of my life but also one of the most fun times of my life. It is a lot of work. You're learning a lot of new things. It's very time consuming with classes and studying and clinicals and th...

12. Adjunct professor vs. assistant professor for letter of rec

    terfernay replied to siesepuede's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Go with whoever you feel like wrote you a better letter. It doesn't matter if they are adjunct or not.

13. Georgetown CNM/WHNP Spring 2019

    terfernay replied to becxs's topic in NP Students

    I know someone who graduated from this program. She had very good things to say about the program and she is now an amazing midwife at a birth center. Her education prepared her well.

14. FNP online schools

    terfernay replied to kamijulian's topic in NP Students

    In narrowing down my options it was helpful to have in mind what I absolutely wanted in a program like at the very least 600 hours of clinicals, at least one trip to campus to verify skills competencies, MSN only vs DNP, price less than $40,000, flex...

15. FNP online schools

    terfernay replied to kamijulian's topic in NP Students

    I will be starting the FNP program this fall at Frontier. I chose this school because I know some alumni who highly recommended the program and also because their mission is to prepare practitioners to work with rural and underserved women and famili...