morganvibes

Hi all, I am almost finished with my FNP schooling (hooray!) and looking into various specialties as an option to primary care clinics. Does anyone have any advice on an interesting specialty where they are/were willing to train you? I have an intere...

thanks guys, sounds like I just need to make sure I ask if they will provide support for a new grad and see what they say. Glad to hear you 2 are making it work!

Hi TraumaRUs, I've read many of your posts and I was actually thinking of you! You said it's been pretty tough also, correct?

Hi, just wrote a long message and it got lost somehow, bummer. boiled down to this: is it less stressful dealing with one thing in a specialty clinic and not having to know every drug ever made?

You are sort of making the point of my earlier post. Being that there should be a separate designation of a "mid level provider". That being said, I still don't think it has to be in line with being a P.A., since they are not based on the nursing mod...

not sure if that is some kind of a dig? I'm trying to figure it out, not to ruffle feathers, that's the point of this forum isn't it? Anyway, the things you mentioned are things we have been learning that ARE appropriate to our NP role, And we do nee...

I am in an acellerated NP program and have no previous nursing experience. I know a lot more now about the whole situation then I did last year when I was reading all these posts and trying to figure it out. I would say now that there needs to be som...

Hi, I looked at Suzanne's plan and it sounds interesting. At school we were just told to get that book. but is this plan mostly for people that have taken NCLEX and failed? Also, what is a PM and how do you send one? Is there a place where you can l...

sorry I dont know what a PM is? but I do attend Vandy in the NP program if you are still looking for info.

Also to consider: Some STATE schools have requirements that add extra classes, but they are not NURSING classes. I am in a 24 month Masters program, so that I am sure that will really seem unfair to some. I have over 100 credits already(including all...

Hi, psychapn, thatnk for responding. Obviously I am giving my opinion based on reading (a lot) online and talking to people - since I haven't even started yet. That being said, this is what I have found: Most of the 4 year BSN programs I looked into ...

Hi, I got accepted into the Vanderbilt FNP program (for non-nurses)- woo-hoo! I heard on the 23rd and was getting nervous as well. I live in Nashville and there are lots of places to live near campus. I live 5 minutes away so it's awesome for me. I a...

I'm not a new Grad but I hope to be by Fall of 2009. I just got accepted to Vanderbilt's "Bridge" direct entry NP program (FNP) and I have no prior nursing experience. To let people know what this program entails, as it seems some people think it is ...

Hi fellow students, great to see so many others in the same boat, it makes it easier to feel that it can be done! I am taking Micro, Statistics, English comp II in class and Intro to Sociology online. Does anyone have any insight into Stats? is it ve...

Hi I am also applying to the bridge program at Vandy for Fall 2007 . I don't know of any "programs" to work and go to school, but they do give a school discount if you work there full time. I would just keep taking pre requisite courses at Vol state ...

hi, like I said I'm not worried as far as admission to the school, but it will effect my ability to get a large scholarship, that's why I am concerned. I hoped they would not count classes that did not matter but they told me they count every class ...

Hi, this GPA stuff really is crazy the older you get. the more classes you have the less your 4.0 matters. If the AP I and II and Micro don't count after 5 years, why does ever class you ever took count in yur GPA? not fair and more importantly, not ...

can the last 2 of you let us know where you are going? help us!

Hi, Wow, I was just looking into Columbia state again and these posts are pretty scary. I had dismissed CSCC before because they had a 2 year wait list, but just read on their website that they may stop having a waiting list and accept students base...

Hi everyone, I started nursing pre-requisites this summer and am taking all of the ASN general credits as well as the RN to MSN general credits for a local RN to MSN program which is 2 years if you go full time. I am fairly sure that I want to becom...

Informatiojn on maintainng certification seems like an important thing to find out before picking a specialty, unless you are really sure what you want. the FNP program is not longer, just has a little of everything as opposed to specializing. Sectio...

Actually I talked to someone yesterday at the school and they told me that exact thing. the first year is the same no matter what specialty you choose, so you could easily change the specialty before the second year of the program. Since I will be go...

QUOTE: Never forget, if there there was a sudden glut of RN's, your employer (who by now is probably a for-profit subsidiery of some mega-corporation) would have NO bones about cutting your salary in half. The market dictates your wage, period. I...

I am taking my pre req's right now (3 left) and hope to atend nursing school next fall. I have always been one to do a lot of research and am amazed at all I have discovered about the nursing proffession. This is my take on the arguments going on in ...

Hi, I just joined the forum and I am taking A and P 1 and psychology over the summer, and very exited about it. I will have all the pre req's finished by next summer and hope to start the 2 year nursing program in fall of 2007. I am also involved in ...