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Some hospitals do not hire FNPs for ICU internists. Duke is a primary example of one that does not. I am getting both my ACNP and FNP because I intend to work as a ICU NP, but because you work 6-7...

The limitation to the NP profession being based in the hands on care of nursing, not being a phlebotomist, pt aide, ma, etc... These are things that I find give you pretty much no experience in...

Also I do think PA's are just that physicians assistans. NP's are designed to be providers, stand alone providers, that bridge the gap that is missing in primary care. I don't understand why a PA...

My program just for my fnp is 1200 clinical hours. Which is a decent amount. My 4 years of practicing as a nurse in the hospital is about 9000 hours. If I got paid 45k a year for two years after my...

A change has to be made to the Nurse Practitioner profession. There are huge issues with the current curriculum, and one of the biggest issues is the lack of regulation in the curriculum. How can...

I am 6'3 250 so bigger guys are in nursing. It helps greatly to have size and strength to deal with difficult situations. I get great respect as a man even while in school doing clinicals. As for...

Why do I see so many posts about NPs on these forums saying they don't expect to make 100k and some even saying that they are fine with 65k etc... Previous to going into nursing I owned a...

I am a male RN, graduating from a RN program in a month.  I intend to go right into a rn to bsn program this fall. My wife is currently getting her NP and then working towards her DNP at a top...