maldoniaNP

maldoniaNP has 5 years experience and specializes in Adult primary care, college health.

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1. Help deciding between WHNP program or dual WH/ANP program

   maldoniaNP replied to Fade to Black...'s topic in NP

   I'm a dual WHNP/ANP and I wouldn't have it any other way. I would have felt practically unhireable as a WHNP alone, particularly as a new grad. Totally worth it for one more semester. Good luck!

2. Is Mandatory DNP by 2015 a Done Deal?

   maldoniaNP replied to SandBetweenMyToes's topic in Doctoral

   Agree with OPs... licensure tends to follow certification. AACN doesn't issue APN certification, and since none of the major certification boards (besides the CRNA group, which endorses a 2025 deadline instead of a 2015 deadline) have issued stateme...

3. Post-exposure prophylaxis making me so sick!

   maldoniaNP replied to dancin1415's topic in General Nursing

   I completely sympathize - I didn't make it to 4 weeks on PEP when I was asked to start it after a needlestick about 4 yrs ago. I think I made it to somewhere around 2-3 wks...but the s/e were just too much to take, and I, too, kept looking at the st...

4. Calling all New Grad NPs in Boston!

   maldoniaNP replied to RockFish71's topic in Massachusetts

   I'm a few years out now, but starting out as a new grad in a nonprofit community practice I was offered just under $70K. A couple years later, a new job offer in private IM practice was about $79K. My impression is that primary care practices offer...

5. need advice from rns that became pas or nps

   maldoniaNP replied to JonB04's topic in NP

   Hm, it's hard for me to judge as I haven't been through a PA program, but while there's certainly a level of intensity to most PA programs, the NP programs I've been familiar with (either as a student or a preceptor) have been no walk in the park. A...

6. Needle Stick Protocol - Antiretroviral?

   maldoniaNP replied to NCindasun21's topic in Disease

   Ideally PEP is started within 1-2 hrs of exposure, and at least within 24-36hrs. I'm not sure how effective it would be 1 wk after exposure, if at all; at this point it's probably more worthwhile to track down the pt's results than to worry about - ...

7. need advice from rns that became pas or nps

   maldoniaNP replied to JonB04's topic in NP

   Um, I'm not sure that one actually DOES "have to agree" that a PA program is superior to an NP program. One may have a preference for one model of education over another, but that doesn't make one inherently and/or objectively "superior" to another....

8. Going back for DNP

   maldoniaNP replied to Divergirl's topic in CRNA

   I'm in a "hybrid" online/in-class DNP program right now - I've taken two classes so far and am officially starting (with my cohort) in the fall. Each course meets in person twice per semester; most of the students in the program are from all over th...

9. CME reibursement

   maldoniaNP replied to pedspnp's topic in NP

   I had a previous employer where they decided to accept online CMEs, but in that case it was primarily because our total CME stipend was so limited, the only way to use up the CME time off allowance and come in under this stipend limit was to spend a ...

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

    maldoniaNP replied to RMARTINNC's topic in NP

    But how could one go about preparing a single DNP licensing exam, when advanced practice training is already so specialized? Further, the DNP isn't limited to only APN students - nurses whose area of practice is, say, management/ hospital administra...

11. MSN-CNL or ANP

    maldoniaNP replied to PMG42177's topic in NP

    I think I'd want to think a bit more about what it is I want to do with this degree. The CNL and NP roles are very different - one prepares you for working as a nurse leader in a more traditional nursing role; the other prepares you for advanced pra...

12. Yale, Columbia, Penn?

    maldoniaNP replied to Ashley.'s topic in Post Graduate

    dancingnurse13: I can only speak to my experience at Yale, but I really haven't had much trouble finding positions, either as an RN or, upon graduating, as an NP. I don't know that the school as an entity did anything directly to "get" me my jobs, ...

13. PLEASE HELP..What methods for continuing education do you use as an NP?

    maldoniaNP replied to 143love my job's topic in NP

    I attend about 1-2 conferences per year and complete online CMEs - mostly through Medscape, though there are a ton of free CME/CEU websites out there. I don't know that there's much of a mechanism for evaluating a clinician's practice in an ongoing...

14. HELP SOON, Need immediate help with contract negotiations

    maldoniaNP replied to johnson0424's topic in NP

    I don't know if this is possible, considering some of the things you've referenced regarding how well-run (or not) this place is, but I think I'd be more concerned with making sure they put systems in place to ensure you can do your job well, at leas...

15. Better to have a BSN as an FNP?

    maldoniaNP replied to serpico79000's topic in NP

    I'm starting the second year of a masters entry program right now, and I also had a BS in Biology before coming into the program. I looked at the Hopkins program too, but after talking to a few people decided it sounded like not having the BSN (if y...