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  1. DNP vs. Certificate

    As Lisa stated the Master's is not a Certificate, it is an actual degree much like the DNP is a doctorate of Nursing Practice degree. Their are Post-master certificates you can earn to add onto your masters. But to your original question, there it ...
  2. RN vs NP vs DNP

    If you and the OP are doing this only for the money, then Admin is the way to go and not bedside nursing or NP route. According to all the nursing salary surveys I'm in the top 5-10% for NP's, but I don't make anywhere near what CNO's make. One of ...
  3. Clarification on NP Curriculum?

    One of my professors at Tech was dual board certified in both Family and Acute Care. I asked him about it and he said he loved working in the ER so he went back for his post Masters certificate as a FNP so he would be covered to treat kids as well a...
  4. Clarification on NP Curriculum?

    I spent most of my time at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio between the ER, Trauma ICU, and medical ICU. I did a full semester with a urology group as well. For my assessment course I did time with my kids pediatrician, a womans health NP do...
  5. FNP in acute inpatient specialty role

    The hospital I was working at last year hired an FNP as my opposite on the night shift. I did 7 on and then she took the next 7 nights. I can tell you only what the ICU nurses said to me while I was there. She wasn't an ICU nurse before she starte...
  6. Clarification on NP Curriculum?

    I graduated from Texas Tech's Adult/Geri Acute Care NP program after having been an ICU/CCU/ER nurse for 10 1/2 yrs. I was trained in school to do central and art lines as well as lumbar punctures. Spent an entire day at my clinical site going from ...
  7. Looking for Oil Rig Companies that Hire Nurses

    Google [h=4]Atlantic Offshore Medical Services They have a pretty good reputation[/h]
  8. ANCC AG-ACNP Exam

    For the anxiety you might consider a short term script for Adderall so you can get through the test. I too had the xrays and ekg's on my test. Another crazy question I had was on Rocky Mountain spotted fever...no clue where that one came from. Hav...
  9. What is your take home pay as Nurse Practitioner?

    What type NP are you? AG-ACNP Where (state)(rural/urban) do you practice? TX Urban Are you independent or in a group? Independent practitioner in the office How many years experience? 3 as an NP; 10 yrs as an RN before I became an NP What is your...
  10. ANCC AG-ACNP Exam

    My condolences for not passing, it was a difficult test. I used Barkley's book and CD's exclusively to study for it back in '13 and that was really all I did for about a month or perhaps a bit longer. Did you have any overwhelming anxiety before/du...
  11. Help! Scope of practice FNP vs ACNP

    I see no reason why as an ACNP I cannot manage somebodies DM, HTN, cholesterol, etc. If I can manage a pt in the hospital while in the hospital, then I can do it from my office as well and I frequently do. Sure I may not have a pt on an insulin drip...
  12. Question from a doc on NP education

    Doc, It really does depend on if your dealing with a Family NP or an Acute Care NP. As an Acute Care NP I did 3 of my semesters at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio with one of their ER docs along with splitting my time in the Trauma and Surg...
  13. TTUHSC FNP 2016

    First I'd like to ask how long you've been an RN? I went through TT AG-ACNP program and all the NP students take the same courses until you get to your FNP 1,2,3 classes. We had a couple of students do exactly what your doing but they had not been ...
  14. FNP vs. AC-AGNP

    To address that first issue; you are correct it's not the preceptors job to teach me, although, a lot of the MD/DO's preceptors I had did just that. But this is where active adult learning comes into play. I went and bought and read 3 different boo...
  15. FNP vs. AC-AGNP

    I understand everybody learns differently but the way I viewed it was school was for the core knowledge but the practical knowledge came from my clinicals and what I was learning in the Trauma ICU with my preceptors. You don't need to go to a sim la...