jmo2002

well... maybe we should ask you the same question.... i dont like telling a patient off... there are like a thousand reasons why they are acting as such.. and thousand ways to deal with it. but believe me.. your rude comments pretty much gives out that you dont try to understand others' perspectives as well.... maybe try to take same of your own dose of advice.

THANK YOU!!! for everyone's advice, im very grateful.i hope that dnp requirement would just freeze in time, until i graduate and finish. it's just freaking me out that other schools are already jumping on that bandwagon... reading the bsn-dnp program with 72 credits needed. .... but here in NY i havent seen that yet. but heard that to happen. from the hospital i am working at, they cover maximum of 18 credits per semester.... only for the credits, all other miscellanous stuff we have to pay. from the schools that i have researched they will only allow max of 4 - 5 yrs to finish the master's. i just dont want to get caught in the middle wherein i graduate by 2015- and nobody will accept me for certifi:bluecry1:cation

im in an inhouse float pool with $5000/ annual increase. i believe its an 800 bed capacity acute care hospital in ny. with all the same benefits and galores a regular staff nurse on a permanent unit has.

thanks for the advice! really appreciate it... but just one question what's the "10 year plan"?TIA:)

i am very much interested in pursuing my education and becoming an NP... but the "2015 DNP" (as i would call it, for the lack of better terms ) makes me wonder if it will be right for me. financially and time management wise.. it will be tremendously hard (with a full time job and 2 kids). i am in much confusion as to how will i start doing this. i dont want to drop my dreams all just like that, but it is tremendously difficult to study for more than 5 years, not to mention the money and time i have to spent. i live here in NJ- very interested in taking FNP. planning to start school by fall 2011. please help. thanks:nurse:

try st. joseph regional medical center (NJ) website. their hospital's patient care propponent model is jean watson- seen her whole thing in there with her books.

i live nearby hackensack and work in 114th street and amsterdam ave... in the morning-20-30 mins commute by GWB. at night 15 mins to go home. i have thought of leaving my work for an easier commute but ended up not doing so all the time... can't find any equivalent to the benefits that i got from NYSNA union