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Hi FNPRA, The crash course is a monthly subscription. I believe that the crash course is different from the Live one day. There are many options on the website to choose. Hope it helps!

Hi FNPRA, I recommend Sarah Michelle prep course. The Qbank and crash course are very helpful. I felt well-prepared when I took my AANP board exam. Please try to do as much questions as possible and read the rationales behind them. Wish you the best of luck on passing the certification exam. You got this!

Hi beeker, The program is $385 per credit hour with a total of 44 credits. Black Coffee, RN

Columbus State University in Georgia is a great brick and mortar school that offers online FNP program. The tuition is very affordable with no campus visit. They are accepting applicants for Spring and Fall 2021.

Congratulations!

I am a BS, BSN, RN right now. I am really interested in getting an FNP certificate at first with a concentration in biochemistry and molecular biology also/and a minor in Psychology. I got my BSN, RN after finishing school at UCD, a great school name. I plan to go back to school on 2020 because I will regain the admission trust from my nurse since a long time ago. She is a great nurse because she sacrifices her life to give hopes to people. I really appreciate what she did for me because she really cared for me good back then when I am a mental patient. Because of her, I changed my plan of getting a degree in Ph.D in Chemistry to become an RN. I will apply to UCD School of Nursing for the MSN-FNP track next year on May 1, the first one to apply. I hope I WILL get in b/c her. THANKS her anyway in whatever mean is possible. I have just applied to work at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara, CA for an L&D position. I came to talk with the nurse manager on the floor right away already. I really really and really hope the nurse manager will hire me to work there as soon as possible. I am great at my job right now as a MDS nurse in a nursing home. But I can quit my job to become a per-diem nurse anyways at the nursing home. THanks for your help nurse. Black Coffee, BS, BSN, RN

It is unfortunate to have a clinical instructor like that. I remembered all my clinical instructors in school were very skilled at their teaching job because they are all experienced nurses with at least five year nursing experiences. I was lucky that I learned so much from them. My advice is try to pass by these days and to focus on your days at the hospital. Best of luck!

It is great that everybody supported you. I am enjoying a glass of wine with four days off after my last twelve-hours-shift work too!

Hi everyone, I am in my second semester of a MSN-FNP program. I always want to become a Nurse Practitioner and get an advance degree. One of the main reason for me to pursue NP is due to much better schedule and hours so that I can start a family. However, I have been just offered a job as a Case Manager for a hospital. The job is Monday to Friday with no weekend and no holiday. The pay is decent and is almost as equal as NP's salary in my area. The job is mostly dealt with managing patients' conditions staying in skilled nursing facilities. Should I accept this job and quit the nurse practitioner program since the pay of the job is already almost the same with the NP salary? Thanks in advance for all your replies. Black Coffee, RN

Don't give it up too soon if nursing is truly your passion. You might have test anxiety like others said. My advice is to find out what went wrong when taking test. Maybe you can talk with a learning specialist to find out. Good luck with trying out other things.

I am so sorry that you had to jump many hoops. Life is hard in that way. Sometime in order to get something valuable (I am sure the title RN does), we have to sacrifice and suffer for it. To my understanding, why don't you repeat the failed class at your old school since it is the last class and you failed only by 1 point? Please don't give up until you get your that title RN.

Congratulations for being accepted to your nursing program. The next couples of years will be hard, but you CAN definitely do it. It will not be easy, but with commitment and determination, you will be successful. I am also working full-time and studying part time for my master. Unlike you, I am just a single guy with no family obligation yet. But working full-time and going to school part-time take a lot of my time too. I wish you the best in your career as a nurse, and keep fighting until you have the title RN behind your name. Cheers! Youngman RN

Whether to pursue FNP or ACNP depends on which settings you want to practice as an NP. If you like primary care setting doing a lot of patient teaching and managing chronic conditions as well as treating not acute conditions, FNP is the way for you. If you prefer to work in hospital setting to do a lot of procedures like intubation or putting central line and deal with acute conditions, ACNP is your answer. For me, I like the primary care setting so I am studying in a MSN-FNP program right now. In other note, your acceptance to a master program has a lot of factors such as your GPA, personal statement, and years of nursing experience. Some programs weigh heavily on your GPA while other program might want to know more of your maturity as an RN. Just do an extensive research about the programs you have interests in. Best of luck, Youngman, RN

The first thing we learn was how to measure blood pressure manually.

In my understanding, per-diem nurses usually make somewhat 15-20% more than full-time nurses due to no benefits. I hope this help.