Corey Narry MSN, RN, NP

ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology

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    Best Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) Programs in 2025

    Corey Narry commented on Erin Lee's program in Nursing Programs: Explore Your Options

    Good list of the usual "heavy hitters". It is astounding how expensive these programs have gotten. Of the schools listed, seems like Pitt is the best value? Columbia seems low too but that's an...
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    Advocating for the Integrity of the ARNP

    Corey Narry replied to JackStrawRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    This is off topic but I relate to this a lot. I am in In-Patient Cardiology and have been precepting AGACNP students from various "well known" programs. It doesn't even matter the school, some...
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    Dual Certification Dilemma: AACN vs. ANCC for Career Advancement

    Corey Narry replied to alexyanet's topic in Advanced Practice

    Sounds like you're an AGACNP. You don't need both. There was a time in the remote past that AACN's certification was not "recognized" in some states when their exam was still fairly new. That's not...
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    New Grad Scared to Start in Med-Surg

    Corey Narry replied to SuperSassySally's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I started out in Med-Surg. I find that these days, not all Med-Surg units are really that broad in terms of population seen. The hospital I work for has specific Med-Surg floors for Neuro, CV, or...
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    Chart Following and legal limitations

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

    I work in an in-patient service where we also have different NP's caring for our patients each day they are admitted because we're not always there 24/7. Once you have been a provider for a patient on...
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    The MD Bias Hits Home

    Corey Narry replied to JBMmom's topic in Advanced Practice

    Without knowing the details, I agree that there is more nuance to the MD vs NP debate. Where I work, it's easier to hire MD's for nocturnal hospitalist coverage. There are many graduates of IM...
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    Canadian RN working in the Philippines

    Corey Narry replied to AbiOlive's topic in Philippines

    Just for a few months? is this part of a humanitarian mission, aid, or relief program? In the Philippines, the nursing profession is regulated by the Professional Regulation Commission or PRC, the...
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    RaDonda Vaught - What is she doing now?

    Corey Narry replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    She seems remorseful. Regardless of her acts of negligence, you can't deny the fact that she will never get rid of the weight of Charlene's death on her mind which she admitted on the video. The...
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    Radonda Vaught Sentenced

    Corey Narry replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I know the issues here have been beaten to death but there were system failures at Vanderbilt at the time...they were switching to an EMR that was not sync'ing with their automated medication...
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    Radonda Vaught Sentenced

    Corey Narry replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    If you're interested, there is a very similar case in Florida in 2011 that didn't even garner the national attention that RV's case got. The DA was not involved and it was the decedent's family that...
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    Radonda Vaught Sentenced

    Corey Narry replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Criminal charges for nurses who have been proven to be negligent is quite rare. There are only 2 other prior cases before RV. They both didn't end in jail time for the accused. I think the same lesson...
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    Is this experience typical for a new grad NP situation?

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

    I also want to add that sometimes physicians mis-use NP's and don't understand our role. The fact that someone piled a bunch of results on your desk to figure out is not a role for a provider. This is...
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    Is this experience typical for a new grad NP situation?

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

    I felt compelled to respond (after a long absence from this website) since I am working in Cardiology for over a year now after transitioning from a Critical Care NP role which I did for over 15...
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    Acute Care NPs in California, NEED ADVICE.

    Corey Narry replied to 1904_RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If California BRN told you they have no preference, then neither does ANCC or AACN. It's ultimately up to your school (some even allow MD or DO as preceptor). I am precepting a student from an...
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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...