Corey Narry MSN, RN, NP

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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...
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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

    Dominican University in San Rafael, CA (north of the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area) offers completion programs for foreign nursing graduates and I assume the same would apply to...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

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

    I went to a state university. It has a medical school (MD), a Pharm D program, degrees in rehabilitation sciences (PT, OT, SLP), CRNA, CNM, all NP tracks including NNP and PNP-AC, and believe it or...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

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

    I'm somewhat familiar with those schools as a California resident. Sonoma State is part of the Cal State U system. They offer just an FNP program which makes sense given that Sonoma County is...
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    We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

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

    AANP doesn't have control of the operation of NP programs just as AMA has nothing to do with the accreditation of medical schools. The responsibility for accreditation of all types of nursing degrees...
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    Question about NP License transfer to CA

    Corey Narry replied to jdarby2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, do you already have a CA RN license? That's actually part of the application process too if you don't have it. So you basically have to apply for RN, NP, and
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    CA License by Endorsement BREEZE shows "pending" no deficiencies?

    Corey Narry replied to Crimson Gillespie's topic in General Nursing

    Great, so that fits with their projection of processing time since you sent the application Dec 1st. Hopefully, that's the date you see on the website that you have a
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    CA License by Endorsement BREEZE shows "pending" no deficiencies?

    Corey Narry replied to Crimson Gillespie's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to California's BRN system. I wouldn't worry about the application status showing on the website. If you were able to to talk to someone who found your transcript, then someone is working on...
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    Question about NP License transfer to CA

    Corey Narry replied to jdarby2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You have to obtain an NPF to write prescriptions. In addition, your NPF must be tied to a DEA # and proof of training in prescribing controlled substances so that you can prescribe controlled...
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    Four 12s in a row?!?! ??

    Corey Narry replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Could you try to switch with someone? We work 3 12's a week as well (as NP's) and though I like the consistency of having the same ICU patients in a row, I feel like a 4th 12hr shift in a row would be...
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    ICU nurse to Acute NP

    Corey Narry replied to Nursebecky's topic in General Nursing

    You can even take the test after you get your ACNP if you really want the credential. In the ICU NP group I worked with, not everyone has CCRN or kept their CCRN certification once they started...
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    Can you have multiple MSN degrees?

    Corey Narry replied to Nurse_Red00's topic in General Nursing

    The Master of Science in Nursing is a degree offered in nursing schools and that is taken once regardless of the specialty focus (NP, administration, education, etc.). You would take a post-Master's...