nurselyfe4115
has 5 years experience and specializes in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care.
My name is Brittany, I have been a registered nurse for 5+ years, have recently graduated from an acute care nurse practitioner program, and am the author of Nurse's Guide to Graduate School. I like to blend my knowledge of graduate school, nursing and healthy living, to help nurses keep their sanity and care for themselves while caring for others.
There is this myth that still seems to be circulating around that Physician Assistants (PAs) can do more than Nurse Practitioners (NPs). For example, if you want to have a role that involves more invasive procedures like central line or chest tube pl...
nurselyfe4115 replied to blancas56's topic in Advanced
NPs can do whatever PAs can do, so there really would be no reason to go the PA route, unless she wants to completely get out of a nursing foundation...which sometimes people do.
nurselyfe4115 replied to nurselyfe4115's topic in General Nursing
Since the program I just finished was an Acute Care NP program, a majority of it was in class. We had class 1-2 times/wk and sometimes even clinical at the same time.
As I finish my ACNP program (in literally days) I'm reflecting back in my journey. I realized that although I got want I needed and much more from grad school, the process to obtaining this degree was not what I expected so I wanted to give a little ...
I'm just curious if DNPs get paid more than masters level practitioners. I read somewhere that they didn't and then another article, that they did. I am currently in a masters program and contemplating going on to get my DNP once I graduate but am ju...
nurselyfe4115 replied to nurselyfe4115's topic in NP Students
Thanks so much for your responses! ghillbert, that sounds awesome and so like my dream job! My only concern (and fear) is that i'm in Missouri and we tend to "jump on the band wagon" a little later than other states. Where I work now, we have very li...
I just got accepted to an ACNP program so I'm already trying to plan out possible career options when I graduate. I work in a cardiac icu and would love to get a job in acute care cardiology when I graduate, but I'm just curious if anyone could give ...
nurselyfe4115 replied to mnmary's topic in Post Graduate
mnmary, did you click on the Fall-2013 part under application term? I also thought my just said submitted until I actually clicked the term and then it had me type in my password to get to my "letter"
nurselyfe4115 replied to mnmary's topic in Post Graduate
https://www.gradadmissions.ucla.edu/newapp/Login.asp?topage=AdmissionStatus.asp Type in you email, click the Fall-2013 button, type in your password, press continue, then it should tell you your status (so far it's just been telling people they've ei...
nurselyfe4115 replied to mnmary's topic in Post Graduate
Hi mnmary! I too applied to UCLA's ACNP program! Have you checked your decision status online yet? I heard that they've already sent out some rejection letters and just sent out acceptance/wait list letters on March 1. Where are you from? I'm from Il...