hmatthewcooper

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1. New AGNP-C seeking career advice

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

   Update: It took a while but I found a job. I'm doing gerontology and podiatry in a number of long-term care facilities in my area. I'm still learning, but so far it's going

2. From Failure to Launch to Nursing: Need Advice

   hmatthewcooper replied to Ruadhan's topic in Nursing Career

   OP, The previous posters bring up some valid points, but reading your narrative, I couldn't help but think about my own introduction to nursing which had some similarities to your own. You do have to...

3. So is there really a nursing shortage?

   hmatthewcooper replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sure nobody has actually done the research, but if this is true doesn't that just mean that hospitals are cost-sharing new grad training? I mean if hospital A hires new grads and hospital B hires...

4. New AGNP-C seeking career advice

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

   I work, teach, and attend school in one of the largest NP programs in the country. So yeah...oversaturated. I can't relocate because my family has put down roots here. I guess I'm playing the waiting...

5. So is there really a nursing shortage?

   hmatthewcooper replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

   Seriously!? 3:1 and 4:1 for med-surg? When I worked med-surg we had a 6:1 or a 7:1 with one tech covering the front of the unit, and the other covering the back half. With those kinds of ratios I...

6. New AGNP-C seeking career advice

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

   Thank you! I'll start looking

7. Way too many NP programs and grads!

   hmatthewcooper replied to momofm1998's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Nursing is trying to find an equilibrium at the moment. Medicine did the same thing 100+ years ago. They finally settled on the current model when the European style of medical education came to...

8. New AGNP-C seeking career advice

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

   Thanks for the response! I have acute care experience it's just from early in my career, but you're right. They may not even consider that. A lot of ACNPs here are critical care nurses. I would be...

9. Online masters vs. university dnp?

   hmatthewcooper replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Although it is considered a clinical doctorate, the DNP does not offer more in the way of advanced pharmacology or diagnostic reasoning than an MSN. It's essentially the same as the MSN with another...

10. Way too many NP programs and grads!

    hmatthewcooper replied to momofm1998's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I can relate to the OPs frustration, but I've met my share of competent/incompetent people in every profession. In the hospital people quickly flock together into "good" and "bad" interdisciplinary...

11. How hard is CRNA programs vs NP programs?

    hmatthewcooper replied to WishfulCRNA's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've got three degrees and two of them are from top 10 nursing schools (at the time). My MSN was challenging. It wasn't unobtainable, but I certainly had to put in the work. I breezed through...

12. I'm So Over Nursing. I would rather work at Costco!!

    hmatthewcooper replied to rnfrombama's topic in General Nursing

    I think every nurse feels like this sometimes. It's the byproduct of trying to put 20lbs of stuff into a 10lbs bag day in and day out while dealing with vicarious trauma. It also sounds like you're...

13. New AGNP-C seeking career advice

    hmatthewcooper posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Greetings all, I have been a nurse for about 7 years, and I recently completed my MSN as an adult-gero primary care NP. I finished in August and had some family issues that kept me from searching the...

14. AASN vs LPN can somebody shed some light?

    hmatthewcooper posted a topic in General Nursing

    I will be attending school for nursing in the fall. One of the programs I have been accepted to offers an AASN. How does this differ from an LPN program? Which program is superior? What seperates...