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1. Advanced practice CWOCN

   ChapterTwo posted a topic in Wound

   Hi. A am a nurse practitioner working in general surgery and wound care. My supervisor wants me to attend a wound ostomy continence program and become certified. I have read things about advanced practice CWOCNs, and I'd like to have that distinction...

2. Anyone who recently took AANP

   ChapterTwo posted a topic in NP

   Anyone recently take AANP FNP exam? Was wondering if you knew what % of questions you have to get right to pass. Also wondering for input on content.. Did you have a lot of antibiotic questions? Anything in particular that your exam was heavy on? I u...

3. Specialty and DNP

   ChapterTwo posted a topic in Doctoral

   If your MSN is in Family NP, and you go on for DNP, can you complete, say, acute care clinical courses during the DNP, and sit for the acute care NP boards following graduation? Or do the DNP clinicals have to be within the specialty you chose during...

4. FNP working in specialty

   ChapterTwo posted a topic in NP

   I am graduating from an FNP program this August. I have a feeling I want to specialize in something, or just do something more specific with my degree rather than work in a primary care office. However, I am worried about the recertification process ...

5. Theoretical Framework - Help

   ChapterTwo posted a topic in Research

   For my capstone project, I need to choose a theoretical framework to guide my literature review. I've taken multiple research classes, written a handful of comprehensive research papers and reviews, but I have never come across instructions to includ...

6. FNP, CRRN?

   ChapterTwo posted a topic in NP

   I just found remembered I'm eligible to take to test for certification in rehabilitation nursing (CRRN). This is something I wanted to do since I started in Rehab. I recently went per diem at my hospital to make room for NP clinicals, and when I'm an...

7. Need Some Academic Advice (Primary Care NPs)

   ChapterTwo replied to ChapterTwo's topic in NP

   Thank you so much! That was exactly the kind of answer I was looking for!

8. Need Some Academic Advice (Primary Care NPs)

   ChapterTwo posted a topic in NP

   Hi. I am starting my final year in a Family NP program and will begin working on my Capstone/Thesis project this fall. I want to choose a really good topic. The two qualifications for "really good", to me, are: 1) Interesting, and 2) I will learn som...

9. Exempt from CEUs?

   ChapterTwo posted a topic in NP

   I've heard that you don't need RN CEUs if you are working on, say, your masters degree in nursing. Does anyone know this to be true? In other words, your continuing education in the form of a degree program qualifies as CEUs.... ? Either way, do you ...

10. Job Stress r/t Liability!

    ChapterTwo replied to ChapterTwo's topic in NP

    I guess that as an RN in the particular facility I work, I worry about liability with regard to unavoidable mistakes... we are very understaffed and I really feel it's damned if I do, damned if I don't... I just hope that as an NP, though I will be a...

11. Job Stress r/t Liability!

    ChapterTwo posted a topic in NP

    I need some encouragement to continue in the direction I'm going. I've been a registered nurse for almost a year now and I'm currently in a family NP program - which was my reason for going into to nursing in the first place. I work at a rehab hospit...

12. Holistic RN/NP

    ChapterTwo replied to ChapterTwo's topic in Holistic

    You asked how I found the NP classes-- I was accepted into my NP program when I was accepted into the BSN. It was a second degree + master's. My school is a university-medical school and health sciences/nursing... most of the classes for the NP are o...

13. Holistic RN/NP

    ChapterTwo replied to ChapterTwo's topic in Holistic

    Roses-- I feel like we have a lot in common.. I feel like my personal life is on hold because I am living at home (w/ my parents, im 23) to make up for the cost of all this schooling and I'm working full time.. I have no life!! One thing that's nice ...

14. Holistic RN/NP

    ChapterTwo replied to ChapterTwo's topic in Holistic

    I've actually looked into that program since before I started nursing school! I went into nursing with the long-term goal of becoming an NP and practicing integrative medicine. I will definitely look back into it. Good to know that fellowship is well...

15. What Happens If the Nurse Didn't Aspirate For H1N1?

    ChapterTwo replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    I heard that new research says aspirating is not necessary. But, I never got a chance to check it out myself... maybe I will.