ED_Nurse_in_the_Hood

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1. Family NP or Adult acute care NP

   ED_Nurse_in_the_Hood replied to KatGoodman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   UVA Grad Nursing, you said that your state is changing its Nurse Practice Act to keep primary care NP's from working in specialty areas. What state is that? BTW, I ended up enrolling in an...

2. University of Maryland SON FNP Fall 2011

   ED_Nurse_in_the_Hood replied to stevie22's topic in Maryland Nursing

   Hi, Jani78rn, I've been an ED nurse for two years. As you could tell, nursing is a second career for me. When I made the switch, I was accepted to several three-year-long NP programs for non-nurses....

3. University of Maryland SON FNP Fall 2011

   ED_Nurse_in_the_Hood replied to stevie22's topic in Maryland Nursing

   I was rejected, but that's OK since I figured out I'd really rather do the Acute Care program, anyway. But I am curious to hear about the writing sample (in case I get an interview for the Acute Care...

4. University of Maryland SON FNP Fall 2011

   ED_Nurse_in_the_Hood replied to stevie22's topic in Maryland Nursing

   Congratulations!! Now you can relax and enjoy the

5. University of Maryland SON FNP Fall 2011

   ED_Nurse_in_the_Hood replied to stevie22's topic in Maryland Nursing

   Yes, mine still says "committee

6. University of Maryland SON FNP Fall 2011

   ED_Nurse_in_the_Hood replied to stevie22's topic in Maryland Nursing

   That's interesting . . . I have 3 degrees outside of nursing (a master's, a doctorate, and another bachelor's), a 4.0 in the science classes, and 3.75 in the nursing classes (from a nursing school...

7. University of Maryland SON FNP Fall 2011

   ED_Nurse_in_the_Hood replied to stevie22's topic in Maryland Nursing

   I didn't think they did interviews. At any rate, no word of any kind yet. Attended an info session on the Acute/Trauma/Emergency NP program a few weeks ago, and they said that they admit about 20...

8. University of Maryland SON FNP Fall 2011

   ED_Nurse_in_the_Hood replied to stevie22's topic in Maryland Nursing

   Yes, everyone I've spoken with at FNP programs across the country says the same thing----they never imagined they'd ever see this many applications. I think it's because everyone wants to get started...

9. Family NP or Adult acute care NP

   ED_Nurse_in_the_Hood replied to KatGoodman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Wow, do any other schools offer a combined FNP/Acute Care NP program? This seems like an ideal solution for the dilemma.

10. University of Maryland SON FNP Fall 2011

    ED_Nurse_in_the_Hood replied to stevie22's topic in Maryland Nursing

    This is what I heard from a co-worker who is one semester away from completing the

11. University of Maryland SON FNP Fall 2011

    ED_Nurse_in_the_Hood replied to stevie22's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Not sure whether this is true or not, but the word on the street is that they accept only 10 people a year for the program. If we're talking about hundreds of applications, and we assume that many if...