shortlittleRN replied to indoamerican's topic in NP
"95% attrition rate" !!! WOW!!! I'm glad that was a typo. Big difference between 'attrition' and 'graduation'. I'm currently in an FNP program now and due to graduate in Dec 2010. My initial plan was ACNP, but changed my mind before my clinicals b/c ...
shortlittleRN replied to RITA2007's topic in Post Graduate
Not sure my strategy is working cuz I'll probably get my first "C" this semester, and I've never had this much to read before.... Oh and be prepared to put out about 1G for books ( 13+), and that is just this semester.
shortlittleRN replied to RITA2007's topic in Post Graduate
You can work the first 3 semesters, but on the 4th, many people stopped working. I am PT and I wish I didn't have to work. They call the 4th semester the "weeding out" period. And you can't retain it all, unless you have a photographic memory...
shortlittleRN replied to RITA2007's topic in Post Graduate
I'm in my 4th semester of FNP with USA. What is the name of your friend? cuz he is my classmate. Be prepared to do nothing else but read... and I mean READ. 2000+ pages per 30-40 questions tests, which are almost every week. The program is very stre...
shortlittleRN replied to shortlittleRN's topic in NP
The National Cert review? Is that a separate book you bought? The database did take me a long time, and I am finished with the genogram as well. But I am not absorbing what I am reading... YIKES!!! I really have to review the study guides... We have...
shortlittleRN replied to shortlittleRN's topic in NP
Blessedx3, Your PM box is full. Can't send you anything until you clear memory. LOL. Here is my message anyhow. Unfortunately, I am in Baldwin County, no where near Hattiesburg. Thank you though. I've been calling the USA's clinic sites, but they are...
shortlittleRN replied to shortlittleRN's topic in NP
I can't find my 40 hr. preceptor either. Is primary care the same as family practice? Because I've been calling family practitioners for my 40hrs this semester.
Hello, I am currently in my clinical rotation for the FNP program at University of South Alabama. I am overwhelmed with the amount of reading we have, and scared to death that I won't make it. Any alumni of USA's FNP program here for me to ask what I...
shortlittleRN replied to nurselele05's topic in NP
I was recommended to close all interviews with a question of when one can expect to hear from potential employers. That way, a time frame is established and call backs suggest serious interest from the interviewees. I think waiting a week is sufficie...
shortlittleRN replied to dunwanna's topic in Oncology
Please do not wait, if it is malignant, the growth can be very rapid. You want to control it while it is small and positively before any mets has occurred. If by chance it is benign, thank the man upstairs. But do not wait. From what I can decipher o...
shortlittleRN replied to markuskristian's topic in Alabama
Well, I'm glad to hear that. I graduated in the accelerated program at end of 07 and currently in the FNP clinical portion this fall. I was told by my instructor that South has the 2nd best accelerated program in the country, though I can't confirm i...
shortlittleRN replied to DeLana_RN's topic in Oncology
Depending on the acuity of your patients. I know our ratio is 5:1, and that is manageable. 6 is too much IMO. Sometimes 4 is too much if they require a lot of care. Pain med q2 with 3 pts., chemo on one and you won't have time to do anything else. Th...
shortlittleRN replied to dunwanna's topic in Oncology
On the hospital floor,not many. But, in an ambulatory clinic, maybe... The really sick ones come the hospitals, thus, oncology hospital nurses probably don't see many survivors.
shortlittleRN replied to Encyfency's topic in Oncology
Lasix would have brought her BP down further. Given she was palliative, morphine IV or nebulizer would have made her SOB better; making her more comfortable. Not trying to be callous but, if she is DNR and receiving palliative care, her death was ex...