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  1. Overburdened E.R.'s

    psychonaut replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My goodness, is this where "Pandemic Awareness" starts to edge towards "Pandemic

  2. Paramedics are taking our Nursing job!

    psychonaut replied to MacERRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dangit, beat me to the South Park reference...pops into my head every time I see the thread title (as well as the zillion other md vs np vs pa vs rn vs emt vs ma vs cna vs pct vs vs

  3. what job did you first work after graduation?

    psychonaut replied to reinvent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just finishing my second year in the NICU. Very interesting and educational start to the profession...now I am going to be looking to get into the ER. Be like a new grad again, but the ability to...

  4. Reccomend a gender neutral title to replace "Nurse"!

    psychonaut replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    That Is IT! I was all prepared to side with the "call me nurse" crowd...but you won me over. *******

  5. Nursing Tuition off the Chain!! Need Help!!

    psychonaut replied to JoI8815's topic in General Students

    My amusement was sincere but there was definitely some sarcasm in there. To be clear, this was directed solely at the words I was quoting in my post. From a personal standpoint, you are talking to a...

  6. Nursing Tuition off the Chain!! Need Help!!

    psychonaut replied to JoI8815's topic in General Students

    I will cop to the fact that I brought up the classic AN "thread-killer" (i.e. bsn/adn) in my previous post, although I was only using it as an analogy inspired by the thread OP's comments regarding...

  7. Nursing Tuition off the Chain!! Need Help!!

    psychonaut replied to JoI8815's topic in General Students

    Oh gosh, that is too funny! I think we need to add another level to the never ending debate: ADN vs. BSN vs ... SUPER MEGA ELITE BSN!!!! "Perhaps, one day, over time, if you are really, REALLY...

  8. Giving Nursing Students a Taste of NICU

    psychonaut replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I had to fight hard to get time in a NICU as a student. This included changing out of the clinical group I had been in for three semesters, to another group as my original group didn't go to hospitals...

  9. Is is it normal to not like nursing?

    psychonaut replied to intothemoon's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A while back (either still in orientation, or just out of it) I replied to a thread having to do with what to do on one's days off. People were suggesting fun, relaxing activities...and I popped up...

  10. Beautiful nursing students are going to make concentrating difficult...

    psychonaut replied to Future-nurse's topic in Male Nursing Students

    "Keep your mind on your money, and your money on your mind." Honestly, I often thought that being married was a great advantage in NS. I would have been way too distracted if I was single, and...

  11. Experience with Distance Ed NP programs

    psychonaut replied to Dr. Tammy, FNP/GNP-C's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The study cited concludes that the GRE is a valid predictor of several measures of graduate success: (p.176)

  12. Experience with Distance Ed NP programs

    psychonaut replied to Dr. Tammy, FNP/GNP-C's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For my program, first semester students spend 45 clinical hours (total) doing physical assessment in a clinical setting. Second semester students spend 12-hours per week in clinical, third semester is...

  13. Experience with Distance Ed NP programs

    psychonaut replied to Dr. Tammy, FNP/GNP-C's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have just completed my first two classes for the MSN-FNP program. The entire curriculum in on-line (minus clinicals, of course). Both classes were lecture only, with no clinical component. In the...

  14. FNP salary

    psychonaut replied to ragincajun24's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    http://nurse-practitioners.advanceweb.com/Article/2007-Salary-Survey-Results-A-Decade-of-Growth.aspx

  15. NP Clinical Preceptorships

    psychonaut posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Note: I posted this as a bump to an older thread, and it got no responses. Figured I'd try it as a new thread to see if it fared any better. Really curious to get some views of current/former NP...

  16. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    psychonaut replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    To be sure, I in no way mean to devalue previous RN experience. My point is simply that of all the APN roles (NP, CNS, CRNA, CNM, education), I think the easiest to transition into with a minimum of...

  17. How are you paying for your MSN?

    psychonaut replied to MommyandRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    My school offers a stipend and tuition discount for taking a research assistant role. Very tempting, with a few PRN shifts thrown in, ought to make it very doable from a financial standpoint. Compared...

  18. How is school going so far?

    psychonaut replied to VTBabyNurse's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Ack! Studying nursing theory, and actually coming to see some value in it (especially at the mid-range and practice theory level). Quick, someone send me a referral to a psychiatrist (or psych NP, of...

  19. Feeling a little out of place, and liking it....

    psychonaut replied to SteveNNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just wait for the day when you have one of us NICU RNs looking at you saying, "What do I do?", and you realize, you are the "decider"! Or, when the grumpy nurses start saying, "He forgot where he came...

  20. ACNP and NNP/WHNP

    psychonaut replied to Nurse Man-ingitis's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Steve, I've been reading your NICU posts since before I was even in nursing school. I guess you were sort of my "male in NICU" archetype Seriously, I think you are going to make a great NNP, and you...

  21. ACNP and NNP/WHNP

    psychonaut replied to Nurse Man-ingitis's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    from my experience last night, the proportion was two out of three more seriously, cardiac issues are a large proportion of what we see. only exceeded by all the issues that come along with...

  22. How many of us have contracts for our jobs???

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

    Student perspective here as well, and I certainly hope we are offered a course such as you describe. If the school doesn't offer it, I will be seeking out seminars on this very subject. I've been an...

  23. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    psychonaut replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I find it ironic that I feel much more comfortable going into NP education with little nursing experience (just over one year), versus how I would feel if I was going for CNS or nursing ed. I would...

  24. Options for Nurses who HATE nursing.

    psychonaut replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say to try and make that RN education work for you. NP, CNS, and nursing ed are all available pathways, and seem to be spared from what we may "hate" about bedside nursing. I tend to have a pretty...

  25. We're not picking our internship positions yet but....

    psychonaut replied to hopebewild's topic in General Students

    I chose NICU (and had to wrangle to get it) because I knew that's where I wanted to go when I graduated. I did have some envy for my classmates who preceptored in the ER. They got to do many skills...