a.malone

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1. MSN/FNP Student needs advice...stick with it or quit?

   a.malone replied to a.malone's topic in Post Graduate

   Thanks Ivan and Water Lily..good stuff. I really appreciate it! I think we have decided to not decide! I am going to push pause on this decision until our oldest starts preschool and we have the last baby..all this fall. Spring semester, Jan, i'm goi...

2. "Mommy Job"...RN or NP...?

   a.malone replied to a.malone's topic in NP

   "Family friendly" as in...I was hoping I would get some replies from NPs regarding their hours and what is required of them so that I might have a better idea of what challenges I would be facing as a FNP opposed to a RN. This is indeed different for...

3. MSN/FNP...stick it out...or go with what i've got?

   a.malone replied to a.malone's topic in NP

   BCgradnurse, Yes, this helps me tremendously. I will even read your reply to my husband! This is very encouraging and really answers my flexibility and lifestyle questions. I think I may have a say in my clinicals because the person who negotiates th...

4. "Mommy Job"...RN or NP...?

   a.malone posted a topic in NP

   Can any NPs advise me? I am deciding between finishing my MSN/FNP and remaining a RN...which is the more family friendly career path?

5. MSN/FNP Student needs advice...stick with it or quit?

   a.malone replied to a.malone's topic in Post Graduate

   All of you have such good points, thanks so much for your reply. I roll all of this around all the time. If i'm going back it has to be this Jan to make my 6 yr window...and i'll JUST be sleeping through the night with the newborn. I won't start clin...

6. MSN/FNP...stick it out...or go with what i've got?

   a.malone replied to a.malone's topic in NP

   Was your part time job and is the job you are applying for more lucrative than if you were a RN? Do you think it is harder or easier to find part time work that fits with your home situation? The big picture...can I tell you...when I look down the ro...

7. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

   a.malone replied to Blurr156's topic in NP Students

   The thing about this debate that gets me is this...why are we as a profession so divisive about our own? The title RN carries much prestige in our society and has an incredible reputation...we all agree that this role is indispensible and held in hig...

8. MSN/FNP...stick it out...or go with what i've got?

   a.malone replied to a.malone's topic in NP

   Wow...each of you REALLY helped me. I was SO hoping for this! I replied to all three of you..please feel free to answer any questions from my reply...thank you SO much for your time!! Sheri-FNP-C, Exactly the same...really want to be home with them a...

9. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

   a.malone replied to Blurr156's topic in NP Students

   I'm with traumamike on this...I live in a town that is in Nashville's back yard. Vanderbilt University School of Nursing cranks out NPs through the bridge program and you don't need ANY nursing experience to enter! All you need is a bachelor's degree...

10. MSN/FNP...stick it out...or go with what i've got?

    a.malone posted a topic in NP

    BSN/RN IN NEED OF ADVICE... I am currently studying for my MSN/FNP through an online program at Tennessee State Univ. I am a stay at home mom and pregnant with my third child in four years. I became a RN, worked eight months at Vanderbilt, then got p...

11. MSN/FNP Student needs advice...stick with it or quit?

    a.malone posted a topic in Post Graduate

    BSN/RN IN NEED OF ADVICE... I am currently studying for my MSN/FNP through an online program at Tennessee State Univ. I am a stay at home mom and pregnant with my third child in four years. I became a RN, worked eight months at Vanderbilt, then got p...

12. PA vs. RN

    a.malone replied to malika's topic in General Nursing

    Bravo RN4NICU! I was hoping to hear this...medicine's focal point is treating the disease process...nursing's focal point is treating the patient! I was hoping someone would go there! Thanks!