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    Texas Children's investigates RN for social media HIPAA violation

    BostonFNP replied to JustBeachyNurse's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I think much of the outrage here is related to the fact this particular nurse, in full disclosure of how sick this child was, was entertaining the idea of taking an invasive swab without consent for...
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    FNP working in psych inpatient

    BostonFNP replied to Cindy-20's topic in Advanced Practice

    If you are planning to work in a role that is outside of your specialty you must be prepared to adequately defend that the role you are in falls within the scope of your training and experience....
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    Direct Entry NP Programs

    BostonFNP replied to ajwaid17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You can do a simple Google search for "direct entry NP programs" and find pages of them. There are more than 60 nationwide, assuming you are US
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    Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    BostonFNP replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just to be clear, online NP programs still require clinical
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    Can an FNP...?

    BostonFNP replied to eg1014's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    First stop would be your state's practice act. Then consider what your personal experience and training is. Can FNPs work in out-patient surgical centers? Sure. Can all?
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    Direct Entry NP Programs

    BostonFNP replied to ajwaid17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    True, it is essentially an accelerated MSN-RN
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    Failed AANP today

    BostonFNP replied to ebkayaker's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This post is 8 years old. A good current place to start would be: Frequently Asked Questions - Exam -
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    FNP working in acute care

    BostonFNP replied to npmm's topic in Advanced Practice

    You need to be able to confidently answer, and demonstrate if need be, that the acute care you are providing falls withing the scope of your education and training. If it does and your state BOD give...
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    FNP working in acute care

    BostonFNP replied to npmm's topic in Advanced Practice

    I did it for
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    Direct Entry NP Programs

    BostonFNP replied to ajwaid17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    They have a 3.0 minimum GPA and average 3.32 and 3.54 for cumulative and last-60 for accepted
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    Direct Entry NP Programs

    BostonFNP replied to ajwaid17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Most competitive programs will look at your cumulative GPA (which for most programs is undergraduate only) and your nursing/pre-req GPA vs a last X credit hours GPA. There are normally hard cutoffs...
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    Primary Care/IM: Ask me anything.

    BostonFNP posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    (At the suggestion of one of my clinic students based on this type of thread being popular on other forums.) I am a (relatively) experienced NP in adult internal medicine/primary care with a primarily...
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    Primary Care/IM: Ask me anything.

    BostonFNP replied to BostonFNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There are different schools of thought on this and the most important factor is what the local job market and employers are looking for. Most of the urgent care clinics (and retail clinics as well)...
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    Direct Entry NP Programs

    BostonFNP replied to ajwaid17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Have you taken pre-requisite courses yet? Did you have science courses as part of your undergraduate degree? A cumulative undergrad GPA of 2.67 is really going to limit you when looking at programs....
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    New NP grad, passed boards, now what?!

    BostonFNP replied to mcleanstrong's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You can't hide it, that's why your normally don't want to sign up for it until you have a job. I'm not sure you can leave it blank but you could change it to your current RN work address/number of...
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    Worried about the future of ICU nursing

    BostonFNP replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Critical Care

    Not all NP programs have horrible/no standards, actually only a small percentage do, and the quality programs have acceptance rates that are less then medical school. The poor quality programs to make...
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    Worried about the future of ICU nursing

    BostonFNP replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Critical Care

    I do think nursing school has a role in this, peddling this notion that there is a linear progression from student RN to novice RN to expert RN to student APN to novice APN to expert APN. Nursing has...
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    NP skills workshop

    BostonFNP replied to Cococure's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Most of the big CME conferences offer workshops as well and it is not a bad way to get the basics of new skills while also getting your
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    Standardization of NP Education

    BostonFNP replied to RN-dancer's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There was just a recent study that looked at patient preference in primary care providers. 55% of the population studied expressed a preference for a physician provider. The most commons reasons...
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    Standardization of NP Education

    BostonFNP replied to RN-dancer's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What does this
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    Malicious "pimping" in nursing / nurse practitioner school?

    BostonFNP replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. I see it more commonly in younger students but I don't think it is unique to them (perhaps this is my generational bias). It seem more prevalent in nursing than with PA or medical
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    Malicious "pimping" in nursing / nurse practitioner school?

    BostonFNP replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in General Nursing

    Belittling and humiliating serves no purpose, but there are some students that seem to think that challenging and (at times) humbling is the same thing. The preceptor/instructor-student dynamic is...
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    Malicious "pimping" in nursing / nurse practitioner school?

    BostonFNP replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in General Nursing

    We do agree that this part of it is a good thing
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    Malicious "pimping" in nursing / nurse practitioner school?

    BostonFNP replied to RomaniGypsy's topic in General Nursing

    In clinic at the graduate level I absolutely push my students to answer questions, put them on the spot, develop answer to questions they may or may not know the answers to. I have limited time to get...
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    NP preceptor programs at Boston College

    BostonFNP replied to astuteRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Simmons, BC, MGHIHP are all great B&M programs that secure