mursej ADN, BSN, DNP, LPN, CNS

mursej has 13 years experience as a ADN, BSN, DNP, LPN, CNS and specializes in Nursing Admin & Advanced Practice.

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1. NPs in Minnesota/Minneapolis

   mursej replied to midwstrn's topic in NP

   I'm not sure the DNP is the limiting factor for open positions or clinical placement as a masters degree & licensure is all that is required to practice per the MN board of nursing. This is stated in one of the major employers in Minneapolis job ...

2. Which is better to start a MSN or DNP?

   mursej replied to akharvey's topic in Doctoral

   Winona State University offers a BSN-DNP with two different leadership tracks: Nursing Leadership Program: Nursing and Organizational Leadership Or Nursing Leadership Program: Practice and Leadership Innovations (Doctor of Nursing Practice - Winona S...

3. Going from ANCC certification to AACN cert? Anyone?

   mursej replied to traumaRUs's topic in CNS

   Trauma where are you going for your FNP? Was there any wait list / application hoops to jump through?

4. Which CNS certification?

   mursej replied to mursej's topic in CNS

   Thank you both TraumaRUs & Whispera for your insight. I agree all the acronyms are confusing if you don't know what they are which I often feel creates confusion for the public and healthcare providers alike in understanding who we are, what skil...

5. Which CNS certification?

   mursej posted a topic in CNS

   Which certifying body did you choose for your CNS certification? ANCC and their ACNS-BC, AGCNS-BC, etc or AACN with their CCNS or the new ACCNS(-AG,P,N)? Are there any other organizations that currently certify CNS's? What was your reason for choosin...

6. Family/Individual across the Lifespan CNS?

   mursej replied to mursej's topic in CNS

   Even if going back to school were an option for you I can't imagine peds CNS programs are that easy to find. Do they want you to get your FNP now?

7. Family/Individual across the Lifespan CNS?

   mursej replied to mursej's topic in CNS

   I haven't heard anything further about the development of the family/lifespan CNS certification. I know Winona State University (http://www.winona.edu) has an RN to MS professional pathway for obtaining a BSN along the way to an advanced practice gr...

8. New Facebook group for CNS

   mursej replied to pilgrim192's topic in CNS

   Oh gotcha. You're hoping to be filling more the traditional advance practice prescriber role. Many a CNS on here has encouraged those wanting to be an APN to do an NP program over a CNS program.

9. Anybody still doing or just did or thinking about doing CNS?

   mursej replied to stepbystep12's topic in CNS

   I'm in Wisconsin. My program is in Minnesota.

10. New Facebook group for CNS

    mursej replied to pilgrim192's topic in CNS

    Why do you now wish you had completed an NP track? Availability of job? Pay scale for traditional CNS's?

11. Anybody still doing or just did or thinking about doing CNS?

    mursej replied to stepbystep12's topic in CNS

    I'm in an adult-gero CNS program. Our co-hort is kinda small, the big hospitals in my area are all looking at Magnet so there hiring CNS's for the traditional role.

12. Family/Individual across the Lifespan CNS?

    mursej replied to mursej's topic in CNS

    @Melina Is you school working on developing a "Lifespan" or "Family" scope of practice preparation CNS? I too am in a Adult-Gero CNS program so I understand the APRN consensus model and the transition to a population focus rather than a setting focus...

13. Family/Individual across the Lifespan CNS?

    mursej posted a topic in CNS

    I was browsing on the NACNS website and came across an area describing current initiatives with one of the following being "Population-based CNS Competency development underway - Women's Health/Gender Specific and Family/Individual across the Lifesp...

14. CNS questions

    mursej replied to Traumanurse11's topic in CNS

    Do you feel you would have had the training if you had completed an NP program and not a CNS program?

15. CNS questions

    mursej replied to Traumanurse11's topic in CNS

    What was so character building about your first year as an APRN? I have just finished my first semester in my AGCNS program. I am hoping to be in the nursing patient education / staff development, policy role. I would also like to teach some in the t...