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Hello my fellow nurses. It is great to finally find a message board and be able to discuss my new career with those much wiser than I. Let me start off by saying my story and what crossroads I am approaching. I am a student at Pittsburg State Unive...

Hi, I'm Scott and graduating with a BSN in May. Does anyone know of any Level 1 Trauma centers which have a Nurse Residency program or are known to accept Grad Nurses. I have had a bit of luck, but most take those with ICU expereince or their own (...

As a new RN grad, I have concidered PA (Mainly for the Trauma/ER lifestyle, I love trauma haha), but I feel that FNP is moving in a direction that we can't even see yet. With the family practice shortage, I think FNP is going to blow us away in the ...

Hey folks. Let me start off by saying I am Scott and I am a brand new R.N. (just passed boards Friday ). It is a ways down the road but I am undecided on Phys. Assistant vs a Family Nurse Practitioner. I truely love ER and trauma medicine. I am ...

Honestly O.R. isn't for me. I prefer to see patients in the ER and help with diagnosis and medical treatements (sutures, chest tubes ect.) But I have heard of many NP's doing this as well. I think that FNP would be they way I would go (It seems to...

Is there a high success rate of those wanting to achieve their M.D. or D.O. after recieving their BSN? I am just looking at options and seeing what they all are. Has anyone on here taken this path? I would think being an R.N. would help very much...

Well I just took my NCLEX and it was 265 ques. I know that isn't nessicarily a "bad" sign but I feel like junk. The questions seemed difficult, but I wasn't sure if they were in the "below the pass line" or not. I am going nuts, any advice? Thank...

I PASSED, I PASSED!!!!!! I am officially no longer a GN. Nurses Unite!!! Haha. Wow, what a great feeling, thanks for the confidence boost everyone!

Haha no, it has nothing to do with a "male complex" (I just had flashes of "Meet the Parent's" pop up in my head). It simply has to do with me wishing to go into a career where I will have a high degree of autonomy and wish to help people. I don't th...

I didn't get into nursing wanting to do medicine. I wanted to be a CRNA until about 2 months ago. I realized it wasn't what I wished to do, so I started seeing what other options were avaliable.

Sorry, I just started as an RN (haven't even taken boards yet) and was concidering both those paths. But I guess this thread was specifically for MD/DO, I am sorry for bringing the DNP into the equation. Those are the 2 paths I am concidering for my...

I understand. I actually have my BSN. I got into nursing because I was wanting to be a CRNA since about Freshman year. In the past year decided it wasn't for me. I am not looking into M.D. and DNP, I haven't decided either way, just considering a...

let me start by saying i will receive my bsn in 2 weeks (exciting stuff!) and am going to join a cardiac icu at a large level i trauma center. i am going to take a while off, but have really been taken with what i have seen in many dnp programs (whi...

Yes, I did some research and the school associated with my hospital has an MSN program, then the DNP program is online through a school in Kansas City. Seems this will all work out. Yes, my instructors have all told me to go on and get my DNP. I d...

Oh ok, so DNP is what I would want as far as if I wished to work at a clinic or Urgent care?

Hey guys. Well I just finished with my Adv. Med-Surg final and didn't do too hot . I am not 100% sure, but I may get a C in Adv. Med-Surg. I hate this because I haven't gotten below a B since 2005. I have a 3.5 nursing GPA and a 3.38 GPA overall ...

I just had to share that I accepted my first position as a Nurse. I am a Cardiac ICU nurse at University Hospital in Columbia, MO. I start June 16th and am pretty pumped. I hope to do grad school and everything at Mizzou so I plan on being there q...

Hi, my name is Scott and I will graduate from my BSN in May. I have hit a struggle. I felt I wanted to be a CRNA so when I applied, all I applied for were ICU's. I was never honestly an ICU person, I was put on this earth to work Emergency Room. ...

Hey, don't get me wrong, I don't want ICU. It's just that I do want a Level 1 Trauma center. And it's proving to be almost impossible to get as a Grad Nurse (unless you went to the school associated with the hospital). So ICU is def. on my back b...

No, I do think I would enjoy it. I worked ED last summer at the same hospital and love it. So hopefully I would feel the same.

I am going the same route as the original poster, not for the same motives though. I wish to become the largest part of a patients visit to the ER. I want to write scripts and really figure out what is wrong with the patient. If that does not work I ...

I tried to edit my post, but it wouldn't allow me. I feel I have to add some to it. I love ER. I worked it last summer and realized that even after my graduate studies, I want to be involved in ER. I also want a Level 1 because I feel that is whe...

Hmm..this seems odd to me to see this post. Here I am willing to give my right arm to be a GN at a Level 1 ED, and there are people who have it that don't enjoy it. Makes you really see how different we all are when it comes to what we enjoy.

Yes, that is what I keep thinking. All ICU can do is help me. I did check into Vanderbilt and they do have a residency program, but it doesn't start until January. I'm not sure If I want to wait that long to go into it. I am just praying God lets...

This is proving to be harder than I imagined. About 4 of the 8 turned me away immediately (NO GRAD NURSES!). I have one in Illinois that has a Nurse Residency, that is my best bet. I haven't heard from Louisville or Cincinnati, but I'm betting the...