panamishe

panamishe has 5 years experience and specializes in med/surg 1 year, ER 5 years.

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1. Is Learning Extesion enough??

   panamishe replied to kg3082's topic in NCLEX

   I went to school in puerto Rico and learned everything in Spanish and a few of my classmates spoke English as a second language...learningext was enough for all of us!

2. Would you marry a Doctor?

   panamishe replied to fleurafor's topic in Relations

   Hey hey hey! what about female doctors? Does some handsome, burly, caring "murse" wanna marry one of them???

3. RN/BSN to medical school?

   panamishe replied to jnf14's topic in Career Support

   I truly don't remember how I did my personal statement but I'm currently writing one to apply for residencies. The advice I was given was to approach it in a chronological way. I would start with an introduction, how you got interested in medicine, a...

4. Pursuing nurse practioner degree without RN experience

   panamishe replied to huangsoRN's topic in New Nurse

   I feel like a few people in this discussion do not realize that MDs and DOs get literally 1000s of hours of training before they become independent practitioners. It's called residency and it consists of at least 80hrs per week, 49 weeks per year for...

5. Why NP instead of MD, DO, or PA?

   panamishe replied to Loux's topic in NP Students

   I preferred to pursue medicine rather than NP mainly because I wanted more options in what I could do after completing school. It ended up being the best decision for me because I've decided to become a surgeon and, of course, I can't do that as a nu...

6. ADHD Nurses-what area do you specialize in?

   panamishe replied to k31kozumi's topic in Disabilities

   I have ADD, and ER was the perfect fit for me.

7. Pursuing nurse practioner degree without RN experience

   panamishe replied to huangsoRN's topic in New Nurse

   I think that it is very unsafe for a NP to have had no previous acute care work experience. If doctors and PAs need experience before practicing, how much more does a NP need it?! OP, please please please do not become an NP before getting at least 2...

8. If you had to do it over again would you?

   panamishe replied to Tally4970's topic in General Nursing

   I guess I would since it was just a stepping stone on my way to medicine. But if I wasn't going to do medicine then no way would I stay in nursing! So many others have stated what I would say now but I just wanted to add my vote to the 'hell no' corn...

9. RN/BSN to medical school?

   panamishe replied to jnf14's topic in Career Support

   most med schools don't require calculus so i wouldnt recommend taking it and possibly dropping your gpa. as long as you have 2 college level math courses you should be alright. take inorganic and physics w/o calc 1 next semester then take the second ...

10. RN/BSN to medical school?

    panamishe replied to jnf14's topic in Career Support

    Definitely. As long as its a 4yr college. Good luck!

11. RN/BSN to medical school?

    panamishe replied to jnf14's topic in Career Support

    There is a small advantage to having been a nurse first but not much of one. if anything, the real advantage comes into play during the clinical years (3rd and 4th year) when you are having actual patient interaction and as a nurse, you will be more ...

12. Why are doctors so rude?

    panamishe replied to TheCommuter's topic in Relations

    nurses can be just as rude...it's not doctors who are rude, it's rude people who are rude!

13. Nursing or Medicine???

    panamishe replied to PallaviMuraleedharan's topic in General Students

    i always wonder if there are two other professions that have as much competition and contention as nursing and medicine. can't we all just get along?! for the record, most people do not enter medicine to make money. as mentioned before, its almost a ...

14. Tragic end for dedicated nurse

    panamishe replied to mazy's topic in General Nursing

    My heart goes out to her family...

15. Seriously considering dropping nursing school for medical school?

    panamishe replied to Strawberrygirl2's topic in General Nursing

    I did both...so did many others...so can you!! It's not an either or problem. Finish your nursing degree then take two years to finish your premeds and MCAT then apply to med school. I can tell you from experience that it's great to be able to make n...