MentalKlarity BSN, NP

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    FNP- Urgent Care Courses/Training Question

    MentalKlarity replied to luckycat's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There are numerous boot camps like this, l will ask around and see which others I can
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    First NP job... Did you negotiate the salary?

    MentalKlarity replied to RN/WI's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes, NPs love to overwork and be underpaid it seems. Remember that you are now a revenue producer - the practice makes money everytime you see a patient. Things to keep in mind: Vacation -...
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    FNP- Urgent Care Courses/Training Question

    MentalKlarity replied to luckycat's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've heard very good things about this program. It's literally an urgent care training program meant for primary care NPs, PAs and MDs wanting to learn urgent care/emergency medicine skills and...
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    Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

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

    Nothing "easy" is worth having for long. There was a time when becoming an NP was a big deal. It meant interviews, GRE, making top grades in your BSN and hoping to get in. Then you worked your...
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    We Must Demolish Traditional Universities

    MentalKlarity replied to Guest1168644's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Let the institution know that the students are not up to standard and unless they up their admission standards and beef up their curriculum you have no interest in working as a preceptor for them any...
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    Chamberlain FNP start date March 2020

    MentalKlarity replied to Lol124's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    No, it's a for-profit diploma mill that graduates 2,500+ NPs a year. Employers are getting more strict about Chamberlain/Walden and other for-profits and you may have more trouble getting a job than...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    MentalKlarity replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    From 2010 to 2020, the number of NP graduates each year increased from 10K to 30K, or 300%. It has been steadily increasing every year by about 2,000 to 3,000, primarily due to the diploma mills which...
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    Importance of NP Program Reputation, Name Recognition

    MentalKlarity replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There is! It's having admission requirements and not accepting everyone who applies! I agree with your other point too. That "nurse sense" is one thing we do develop as RNs that helps...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    MentalKlarity replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Because the point of view that diploma mills with no entry standards are somehow good for the profession makes absolutely no sense on any level. You haven't actually explained why having diploma mills...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    MentalKlarity replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Right. And just Google around and you can endless posts on other forums and websites mocking our profession specifically because of these for-profits. They post images of the ads touting how to get an...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    MentalKlarity replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Saint James is a Caribbean medical school. LECOM has a total of 2,000 students across all 4 years, that's 500 a year from the LARGEST medical school. Walden graduates 500 a MONTH. It also has a...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    MentalKlarity replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There should be entry standards. Do you truly thing everyone is intelligent enough to be a medical provider? I've met a number of diploma-mill graduates. I even did clinicals with one in a shared...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    MentalKlarity replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You moved the goalpost? We've already discussed that that thankfully this study hasn't been completed. You can bet we will all find out when it is, and the AMA is featuring in ads and lobbying to...
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    Importance of NP Program Reputation, Name Recognition

    MentalKlarity replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sounds about
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    MentalKlarity replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Except they don't? Please point me to the for-profit medical school that doesn't require entrance tests and lets people start every month. Find me a medical school with a 90%+ acceptance rate....
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    Importance of NP Program Reputation, Name Recognition

    MentalKlarity replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've actually heard of NPs who will not precept for-profit students to help bring down those schools. Scary thing is eventually only the for profit NPs will be for-profit preceptors. The blind leading...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    MentalKlarity replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Agree they're all getting too big. And some of the not for profits have class sizes of 50+ which I feel is a lot....but none of them are graduating 2,500+ a year like the for-profit diploma mills. And...
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    Importance of NP Program Reputation, Name Recognition

    MentalKlarity replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Agreed. No amount of RN experience will overcome having a for-profit diploma mill on your
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    MentalKlarity replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    For comparison, the LARGEST medical school in the US graduates about 400 physicians PER YEAR. NP education is going to become a laughingstock and we can lay the blame squarely at the feet of...
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    Update on Walden's post-master's certificate accreditation

    MentalKlarity replied to Agape practitioner's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Most welcome, good luck at Herzing!
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    Low gpa! Do I have a shot?

    MentalKlarity replied to kr95's topic in Chamberlain College

    Has anyone ever been rejected from Chamberlain? Their goal is profit, not student
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    MentalKlarity replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I just want to post something so people can understand the extent of the problem. I looked at the commencement programs from two of the biggest for-profit schools in nursing, Walden and Chamberlain....
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    MentalKlarity replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    They're doing a good job, djmatte. I have never heard anyone disparage Frontier and I've known their reputation for years. They are considered one of the pioneers of distance education and have been...
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    PMHNP Walden

    MentalKlarity replied to Alix's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This should be a word of warning for anyone considering a degree from a for-profit program that many consider to be a diploma mill (I.e. they take anyone willing to pay). The days of providers being...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    MentalKlarity replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's falling away because it is not the standard, but it should be. My advanced health assessment course included: breast exams on models (actors) with skills check offs prostate exams...