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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    core0 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    i think that one of the points that has been missed in this discussion is who hires the nps. traditionally nps work for either a practice or a hospital. in the hospital the nps are usually hired...
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    core0 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think that you have identified the issue. In times of scarcity it may not matter as much, but in a relatively saturated market employers will go with the product that makes the least work for them....
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    Computer Prgrams for the Office

    core0 replied to dory2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The last practice I was at used Misys Tiger which was OK. My new practice uses a specialty transplant database which is also OK. Haven't seen one that I've fallen in love with yet. The biggest thing...
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    Time to graduate from a part time NP program

    core0 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have a question for the board. I was looking at the AACN report on enrollment and graduation for NP programs they have two sections. Full-time and part-time students. For those of you who went...
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    Ethical Question- What would u do?

    core0 replied to BChapp3182's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There are a couple of issues here. The first, is the patient an emancipated minor? If so then all the issues for adults apply. Assuming they are not, there are a couple of further issues. In the area...
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    ACNP exam

    core0 replied to mossyoak's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    i don't think that aanp does certification exams for acnp. my understanding is that ancc had an agreement with aacn to develop the acnp course that expired in 2007. prior to that aacn stated that they...
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    ACNP exam

    core0 replied to mossyoak's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    They did the pilot phase in April. I know someone who did the exam. I am not sure where they are at now. I have a feeling that state approval is not coming as rapidly as they thought. There is...
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    ACNP exam

    core0 replied to mossyoak's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Follow the link above. The AANC (the people that do the CCRN) have developed a ACNP exam and will be administering it separately from ANCC. Like I said, may be another option. David Carpenter,
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    ACNP exam

    core0 replied to mossyoak's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    http://www.certcorp.org/certcorp/certcorp.nsf/vwdoc/ACNPC Looking at the website I am not sure they are operational yet. They were supposed to be administering this in Fall 2007. Another opportunity...
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    the AA question (Anesthesiologist Anger)

    core0 replied to Burnt2's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Or the fact that there is no evidence that he is an ASA member, never published anything referenced on medline etc. There is actually no evidence that he(she)
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    ACNP exam

    core0 replied to mossyoak's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Have you looked at the other exam? That may be easier/more to your learning style. David Carpenter,
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    Advice from acute/critical care NP's

    core0 replied to CAPRN77's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Depends on your state. Most states scope of practice require the NP to have training in the specific area of nursing practice as NPs. From my understanding of ACNP training, ACNPs are trained in acute...
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    Advice from acute/critical care NP's

    core0 replied to CAPRN77's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You couldn't do primary care like IM, but you could do outpatient cardiology, neurology or another specialty that involved clinic work. David Carpenter,
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    They want me on Renal Transplant/Nephrology Unit

    core0 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Generally its a lot like a medicine floor. The differences are in managing the immunosupresion, the exotic and not so exotic infections you see and that pre transplant they can be pretty sick....
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    core0 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I would agree with your comments, but I would state that their are considerable barriers for a student to find out about NP programs. There is not a single identifiable curriculum or objectives. The...
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    FNP or WHNP?

    core0 replied to kirish34's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Siri could probably better explain the differences between the scope of FNP and WHNP. There is a difference in content related to OB/GYN specialty content. Here is a good article on NP scope of...
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    Verbal Orders from NP/PA

    core0 replied to labcat01's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The general answer is yes. If the NP/PA has prescriptive authority in the state (which is most if not all states) then they can call in verbal orders. I am assuming that you are referring to hospital...
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    Just a note on the NP vs PA debate...

    core0 replied to TMnurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    (1) in four years working in the or i saw two nps that first assisted. one in pediatric urology and the other in general surgery. on the other hand i probably worked with more than 100 pas. in my...
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    Palliative care APN?? Help!

    core0 replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    we have a new pallative care team but they don't use npps. there is some literature out there on this:...
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    NP or PA?? I am so confused???

    core0 replied to RN28MD's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Personal opinion, the days of being able to work outside of the specialty seem to be vanishing. The FNP especially is being forced out of the inpatient realm in favor of the ACNP. There is a fair...
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    open access colonocsopy

    core0 replied to maltmom3's topic in Gastroenterology

    I would agree, that being said I believe that most colonoscopies are being done under open access. My opinion is that open access isn't good medicine but thats not what happens. David Carpenter,
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    open access colonocsopy

    core0 replied to maltmom3's topic in Gastroenterology

    Open access colonoscopy means that anyone who wants a colonoscopy gets one without a visit with a provider first. They schedule the colonoscopy and the first time anyone sees them is right before the...
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    Future of FNP's

    core0 replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The problem with family medicine is that given the payor structure its hard to make any money. The payor structure is skewed toward specialties that do a lot of procedures. For example a visit for a...
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    Need help with NP resume

    core0 replied to amandarez's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I can think of two reasons. One is that every one uses them. When we advertise for an MA most of the resumes have this style. It gets tiresome after awhile. It all looks the same, kind of like blue...
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    Need help with NP resume

    core0 replied to amandarez's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I had done the same. I spoke to a recruiter and they stated that since so many people use the word template that it shows a lack of professionalism in some recruiters eyes. He was especially critical...