alexamasan

alexamasan specializes in Med-Surg.

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1. How do you go about looking for a job?

   alexamasan posted a topic in NP

   Will be graduating soon, will looking for a job in primary care after I pass my boards. Wondering if you all had advice on how to go about looking for a job?

2. Have any of you read any medical textbooks? How did they compare to NP texts?

   alexamasan replied to alexamasan's topic in NP

   That's awesome, I hope to read Robbin's Pathology eventually as well.

3. Have any of you read any medical textbooks? How did they compare to NP texts?

   alexamasan posted a topic in NP

   For NP School, we had Buttaro Primary Care, did any of you read that in your programs? I am wondering how comparable it is to Cecil's Essentials of Internal Medicine. If any of you read Cecil's Essentials, how did it compare to your NP texts if you r...

4. We should do Cadaver Labs!

   alexamasan posted a topic in NP

   I am a nurse practitioner student and one thing I really want to do is to go through a cadaver lab. My nursing school and NP school has zero cadaver opportunities. Everyone I know who had the opportunity said it was really helpful to visualize the 3D...

5. For Primary Care, can an NP ever be as skilled as an MD?

   alexamasan replied to alexamasan's topic in NP

   Thanks for all the responses, a natural follow up question would be what should an NP be doing to improve their clinical skills to be as good as an MD/DO?

6. Whatever happened to the Diplomate of Comprehensive Care?

   alexamasan posted a topic in NP

   I remember years ago that there was all this talk about when they were beginning to really push for DNPs in the late 2000's and early 2010's, there was talk about a certification exam that would be similar to the physician USLME step 3. There were de...

7. For Primary Care, can an NP ever be as skilled as an MD?

   alexamasan posted a topic in NP

   Perhaps after years (or decades) of practice, do you think an NP can be as skilled in providing primary care as an MD? Or will the NP forever be lacking something for not going to medical school?

8. Any advantage that AGNP has over FNP?

   alexamasan posted a topic in NP Students

   Is there any advantage that AGNP has over an FNP. I'm talking specifically about outpatient care (not an ACAGNP). It seems to me that when it comes out outpatient or primary care, FNP just seems the objectively better option. If you want to work with...

9. Aspiring Christian & Nursing student

   alexamasan replied to gopats1234's topic in Spirituality

   Hey there, thanks for sharing! Nursing in or of itself will not being you closer or farther away from God. God can use your profession (whatever it is), to advance the Kingdom, but your profession will not be the source of your spirituality. If you ...

10. How do I become stronger clinically?

    alexamasan posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a surgical floor (with occasional medical patients), for a bout 2.5 years now and there are many colleagues on my floor whom I admire very much. They seem to know so much about everything, able to talk to physicians, PA's, NP's on their lev...

11. Should I work in ICU before becoming an NP

    alexamasan posted a topic in NP Students

    Hey everybody, I am an RN on a Med/Surg floor working there for about 3 years. I've been thinking of eventually pursuing to become an Adult-Gerontology NP to work in primary care (I've thought about FNP, but I really have no interest in caring for k...

12. Need help finding next career

    alexamasan replied to alexamasan's topic in General Nursing

    I really appreciate the quick replies. I feel very fortunate for my job because I hear all the time of nurses who dread going to work. I like the patient population mainly because I can have conversations with them, have a sense of humor, and make t...

13. Need help finding next career

    alexamasan posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm 29 y/o and I've been working as an RN on a surgical floor for a little over 2 years. This has been my first and only nursing job since graduating. I actually really do like my job. I think the work environment is healthy, my bosses are very suppo...

14. I am starting to get depressed

    alexamasan posted a topic in New Nurse

    I just finished my second week on my own after orientation on the surgical floor. Definitely certain days are better than others. I'm feel I'm starting to get depressed from my work. There's just so much I don't know and I don't know what I don't kno...

15. Off orientation, feeling lost

    alexamasan replied to tired_panda's topic in New Nurse

    I just had my first night on my own after orientation. I was completely overwhelmed and I feel pretty depressed. I'm happy to hear that this gets better over time, my goal is to evaluate how I did the previous shift and find a different way of doing ...