Corey Narry MSN, RN, NP

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    My Instructor Used To Be My Nurse

    Corey Narry replied to hikeclimb44's topic in General Nursing

    Derogatory and mental illness in my mind should always be mutually exclusive. There is a professional way to present a case of mental illness in a classroom without interjecting your own personal bias...
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    My Instructor Used To Be My Nurse

    Corey Narry replied to hikeclimb44's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's unprofessional behavior on the instructor's part to speak of a patient in a teaching environment that way. I think there is a line that is sometimes crossed when a faculty member tries to...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    Corey Narry replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Not to nitpick but the original post said, no "for profit MD program" exists and the link your provided is a DO program. In effect, the original statement is true as there has been no for-profit MD...
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    FNP working in Nursing Administration

    Corey Narry replied to DeeValerie's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I will go against the grain here and say that you should ask yourself what you really want out of your career. As it stands, ANCC will allow you to renew your FNP-BC without practice hours since they...
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    CA BON- I need some help

    Corey Narry replied to kevinm23's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    California has very specific educational requirements for pre-licensure/RN education. Many US-educated nurses from other states and international-educated nurses have been told of deficiencies in...
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    Federal NP pay. Is this what it would look like under single payer?

    Corey Narry replied to Pachinko's topic in Advanced Practice

    Federal jobs like the ones for NP's at the VA tend to be lower than let's say my job as an employee of a state-run institution. I also see that some of the County jobs are higher than mine. Salaries...
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    New NP needing advice

    Corey Narry replied to smparker1101's topic in Advanced Practice

    I only work in-patient and Neurology is one of the departments where I see providers still wear lab coats (most others wear sweater/jackets with embroidered logos for their specialty). You could...
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    Anybody regret going to Kaiser?

    Corey Narry replied to MyAimIsTrue's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in NorCal too but work as an NP so take my "observation" with a grain of salt. I work full time at an academic medical center and was working per diem at a Kaiser facility. The nurses seem...
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    CCRN Audit Anxiety

    Corey Narry replied to RnoRN's topic in Critical Care

    I think you'll be fine. I have been audited before by AACN (for my CCRN) and was able to send in all the CERP categories at the last minute. I am active with AACN so audits are random (I have been...
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    First job as a new AGACNP

    Corey Narry replied to TraumaLlamaBSN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I can speak to your questions since I actually worked in PM&R the first year after graduating from an ACNP program. I enjoyed the interview process with the group and the role involved in-patient...
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    APRN Education

    Corey Narry replied to tommac's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Is this a school project? LOL. Well, the historical beginnings of both professions took different turns through the years to what it is now, hence, the structure and training is different. PA's...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    Corey Narry replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Actually that one-year path to PMHNP is a post-master's plan only for those who are already NP's in another specialty or have a CNS designation in another specialty. It's a joint program by UCSF,...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    Corey Narry replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I've always held an opinion that the accrediting bodies (CCNE and maybe ACEN as well) are to blame. Be aware though that there is a change to CCNE standards in 2018 (see link below) and it does now...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    Corey Narry replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think we certainly need to slow down the entry of more and more new NP's who won't be able to join an increasingly saturated workforce. When I was a student back in 2002, the ACNP program I attended...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    Corey Narry replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I totally agree. I precept ACNP students. Even in reputable institutions that arrange preceptors, I find it inadequate when students in Acute Care programs are only showing up to clinicals 12-hr...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    Corey Narry replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think everyone knows that. My point was and this is my opinion, someone who took undergrad science courses, even A/P, must be retaken if they were 20 years old to enter advanced courses in the NP...
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    Importance of NP Program Reputation, Name Recognition

    Corey Narry replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    True to an extent. California is an outlier here...we have schools that are CCNE accredited but not CA BRN approved. Case being Charles R Drew University in LA. Their grads can get licensed as NP's in...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    Corey Narry replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Right and the term has been used to denote substandard schools that have predatory practices of recruitment such as the "for profit" programs. The truth is "for profits" are not even that known for...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    Corey Narry replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would gladly repeat a course that would help me understand advanced concepts including anatomy and physiology if I have to especially if it's been too long since I took the course. Nurses commonly...
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    Importance of NP Program Reputation, Name Recognition

    Corey Narry replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Did I say that in my post? if there was even an implication of that, it wasn't
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    Importance of NP Program Reputation, Name Recognition

    Corey Narry replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The vast majority of NP programs are CCNE accredited...even Walden, Phoenix, Capella, Chamberlain, schools that fall under the "for profit" designation. That speaks to the wide range of standards that...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    Corey Narry replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The term is actually not appropriately used in this thread. Traditionally, diploma mills are entities that promise a degree or diploma for a fee that is illegitimate or fake, hence, useless....
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    Importance of NP Program Reputation, Name Recognition

    Corey Narry replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have no beef with the question about who the best candidate for an NP career is. In fact, I think if anything NP programs welcome non-traditional students from diverse backgrounds and that can only...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    Corey Narry replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Debating demographic qualities that set us all apart such as experienced RN vs Direct Entry applicant vs new grad going straight to NP will always be subject to individual variances that would be...
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    CA College Rec. to gain enough Clinical Hours for RN endorsement in CA

    Corey Narry replied to NewPANurseWantingCALicense's topic in General Nursing

    Appreciate the poem! I love the Spanish language but unfortunately, I was born and spent a great deal of my young life in the Philippines where the colonizers didn't teach us Spanish and the friars...