aklim3

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1. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

   aklim3 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   You were actually taught to read X-rays??? Good for you. I wasn't. I will have to take a course on it myself someday. Till then, I have to rely on others to read it for me. IF your track is a research...

2. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

   aklim3 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   That is why I asked, what will this added hurdle do for me? Ok, it is not as much work as a PhD but it is more than an MSN. Will this fluff make me a better clinician? Probably

3. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

   aklim3 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

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4. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

   aklim3 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   IOW, the DNP is going to have more fluff and no real clinical

5. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

   aklim3 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   Sorry, I must have missed that part. So you are saying with my BSN, I can go straight into the DNP? How much longer will it take then when compared to the current MSN

6. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

   aklim3 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   ok. convince me why i should pursue being an np then. if i have to go that far to be an np (bsn, msn and dnp), why don't i just go to the md route? more money, no collaboration, etc, etc. imo, it will...

7. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

   aklim3 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   I guess you need to find out when you will graduate and see if you fall under the

8. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

   aklim3 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   Why not cut out the fluff classes and add more clinicals in it? Some of my classes are wonderful if I were going further on in the research field. I'd gladly have dropped them and done more clinical...

9. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

   aklim3 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   I am not as interested in the title of Doctor. Now if you tell me that I can be on par with an MD after all that work and practice independently and not have to have a supervising or collaborating...

10. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    aklim3 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Maybe there should be a study to determine one way or the other. I would welcome that. IF I were inadequate, then I would not mind going thru a DNP program if that is what is called for. Just going...

11. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    aklim3 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Not doing that intentionally that I know of. I know that. What I want to know and perhaps phrased badly is that a little while back, someone mentioned that there was a study that said the MSN prepared...

12. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    aklim3 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    OK. How? Are MSN NPs giving lower standard of care compared to MDs? Non specialty of course. And with a DNP, what else will they get to do that an MSN

13. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    aklim3 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    but will it change those who go thru the dnp route? how much better will it make them? target date is 2015? ok. what about the difference between a 2014 msn np and a 2015 dnp np? will it change the...

14. Young -- should pursue NP or MD?

    aklim3 replied to MikeyJ's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Didn't read this post yet before I replied. Oh well. Rodney Atkins has a song about that Well you know those times When you feel like there's a sign there on your back Say's I don't mind if ya kick...

15. Young -- should pursue NP or MD?

    aklim3 replied to MikeyJ's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, firstly, how honest can you be with yourself? You don't have to post the answers here but you need to ask yourself some hard questions. I got paid the same as I would in my nursing job with 10...