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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    mvanz9999 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This is a tremendously valuable and relevant point. The experience you get as an RN leads you to what type of NP you want to be. This is the exact dilmena I am in. It states ON MY APPLICATION, that...
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    mvanz9999 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Interesting post. I did want to point out the bold part...my understanding of the direct entry....the first part essentially IS nursing school. It's not until you finish that program and pass the...
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    Can NPs work as RN's?

    mvanz9999 replied to 1nuttynurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    what the pay Starting as an NP at $35.00/hr seems fair. $65-$85 is more a doctor's
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    the bottlenecks of nursing

    mvanz9999 replied to majestix's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It varies by state. I'm in Illinois, and in Illinois, an RN can work as a CNA, but they do NOT have to be registered in the CNA database. (They do, of course, have to be a RN, in good standing :-)...
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    Community College Selection Process-What A Joke!

    mvanz9999 replied to Tim1957's topic in California Nursing

    Hi Tim. I didn't have the time to read the whole entire thread, but in Chicago, all the community colleges have the same idiotic lottery. It IS absurd, and even the college advisors thought so....
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    Advice PLEASE - Considering Nursing @ 39

    mvanz9999 replied to Seven, RN2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Call the hospitals in your area and ask to speak to the nursing recruiter. They have all responded very nicely to me. I tell them I'm considering entering a nursing program, and I have xxx...
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    Recommendation for Personal Statement

    mvanz9999 replied to mvanz9999's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thank you for all the advice. The only thing that truly upsets me is this last post. I do have to pick a specialty...which to me...why would you be asked to choose a specialty in a direct entry...
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    mvanz9999 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Which puts me in quite the conundrum. ( I've gone over and over and over this, I don't see any other way for ME to become an RN (money, time, blah, blah, blah). The question for me is would a...
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    feeling anxiety and other ranges of emotions

    mvanz9999 replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I have. I'm not even near nursing school, but the apps for the MSN programs are due in January. I have this same feeling. I have a comfortable desk job with good pay. I just think it's a...
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    nurses 50+ leaving the profession

    mvanz9999 replied to ww2's topic in General Nursing

    A nice, refreshing post....it's nice to see that not EVERYONE is so burned out they can no longer do the
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    Anyone left good paying job for nursing?

    mvanz9999 replied to LovesGreyhounds's topic in General Nursing

    I feel the same as the couple of posts above me. I have a decent job with decent pay. I'm just bored out of my mind and find new jobs very very very very very few and far between. I've been looking...
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    Management measuring handsanitizer and soap usage

    mvanz9999 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I hate the pre-foamed soap appearing everywhere. I like regular soap.
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    mvanz9999 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This is exactly what I said earlier. New students are much easier to mold, therefore inexperienced NPs get higher
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    mvanz9999 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Exactly! If it was so horrible, grad programs for direct entry would never have been
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    The Circumcision Discussion

    mvanz9999 replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Will he still feel that way at 30? I know I didn't. When I was 17, I was too busy drooling senselessly over the opposite sex. Now it's a huge issue for me. Maybe not ALL men, but some do. I do...
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    The Circumcision Discussion

    mvanz9999 replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think where your argument fails is that circumcision is amputation of the foreskin. It never, ever, ever, ever grows back (nor do the nerves). In addition, babies are not offered the choice. It's...
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    Help-Real quick question: I want to get a balanced view from all sides on this issue.

    mvanz9999 replied to Bob26's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't think I'll ever understand that divide. We're all on the same team,
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    Help-Real quick question: I want to get a balanced view from all sides on this issue.

    mvanz9999 replied to Bob26's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree. Could you maybe some up all your points above? I don't quite see where you are going with all
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    The Circumcision Discussion

    mvanz9999 replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    LOL! My point
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    The Circumcision Discussion

    mvanz9999 replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Begun? No. But sustained? Definitely: "A remedy [for masturbation] which is almost always successful in small boys is circumcision...The operation should be performed by a surgeon...
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    The Circumcision Discussion

    mvanz9999 replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We need more Moms like this one!
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    the bottlenecks of nursing

    mvanz9999 replied to majestix's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Reading it NOW, I don't think I understand it either. I think what happened is I was posting multiple threads at once, and got this one confused with the grad school threads I was posting in....
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    mvanz9999 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Regarding the negative correlation between experience as an RN and practice as an NP, the article does point out a lack of understanding HOW Physicians are rating NPs (based on what - their own method...
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    Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    mvanz9999 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds so pleasant. Why doesn't EVERYONE want to be a
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    mvanz9999 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Interesting points. And I don't see a resolution that makes "everyone"