KatieRN04

KatieRN04

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  1. Aultman Hospital, question

    KatieRN04 posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    I am wondering if anyone works at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio? I am thinking about interviewing there in the critical care units. I wondered what the working conditions are like, what the ratios...

  2. Pepid vs. epocrotes, vs. skyscape

    KatieRN04 replied to emtneel's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Where do you get the pepid

  3. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    KatieRN04 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Med-surg will give you a good foundation, but there are people in my program that have nver even worked with adults, just peds. And the FNP focuses on adults and peds and geriatrics, so I think you...

  4. Youngstown information

    KatieRN04 replied to TriageQueen's topic in Ohio Nursing

    In Youngstown, the Humility of Mary (St. Elizabeth's: youngstown and boardman) and Forum Health are the hospitals. Forum is unionized and St. E's is not unionized. I went to nursing school which...

  5. University of Phoenix?

    KatieRN04 replied to revolution's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    From personal experience, the UOP is a good school, and has a 98-100% pass rate on the 1st try for the certification test. The instructors are very knowledgable. I would recommend them. Of course...

  6. What prevents a NP from opening up shop?

    KatieRN04 replied to revolution's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There are NP's in AZ with their own practice since the scope of practice doesnt require a MD be present in the same facility. There are a few other states like this also. There are even some NP's who...

  7. New Grad Salary in the Phoenix area

    KatieRN04 replied to chocolateskye's topic in Arizona Nursing

    what hospital offers 28 as a new

  8. Ok, so I'm soon an FNP... what about a DNP in acute care?

    KatieRN04 replied to yellow finch's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I have wondered the same thing. I will have a MSN with a FNP. However, if the DNP does truly take off and people buy into it, then I wonder if other stake holders like Medicare will require the DNP...

  9. competency as a APN

    KatieRN04 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello. I am in a MSN-FNP program. We have been drilled over and over on the core competencies of APN's: direct clinical practice, expert coaching and guidance, consultation, research, clinical and...

  10. competency as a APN

    KatieRN04 replied to KatieRN04's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    thanks for the

  11. Working and going to school

    KatieRN04 replied to check_21's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I started an FNP program a year ago. I have all the basic MSN classes down (theory, research, politics, those sort of things) and have down the NP classes (patho, pharm, health assessment). Did this...

  12. Tell me again why I should choose FNP over ANP

    KatieRN04 replied to abcdefg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Core0: I do not hope to come across the wrong way, and this is in no way meant to be an attack or insult, or any judgement in any way. I was wondering though how you always have such insightful and in...

  13. St Joe's pediatrics

    KatieRN04 posted a topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hello, Does anyone work or worked in the Ped's ICU or Ped's CVICU at St. Joes? How is the management. How do the nurses treat each other? Are there many epxerienced nurses working there to help...

  14. Masters in Nursing and health education

    KatieRN04 replied to madwife2002's topic in Arizona Nursing

    UOP is geared for the working adult, so it is awesome for me. However, you will come across people that say it is expensive, but it is grad school, and from my research, grad school costs more than...

  15. Body Worlds

    KatieRN04 replied to missingunc's topic in General Nursing

    It is an interesting exhibit for anyone, although the basic organs and stuff didnt thrill me b/c I have already seen that stuff many times. The information is real basic on how each system works,...

  16. Any University of Akron grads out there?

    KatieRN04 replied to shrimpchips's topic in Ohio Nursing

    When you say some schools are more prestigious than others, what schools would that

  17. ?? for current nurses

    KatieRN04 replied to bonitamiaRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

    If you work in surgery or PATS/PACU or an ER, there is alot of flexibility in shift hours compared to if you work a traditional floor. Also, this 12 hour shift thing is mainly an AZ and/or SW USA...

  18. Banner Good Sam

    KatieRN04 replied to Atlas09's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Not necessarily true. Nurses with years of experience come in and are treated lousy along with the new grads, so I dont think anything about new grad vs. experience has any grounds for how you are...

  19. Prescriptive license....now what

    KatieRN04 replied to JEKA's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If I were you, I would check with the scope of practice in your state. If you do something you are not allowed, and get called to court, and you said, oh, so and so, said I could, I imagine that judge...

  20. Do NP's Practice Medicine?

    KatieRN04 replied to Dr. Tammy, FNP/GNP-C's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    How I see it is, yes, nurse practitioners follow a nursing model by practicing as RN's first and governed by the board of nursing, however, that being said, the board of medicine does put up fights to...

  21. September

    KatieRN04 replied to LJUN71's topic in Arizona Nursing

    LJUN: Whoops, did not realize that was you on that forum also. Sorry. Silly me, hope your vacation out here is good. Keep us

  22. September

    KatieRN04 replied to LJUN71's topic in Arizona Nursing

    http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?lgnF=y&nav=messages&tsn=1&tid=6907&webtag=ab-phoenix&nl=1

  23. help i am torn between a job offer

    KatieRN04 replied to johnson0424's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Generlized life adive that could be applied to this situation: Never settle for second

  24. FNP application essay

    KatieRN04 replied to MommyandRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Granted, I am not on an admission board, but I think the essay if just to see who you are, your goals and reasons for wanting to be a FNP. I did jsut that. I wrote a little history of my nursing...

  25. Help I Failed!

    KatieRN04 replied to mp478's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    sounds like daisy's advice covered all bases. best of luck on retesting. there will be many people thinking of you and hoping for the best. as a future test taker to become an np, i have what many be...