Bumashes MSN, APRN, NP

Bumashes has 17 years experience as a MSN, APRN, NP and specializes in Transgender Medicine.

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1. Canadian NP License Question

   Bumashes posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Hey All! Looking ahead, I'm thinking my hubby and I may look to get our NP licenses transferred into Canada. I already know each province has its own specific process and what it does and does...

2. University of South Alabama DNP Residency, what does it consist of?

   Bumashes replied to Bumashes's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   SgonzoCPNP, thank you so much! That really helps. I have gone ahead and submitted all of my required documentation to the NursingCAS so as to hopefully enroll soon. Since I am already an AGNP and an...

3. University of South Alabama DNP Residency, what does it consist of?

   Bumashes posted a topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   Hey everybody! I’m an AGNP & ACNP (have been practicing as an APRN for 5 or 6 yrs now), and I am thinking of going back for a terminal degree. It’s more of a life goal than anything related to...

4. How can I help educate floor nurses as a Hospitalist NP?

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

   Wow. That's actually quite an interesting idea. A resource nurse available for paging.... Definitely has

5. Hospitalist NP Certification ever be likely?

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

   Just google Upenn Streamlined post masters ACNP and it will bring up the info from Upenn's website. Email the one of the two ladies they list on there, and they can answer specifics. It seems to be a...

6. How can I help educate floor nurses as a Hospitalist NP?

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

   Thanks to one and all for your input. I actually printed the responses and gave them to my boss who is going to go over some of the ideas and bring them to the head of nursing education. I understand...

7. Hospitalist NP Certification ever be likely?

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

   I went ahead and have enrolled in the Streamlined ACNP post masters at UPenn. It's a good program, well structured, and designed for folks in my exact situation (working as a hospitalist but with an...

8. How can I help educate floor nurses as a Hospitalist NP?

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

   I wish I had the time to do this during my day, but I don't think I would be able to do as much if I did. I would like like to be paid for it, but we will see about that one. I am encouraging more...

9. How can I help educate floor nurses as a Hospitalist NP?

   Bumashes posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Ok. I'm putting my cards on the table. Putting my money where my mouth is. My boss asked all of us, physicians and nurse practitioners alike, to give ideas on what we can do to help with the flow of...

10. Online vs Traditional NP school

    Bumashes replied to Retired APRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I attended a mostly online program. We had to attend campus for skills/procedure training, but not for actual lectures. The lecture type material was a variety of things: recorded lectures, podcasts,...

11. Adult-Gerontological Acute Care NP vs Adult-Gerontological Primary Care NP

    Bumashes replied to countrygirl1234's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Dodongo, best answer to that question. LOL! Everyone works everywhere but no one is ever truly qualified to work where they work. Yep. I am an AGNP and work as a hospitalist in south MS.

12. Primary care to acute care

    Bumashes replied to amalay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I graduated with a degree as an AGNP and practiced outpt internal medicine and urgent care, then I changed jobs after a couple of years and got a position as a hospitalist. So while I don't exactly...

13. Hospitalist NP Certification ever be likely?

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

    Prelift, I agree. There is not much to be said about how our degree programs are built sometimes. The only reason I have more than the required Basic Chem, Micro, and A&P 1 & 2 is because a...

14. Hospitalist NP Certification ever be likely?

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

    Thank you thank you. This is fairly much what I was looking/hoping for (as long as tuition wouldn't kill me, so hopefully it is reasonable as you said). Would be great to get some credit for...

15. Hospitalist NP Certification ever be likely?

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

    Probably still got another 20 or so years I will be practicing. Litigation worries? No more than the average practitioner. Been thinking about it sucking it up, though, actually. Only 4 years into my...