hmatthewcooper

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1. New AGNP-C seeking career advice

   hmatthewcooper replied to hmatthewcooper's topic in NP

   Update: It took a while but I found a job. I'm doing gerontology and podiatry in a number of long-term care facilities in my area. I'm still learning, but so far it's going well.

2. From Failure to Launch to Nursing: Need Advice

   hmatthewcooper replied to Ruadhan's topic in Career Support

   OP, The previous posters bring up some valid points, but reading your narrative, I couldn't help but think about my own introduction to nursing which had some similarities to your own. You do have to have single-minded devotion to get through a nurs...

3. So is there really a nursing shortage?

   hmatthewcooper replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sure nobody has actually done the research, but if this is true doesn't that just mean that hospitals are cost-sharing new grad training? I mean if hospital A hires new grads and hospital B hires new grads, and after a couple months all the new g...

4. New AGNP-C seeking career advice

   hmatthewcooper replied to hmatthewcooper's topic in NP

   I work, teach, and attend school in one of the largest NP programs in the country. So yeah...oversaturated. I can't relocate because my family has put down roots here. I guess I'm playing the waiting game.

5. So is there really a nursing shortage?

   hmatthewcooper replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

   Seriously!? 3:1 and 4:1 for med-surg? When I worked med-surg we had a 6:1 or a 7:1 with one tech covering the front of the unit, and the other covering the back half. With those kinds of ratios I never would have left.

6. New AGNP-C seeking career advice

   hmatthewcooper replied to hmatthewcooper's topic in NP

   Thank you! I'll start looking immediately.

7. Way too many NP programs and grads!

   hmatthewcooper replied to momofm1998's topic in NP

   Nursing is trying to find an equilibrium at the moment. Medicine did the same thing 100+ years ago. They finally settled on the current model when the European style of medical education came to John Hopkins. It'll even out. It's a trend. Everyb...

8. New AGNP-C seeking career advice

   hmatthewcooper replied to hmatthewcooper's topic in NP

   Thanks for the response! I have acute care experience it's just from early in my career, but you're right. They may not even consider that. A lot of ACNPs here are critical care nurses. I would be fine rounding in nursing homes. I don't know exactly...

9. Online masters vs. university dnp?

   hmatthewcooper replied to crazylilkelly's topic in NP Students

   Although it is considered a clinical doctorate, the DNP does not offer more in the way of advanced pharmacology or diagnostic reasoning than an MSN. It's essentially the same as the MSN with another two years of health disparity and statistical resea...

10. Way too many NP programs and grads!

    hmatthewcooper replied to momofm1998's topic in NP

    I can relate to the OPs frustration, but I've met my share of competent/incompetent people in every profession. In the hospital people quickly flock together into "good" and "bad" interdisciplinary groups. It doesn't take long for doctors to figure ...

11. How hard is CRNA programs vs NP programs?

    hmatthewcooper replied to WishfulCRNA's topic in NP

    I've got three degrees and two of them are from top 10 nursing schools (at the time). My MSN was challenging. It wasn't unobtainable, but I certainly had to put in the work. I breezed through undergrad deans list honors society and all that. I would ...

12. I'm So Over Nursing. I would rather work at Costco!!

    hmatthewcooper replied to rnfrombama's topic in General Nursing

    I think every nurse feels like this sometimes. It's the byproduct of trying to put 20lbs of stuff into a 10lbs bag day in and day out while dealing with vicarious trauma. It also sounds like you're dealing with your share of abuse and maybe lateral v...

13. New AGNP-C seeking career advice

    hmatthewcooper posted a topic in NP

    Greetings all, I have been a nurse for about 7 years, and I recently completed my MSN as an adult-gero primary care NP. I finished in August and had some family issues that kept me from searching the job market in earnest for about a month after grad...

14. AASN vs LPN can somebody shed some light?

    hmatthewcooper posted a topic in General Nursing

    I will be attending school for nursing in the fall. One of the programs I have been accepted to offers an AASN. How does this differ from an LPN program? Which program is superior? What seperates an AASN from a standard LPN program?? thanks so mu...