MissBehavin

MissBehavin specializes in Telemetry, ER, Trauma ICU.

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1. From BSN to MD?

   MissBehavin replied to dancer_meggs's topic in General Nursing

   It is not unheard of but...... MOST medical schools see a BSN or nursing background and are NOT impressed. I have 2 friends that went this route. You are considered a "non-traditional student" (which means you will have to work twice as hard, and hav...

2. Age you will/were graduated?

   MissBehavin replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

   I was 23 for my BSN. ( should have been 21 with my ADN but had to stop due to heart problems). I will be 25 with my MSN :)

3. Is there a feeling of entitlment among new grads?

   MissBehavin replied to MesaRN's topic in General Nursing

   I think perhaps it was more SHOCK, if you started nursing school 2-4 years ago (heck even a 1 year ago) there were so many jobs, hospitals were recruiting, there were sign on bonuses. Everyone heard stories of people going to a hospital, saying they ...

4. new grad options

   MissBehavin replied to travisjacob's topic in General Nursing

   At my hospital they prefer new grads in Critical Care to nurses with only floor experience. This is because they can groom new grads to do things the way they want them done, where as other nurses have developed bad habits, and their own way of doing...

5. Community Colleges/vanderbilt/nashville?

   MissBehavin replied to kadooj's topic in Tennessee

   I took ALL my nursing pre-reqs at a community college, a lot online. Then got my BSN at a university. I start at Vandy in the fall. As long as your GPA/GRE are competitive they dont care where/how u took it.

6. Any Trauma or Cardiothoracic ACNP's willing to give advice?

   MissBehavin posted a topic in Post Graduate

   Hi I am starting Vandy in the fall for my ACNP. One of the reasons I applied there is that I loved the sub-specialties they offered. But now I am torn between Trauma and cardiac surgery, and would love some input. FYI; I also would like to first assi...

7. What to specialize in??

   MissBehavin replied to skim410's topic in Post Graduate

   At vandy both the ACNP and Adult NP programs have HIV subspecialty routes (however they recommend that you do the adult NP program so you are treating out in the community). If you want to do peds right off the bat too, you should prob go the FNP rou...

8. May 2009 Graduates!!! Do you have a job yet?

   MissBehavin replied to soon2bRN516's topic in New Nurse

   I worked for 1.5 years at a level one trauma hospital in AZ. ( I had great reviews the whole time). I applied to 5 units, and not even an interview. 800 bed hosptial- 20 job openings (which is good, other hospitals have hiring freeze)-30 externs-20 ...

9. ACNP or CRNA for Extremely Driven?!

   MissBehavin replied to tinyironic's topic in NP

   """Sorry, can't give you a CRNA perspective cause I am not in that profession. However, I've not heard of states that give CRNA's a NP license as well. That does not mean that it's not happening, I just am not aware of it. I am aware of advanced prac...

10. Emergency Room NPs?

    MissBehavin replied to CoolhandHutch's topic in NP

    The movement is now toward acnps. Arizona was the first to pass regulations about who can work in the hospital-er setting. However acnp can not treat peds so programs like vandys joint acnp-fnp is gaining intrest since you get both certs.

11. Jobs W least amount of needles and blood.

    MissBehavin replied to cute-1's topic in General Nursing

    Even if she does go into an area of nursing without a lot of blood/needles, she would still have to make it through school with A LOT of the above mentioned. Perhaps Psych nursing, primary care physicians office (the MA's do most of the injections), ...

12. Starting a website

    MissBehavin replied to TiddlywinksMom's topic in General Nursing

    If u wanna do it, go for it. *build it and they shall come* :) You can get some great ideas from blogs that sound similar. Try looking at the happy hospitalist, panda bear MD and nurse K (and other er and nurse related blogs) on blogspot.com. Good lu...

13. Vandy Open house Feb. 2009

    MissBehavin replied to MissBehavin's topic in New Nurse

    It was great :) I got my acceptance letter the night before the open house, so I wasn't so nervous. I was very impressed with the professors, they are very approachable. For such a large school, they really made it seem intimate and made time for in...

14. US News Rankings

    MissBehavin replied to jnd1213's topic in NP

    Just a side note. Some programs like VANDY accelerate their masters NP programs. Most of their NP programs are about 43K for the year (and your done). Some state schools are cheaper, but when you add up the expenses of going 2 years it comes to about...

15. A thread for those awaiting decisions...

    MissBehavin replied to Sarah7781's topic in Post Graduate

    I got into Vandys ACNP program I found out on friday which was great because I was already in Nashville for the Vandy open house, which was the next morning. I am very excited, I am moving to Nashville in May.