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1. Anderson University 2017 FNP Cohort

   scmelendez1 replied to scmelendez1's topic in NP Students

   The intensives consist of: skills and patient assessment check offs, lectures and this semester we have to prepare a presentation with a partner. It sounds intimidating, but the faculty is great! I only had the references requested and no additional...

2. Anderson University 2017 FNP Cohort

   scmelendez1 replied to scmelendez1's topic in NP Students

   Update: Spring 2018 marks my semester 2 of 4 in the FNP Program at Anderson University! What can I say about it so far? It's a lot of information and at times it is overwhelming! But nobody said NP school was going to be easy.....it's a full load of ...

3. Anderson University 2017 FNP Cohort

   scmelendez1 replied to scmelendez1's topic in NP Students

   How exciting! I wonder how many of us there are....we'll find out soon. see you in September at our first campus visit! -Sammy

4. Medications NOT being scanned?!?!?

   scmelendez1 replied to scmelendez1's topic in Medications

   Thanks for replying. I'm only a second year nurse and all I know and have been taught has been scanning pt wristband and meds at bedside. It's probably BEST PRACTICE to do so but it appears that it's still not a universal requirement/practice. I agre...

5. Medications NOT being scanned?!?!?

   scmelendez1 posted a topic in Medications

   Does anyone (or has anyone) ever worked in a facility or just a particular area of a hospital that does not scan medications before administering? I mean: pulling meds from the Pyxis and then going directly to administer to the patient to administer ...

6. Anderson University 2017 FNP Cohort

   scmelendez1 replied to scmelendez1's topic in NP Students

   I applied to UT Health Science Center in Houston and UNLV.

7. Anderson University 2017 FNP Cohort

   scmelendez1 posted a topic in NP Students

   I applied to 3 FNP programs and was denied by 2 but accepted to Anderson University out of South Carolina to start August 2017! It's not a very well known program because it's fairly new (as of 2015) but it appears to be a solid school with a good re...

8. UNLV FNP Fall 2017

   scmelendez1 replied to scmelendez1's topic in NP Students

   Congratulations!!! That's very exciting! Was it via email or a phone call? If I'm lucky we may be classmates..... fingers crossed!

9. UNLV FNP Fall 2017

   scmelendez1 replied to scmelendez1's topic in NP Students

   Do you happen to know how many applications they receive vs how many students they accept each year?

10. UNLV FNP Fall 2017

    scmelendez1 posted a topic in NP Students

    Has anyone applied for the Fall 2017 cohort FNP program at UNLV (online)? I haven't read much about the program here so if anyone has any information that they can provide it will be greatly appreciated. My application is complete and I'm just in wai...