Browndog

Browndog specializes in Trauma, Emergency, Urgent Care.

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1. Reputation of online APN programs

   Browndog replied to Vavavictoria's topic in NP

   Oh, please do educate me Annaiya. I stand by my statement. I have taken online classes before. There is a place for this model in any program, it should, however, in my humble opinion, not be the entire program. There is, a great deal of value (as...

2. Reputation of online APN programs

   Browndog replied to Vavavictoria's topic in NP

   Honestly, I am not a fan. We are able to practice with 500 hours of clinicals after an on-line program. Come on. Seriously, would you hire an on line educated MD if there was such a thing? Would you trust an online tax lawyer to defend you against...

3. Which certification, AANP or ANCC

   Browndog replied to linearthinker's topic in NP

   No difference in the real world from an acceptance standpoint, at least as far as I have noticed. (I have worked in a magnet facility with AANP cert.) I would not have even considered the ANCC. Take a moment and compare the re-cert requirements.

4. FNP vs Acute care NP vs CRNA

   Browndog replied to Leanne62499's topic in NP Students

   If you want the undifferentiated patient consider the FNP. There is plenty of adrenaline in the ED and in rural urgent care settings (especially solo coverage positions). When a patient comes through the door with SVT or significant BSA burns.........

5. Vanderbilt NP program..help!

   Browndog replied to BrandiannRN's topic in NP

   I have heard that the Vanderbilt diploma actually has the opposite affect if you are trying to work in the Tennessee market. I have had more than a few employers tell me that they would not hire a Vandy NP grad (one of whom is an MD employed by Vand...

6. MD, DO, NP, DC, OD -- Who deserves the title Physician?

   Browndog replied to RMARTINNC's topic in NP

   but for conservative care on neuromusculoskeletal conditions, there is no comparison and it doesn't matter how much you might retort. I have yet to me a chiro patient who was "cured" and did not require more (a lifetime usually) of treatments. There...

7. is it possible to work as an NP w/o MD's hours?

   Browndog replied to phosphorus's topic in NP

   Very doable. I decided that I wanted to try to create a work plan that allowed for more control over my work schedule and a greater degree of lifestyle flexibility. So I chose a different path. I work 3/10s per week in urgent care setting (this is...

8. Postgraduate training/Residency Question

   Browndog replied to EMEddie's topic in NP

   Short answer.....for all practical purposes, no. There are a couple of NP residencies out there for primary care, but they are few and far between. Now, that said, most PAs do not complete a residency either. My unsolicited opinion is that we (NPs)...

9. ACNP and FNP

   Browndog replied to ncaru01's topic in NP

   The University of West Virginia offers a certificate in Emergency Medicine that is open to MD, DO, PA and NP. In the NP/PA case, it would be considered a post-master's certificate. I understand it to be a two year on-line program that essentially c...

10. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    Browndog replied to jstuben's topic in NP

    I agree with RNTwin on this one. If I were in a PA friendly area, I would have gone to PA school in a minute. Way too much fluff (B.S.) in nursing education for my taste. Give me patho, biochem, pharm, etc. Teach me to read xrays not write papers...

11. DNP in one Year?

    Browndog replied to patdaddy's topic in Doctoral

    What program are you in? It is indeed rare. Just google any 10 schools of your choice and my guess is you have found the rare exception.

12. DNP in one Year?

    Browndog replied to patdaddy's topic in Doctoral

    If your interest is in improving your clinical acumen.......what is the point of the DNP? I appologize in advance to all who are working towards, or have attained, DNP status. I mean no disprespect to you. It is just that I see a golden opportuni...

13. NP residency/fellowship

    Browndog replied to mark2climb's topic in NP

    How can you say that with so many direct entry NP programs out there? NPs are being spewed out of schools at an alarming rate without the necessary nursing experience to back them. If I'm right, there are only a few schools in the PA world that do no...

14. What primary care areas have the best variety?

    Browndog replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in NP

    Urgent care or emergency department fast-track.

15. NPs Losing Ground?

    Browndog replied to tracelane's topic in NP

    Errrr.......I don't work in the "hallowed halls", and never attended the "interesting and intelligent" graduate school to which you refer. Can't always trust the profile stuff ya know. Accepted, but not interested. Way too many "D's" around those p...