mcleanstrong

mcleanstrong has 11 years experience and specializes in Telemetry, nursing education, FNP.

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1. Out of Practice NP - Which terminal degree?

   mcleanstrong replied to NP1234567's topic in Doctoral

   Null, would you be willing to share where you did your post-masters DNP? I'm looking for something similar. Thank you! :)

2. Starting fulltime DNP program and having a baby the same month...is it doable?

   mcleanstrong replied to sarsoora's topic in Doctoral

   Oy. Is it possible to delay your start time till January? Sounds like this is your first baby? Although you may have loads of help and backup plans, if it were me, I would give myself those first few months to adjust to life with a newborn. Sure,...

3. Best Entry Point for Graduate Teaching

   mcleanstrong replied to Darth Practicus's topic in Doctoral

   Thanks, Darth. I tried to PM you just now, but apparently you cannot PM anyone on this site unless you have a minimum of 15 posts, and I'm a bit short. :/ Thanks for your reply re: Chamberlain. I especially appreciate the analogy between ADN->...

4. Best Entry Point for Graduate Teaching

   mcleanstrong replied to Darth Practicus's topic in Doctoral

   Darth, did you happen to attend Chamberlain for your DNP? I was just online looking at the curriculum and noticed the "health systems leadership" language was the same as your post. If so, I'd love to get your thoughts on the program! Thanks, Kate

5. Magnet vs. Closer to home

   mcleanstrong replied to pleasenocdif's topic in General Nursing

   I had a similar decision as a new grad (in 2005): a choice between a smaller, community hospital close to home or a major medical center with a level one trauma center, research, unionized....the works. Ultimately I chose the smaller, community hosp...

6. New NP grad, passed boards, now what?!

   mcleanstrong posted a topic in NP

   Hey all! I could use a little direction here. I recently passed my ANCC FNP boards (YAY!) and now I could use a little help in getting my ducks in a row to begin practicing. I'm in talks with a few physicians to join on to their teams part-time....

7. Thoughts on FNP with limited nursing experience

   mcleanstrong replied to INN_777's topic in NP Students

   I can give you the opposite perspective, if that helps at all. I just finished an FNP program, and I went into it with almost 11 years of staff nurse experience (mostly telemetry & med/surg). I just took my boards on Tuesday (after being face d...

8. Best states for practice

   mcleanstrong replied to DrCOVID's topic in NP Students

   Hey Adam, I just finished an online FNP program. I live in Michigan and my school was based out of Colorado. All of my course work, lectures, case studies, discussions, tests, etc. were online and my clinical hours were to be arranged (by me) in th...

9. Am I wrong from refusing to help a friend?

   mcleanstrong replied to Neywel120's topic in General Students

   Sounds like you're not the bad friend here..... *she* is. Asking you to jeopardize your own success to help her, guilt-tripping you into skipping your obligations, insulting your program as being easier than hers..... No. No. No. You are so thought...

10. Can a primary care family nurse practitioner work in urgent care?

    mcleanstrong replied to *Butterfly8*'s topic in NP Students

    I just finished an FNP program and our program was very specific about what rotations we could have: internal medicine and family practice offices mostly. They would let us do a number of hours in a specialty outpatient clinic (cardiology office, de...

11. Is this the best career route for me?

    mcleanstrong replied to MedicineAndMuscles's topic in NP Students

    I have a few thoughts here.... Since it sounds like you'll be working during school, and it'll take you a few years before you complete all of the schooling for the NP, you'll be accumulating experience during that time. So it's not like you're gonn...

12. Acute Care NP vs FNP--advice, experiences?

    mcleanstrong replied to soyoureanurse's topic in NP Students

    Hi there! Just putting my $0.02 in here.... I have just graduated from a FNP program. I've been a nurse for about 10 years with most of my experience being on a med-surg/telemetry/progressive care unit. I also liked the action of codes and the adre...