I just graduated in May with my MSN. I did a bridge program at my University. I have an ADN, a BS in Community Health and now MSN. No BSN. But I had to complete classes that BSN programs have like assessment, theory and undergraduate reserach. T...
As a nurse I started working nights, that was 1992. I did 8 hour shifts, much prefer 12 hour shift. When I worked ICU we had to do 6 day shifts and 6 night shifts a month. that was tough, but I didn't have kids then and staying up all night was not...
I know it is difficult to see the difference in pay, I just keep telling myself that the money I was making as an RN, I was almost at the top of the pay scale. (16 years experience). Now starting a new job, I am at the new NP sacle which is a lot le...
Do you find it difficult to go from RN staff to NP? I have a friend that graduated as FNP, but works as a nurse in ICU. Said that the benefits and pay are much better. I am in central Illinois, starting as a new NP less than waht I was making in a...
Who would complain about shadowing with the physician for a certain amount of time. I think it sounds like a great idea. I am looking for somehting comparable in my new position, collaborative and professional practice with focus on the patient.
I was just surprised that the ANCC had me providing them with supportive documentation. I attended the University of Illinois, at the Urbana-Champaign campus. I have all of my clinical logs (we used Typhon computer tracking). My FNP program requir...
How timely this discussion is occuring now. I graduated from the Univeristy of Illinois in May, with MS, in the FNP track. I mailed my application to ANCC on June 11. I had my transcripts sent directly from the U of I. Didn't hear anything back until...
I have not taken the test yet, waiting (ANCC). The CD is ok, I sometimes don't do so well on the tests, there are some weird OB questions so I guess at them. But I just keep doing them. I really love Fitzgerald. I have her CD's and listening to t...
I have Fitzgerald and use it the most. I do have a CD -rom that has 1300 test questions and will generate a 175 quesiton test, randomly. Zerwekh, Joann and Claborn, Jo Carol. Family Nurse Practitioner Certificaition Review, I have the second editio...
Has anyone used the Zerwekh and Claborn study guide? It comes with a CD for the computer. It has 1300 questions int he test bank and will give you 175 random questions. I do ok sometimes, but othertimes I get stumped with strange OB and peds quest...