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  1. Are textbooks this expensive????

    sugarsweet21612 replied to 2015's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am graduating from GU next month. I have basically bought the required books not recommended and I have been fine. Also many of the books for the clinical courses you buy for the first course and...

  2. Credibility of Walden University

    sugarsweet21612 replied to angie16451's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Why is Mark so defensive and

  3. NP and new requirements

    sugarsweet21612 replied to NurseNanci1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    welcome to the site, NurseNanci. As far as I'm aware, this is simply a recommendation that NPs be prepared at the doctoral level by 2015. This is not set in stone and many Master's programs have not...

  4. NP and new requirements

    sugarsweet21612 replied to NurseNanci1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

  5. FNP review classes

    sugarsweet21612 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Has anyone done any review courses for the FNP certification exam? I am specifically looking at the Fitzgerald FNP Certification live review over a 3 day seminar... I would love to hear from anyone...

  6. How old were you when you made the choice to become a NP?

    sugarsweet21612 replied to mmcc26's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

  7. UC FNP vs Georgtown FNP vs George Washington

    sugarsweet21612 replied to jamaicanL's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Good luck with your application! I am full time. I started off working part time and switched to prn only about one day a week. It should definitely be manageable if you don't need to work. The...

  8. BSN straight to MSN program...is it even possible?

    sugarsweet21612 replied to Pharaiah's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I started NP school with 1 year nursing experience. Research has shown no significant differences in outcomes for nurses with/without experience and seasoned nurses may be at more of a disadvantages...

  9. UC FNP vs Georgtown FNP vs George Washington

    sugarsweet21612 replied to jamaicanL's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I currently attend georgetown and there are definitely papers. I'd say average of 4-5/ semester. Plus two research classes with a 50 pg

  10. ONLINE NP students....

    sugarsweet21612 replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm full time. I have two or three classes each semester. The part time people in my program have one or two classes, however have to spend the same number of hours in clinical each week as I do. I...

  11. ONLINE NP students....

    sugarsweet21612 replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    8-16 hours a week at clinical, 5.5 hours a week in class, about 5-10 hours watching prerecorded lectures, plus studying, reading, writing papers, whatever's due for the week. So id say a good minimum...

  12. Chosing between two schools for FNP program

    sugarsweet21612 replied to luv4health's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Overall I have been impressed with georgetown for the most part. However the clinical situation has been less than ideal. Although they "find" the sites for us they really don't do a very good job at...

  13. My first med error (Rant)

    sugarsweet21612 replied to MissHaleyDawn's topic in General Nursing

    I used to have the same problem at my job, so I would physically go to the Accucheck machine and look up the result with the MRN if it had not uploaded by the time I needed to admin insulin. Sad but I...

  14. Georgetown University ONLINE FNP...

    sugarsweet21612 replied to flower25's topic in School, College Programs

    i am in the FNP program just finishing the first semester. as far as i know, all the classes are Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. they are offered at a wide range of times, beginning from about 8:30...

  15. Nclex RN boards on Tues June 28th!!! Ahhhhhhh!

    sugarsweet21612 replied to cocoa12cosmo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    i tested yesterday and found out this morning i passed!!! i'm an

  16. partial/full thickness burns

    sugarsweet21612 posted a topic in Burn

    Could you someone please explain to me the difference between a partial thickness and a full thickness burn?

  17. Watsons theory of human caring

    sugarsweet21612 replied to qt2168's topic in General Nursing

    this is really random but today at the hospital they had a bunch of posters up for Women's History Month and i noticed Watson on one of the posters with her theory about human caring. unfortunately i...

  18. I don't understand the diff between ADN & BSN????? Help!!!

    sugarsweet21612 replied to Misslady113's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    BSN degrees do not ALWAYS just have 2 years or 3 years of "nursing" school. at my school, we started clinicals and fundamental nursing class freshmen year, and i will have had clinicals all 4 years...

  19. heart failure

    sugarsweet21612 posted a topic in Cardiac

    Could someone please explain to me what happens in heart failure? I am just wondering exactly is the pathophys. behind what is going on so I can understand it better.

  20. partial/full thickness burns

    sugarsweet21612 replied to sugarsweet21612's topic in Burn

    thanks so much, this helps a

  21. heart failure

    sugarsweet21612 replied to sugarsweet21612's topic in Cardiac

    thanks, those websites help a lot! but i am still a little bit confused about what is going on with the heart to cause this... i have tried reading my book but i get really confused about preload and...

  22. Pa hospital system won't hire smokers

    sugarsweet21612 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    it really depends on how you talk to the patient. if you are educating the patient about the health problems and concerns with smoking, that is different than telling them they need to quit and they...

  23. Pa hospital system won't hire smokers

    sugarsweet21612 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    if it is affecting their performance, that's one thing. but it's ridiculous to generalize ALL smokers for smelling of smoke and needing smoke breaks "every hour." honestly, would that even be...

  24. Poor spelling in charting

    sugarsweet21612 replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    well i had an instructor make a huge deal about spelling this semester. she gave us a lecture at the beginning of the semester saying everything in your documentation must be spelled correctly. her...

  25. How can I become SANE?

    sugarsweet21612 replied to TennNurse's topic in Forensic

    is there any way a SANE can be an NP? what type of masters would you