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1. Question for Practicing NPs

   KMFRN5 replied to dancingfeet's topic in NP

   Whew, this question stirs up all sorts of feelings! Some of us are raised in a family where being a DOCTOR is considered the highest achievement. Not to mention a society that tends to place docs on pedestals. If I had a dime for the number of times ...

2. Applying to the nurse practitioner program right after BSN

   KMFRN5 replied to rlhtsvm's topic in NP

   My advice: apply, get in, and either a) defer at least a year to get peds experience, or b) do your MSN piece by piece as you get experience. Pediatrics is a specialty--not adult medicine in miniature. When I was getting my ACPNP, every single day of...

3. to be hired as an RN do I tell them I am in grad school?

   KMFRN5 replied to Grnrn's topic in NP

   Grnrn, Good luck in your program! With regard to your question, it's all relative. If you're applying for a per diem/PT/PRN job, the employer will probably not care if you're in grad school. The reaction you get will also depend on how much RN experi...

4. Questions for Online MSN Programs

   KMFRN5 replied to sage2320's topic in NP

   Glad to help! Did my MSN through Rush University in Chicago. With regard to choosing your specialty: yes, FNP gives you more options in the sense that it covers the entire age spectrum, BUT if you lean toward one patient population more than any oth...

5. Questions for Online MSN Programs

   KMFRN5 replied to sage2320's topic in NP

   Hi sage2320, How exciting for you! It sounds like you already have many questions for the open house, but I'm happy to add a few. I just completed my MSN online (with a few trips out-of-state), and it was no cake-walk. Not because it was online--simp...

6. New grad ACPNP in ER?

   KMFRN5 posted a topic in NP

   Hi everyone, I'm a newly-minted acute care PNP with NICU, PICU, and pedi heme/onc experience. My only ED experience was a clinical rotation during my MSN, and I loved it. I still feel very new to the ED, but I'm interviewing for a position (peds ED)....

7. NPs in the ER?

   KMFRN5 replied to NoobinIL's topic in Illinois

   I'm a new graduate acute care PNP who started out with a business degree before going into nursing. My goal at the start, like yours, was to become a nurse practitioner. I had aspirations of getting through my BSN and MSN as quickly as possible to ge...

8. Pediatric Liver Transplant NP?

   KMFRN5 posted a topic in NP

   Hi everyone, I'm a new grad acute care PNP looking at job options, and although I haven't interviewed for it, yet, there is a position open for a PNP in liver transplant. Anyone have experience with this area and have any thoughts or advice about th...

9. How to prep for being an LNC

   KMFRN5 replied to BuckOwe's topic in Legal

   Thank you for your quick reply, sirI. I'm sure I'll have more questions for you down the line. I appreciate your feedback.

10. How to prep for being an LNC

    KMFRN5 replied to BuckOwe's topic in Legal

    Hi sirI and everyone, I'm a new grad acute care pediatric nurse practitioner--just finished my MSN and have 3+ years of PICU/NICU experience. My first degree was in business/accounting. I'm about to start working as an independent LNC and start takin...

11. PICU report sheet?

    KMFRN5 posted a topic in PICU

    Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone has a particularly well-designed documentation sheet that they carry during shifts and would be willing to share. Something you use to write down your shift report at the start of your day and track meds, vent s...

12. Help! Relocating to San Antonio in June!

    KMFRN5 replied to KMFRN5's topic in Texas

    Hi John, Thank you for that great insight! Do you happen to know anything about the hem/onc units in those hospitals? That's what I'm looking at in particular. I'm working at Denver Children's now, and we have the same type of population as Santa Ro...

13. Help! Relocating to San Antonio in June!

    KMFRN5 posted a topic in Texas

    Hi Texas Nurses, I'm thrilled to be moving to Texas this summer, but I'd love some of the 411 on nursing in San Antonio. I'm specifically looking at Methodist Children's Hospital and Santa Rosa Children's. Any thoughts as to the different working env...

14. Help! choose Duke BSN or UVa MSN?

    KMFRN5 replied to Mintaka's topic in Post Graduate

    Hi there, I graduated from the Duke ABSN a couple of years ago, and after hearing your choices, I would definitely go that route. The program was still in its nascent stage when I was there, and there were definitely some improvements needed, but ove...