ghostbird

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1. new grad salary + productivity pay

   ghostbird replied to ghostbird's topic in NP

   if anyone is reading this, i counter-offered to see if they will increase the base salary. i agree that it's much lower than i would like.

2. new grad salary + productivity pay

   ghostbird replied to ghostbird's topic in NP

   the benefits are standard. the administration showed me some w-2s of other employed nps who made around 140k but i know that she only showed me the w-2s of the highest earners so i'm taking that with a grain of salt. she also stated that all of the p...

3. new grad salary + productivity pay

   ghostbird posted a topic in NP

   hi everyone. i recently received an offer for a 40 hour/wk position at a private family medicine practice. the hours are 10 hours a day, 4 days a week. however the clinic is only open 8-5 so they are allotting me extra time to complete all my chartin...

4. Alternative career tracks for FNPs

   ghostbird posted a topic in NP Students

   Hello everyone! I see a lot of discussion regarding working as a clinician as an FNP but not much about alternative career paths. I'm the kind of person who plans out my life 10-15 years in advance so I like to gain a broad perspective of the possibi...

5. How old were you when you started nursing school?

   ghostbird replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

   26...just started this year! Time really flies...

6. CRNA vs. RN

   ghostbird replied to CallMeDoctor2b's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Definitely shadow! You never know what something's going to be like until you see it for yourself; case in point, many med school students end up changing their specialty once they actually go through rotations. Also, I'm currently enrolled in nurs...

7. GRE: how bad is it really?

   ghostbird replied to KBICU's topic in Post Graduate

   I thought the GRE was pretty easy, as long as you devote some regular time to studying for it. I think I studied for 3 months or so? The most annoying thing was writing practice essays, ugh. The key thing to do is to regularly study! And vocab fl...

8. Columbia University ETP Program 2013

   ghostbird replied to ARickli's topic in New York

   Rgracevn, Baltimore is diverse in the sense that the population is largely non-Caucasian but it is mostly African-American. I'd consider New York more diverse since a multitude of ethnicities are represented in the population (Caucausians, African-A...

9. Columbia University ETP Program 2013

   ghostbird replied to ARickli's topic in New York

   Hopefulnurse, got your pm! Once I hit 15 posts I'll reply! Rgracevn, I just got from a tour of JH and I have to say the surrounding area scared me quite a bit. Also, the program does seem to emphasize hospital nursing a lot, and since I'm FNP this do...

10. Columbia University ETP Program 2013

    ghostbird replied to ARickli's topic in New York

    the healer's art, that was super helpful! I basically got the same feeling that Hopkins has a stronger program overall with more opportunities, but I didn't have so much supporting evidence! Part of me is still leaning towards Columbia though for p...

11. Columbia University ETP Program 2013

    ghostbird replied to ARickli's topic in New York

    I'm actually debating between Hopkins and Columbia too, but for FNP. I was quite disappointed that the FNP director didn't even show up for Visiting Day at Columbia...that has me nervous about the program. Just curious, why do you like Hopkins bett...

12. Summer Entry 2013 Accelerated BSN/MSN Johns Hopkins

    ghostbird replied to nautica193's topic in Post Graduate

    Ah got it. Do you know if this is the case for FNP? Is there any way to just go straight through for FNP? I was so busy during the application cycle that I didn't have time to look into these details; now I'm wishing that I did!

13. Summer Entry 2013 Accelerated BSN/MSN Johns Hopkins

    ghostbird replied to nautica193's topic in Post Graduate

    I'm in for FNP for this fall! I have a question for current students. I noticed on the website that the 17 month BSN program ends in December. Does the MSN portion begin the following January? Thanks!

14. 2013 UPenn BSN/MSN Applicants

    ghostbird replied to kdiem's topic in Post Graduate

    40 minutes! I love seeing the excitement on this page! Hope everyone is going to have good news! I took the day off today because I had an interview with a school and because I knew I'd be super distracted by the pending release of the admission d...

15. Columbia University ETP Program 2013

    ghostbird replied to ARickli's topic in New York

    I got in for FNP too! I can't believe it! I can finally stop stressing out over getting into school, haha. If there are any current FNP students here, I would love to hear your guys's perspectives on the program! :)