mrmike

I am currently a student in an NP program. I am in the Emergency Track which is really just a dual track. Acute care and Familly. This track interested me due to its versatility. I am undecided as to which avenue to persue after school, and figured ...

I start Emergency Dual Family/Acute NP program at the University of South Alabama this fall. The clinical hours are 240/240/300/300. I am asking for info regarding these amount of hours and is it possible to work and get these hours. Does anyone know...

I have been looking at NP jobs, and noticed some requesting 700 or 720 clinical hours. The program I am in only requires 600 clinical hours. Can people tell me how many clinical hours their program requires? I know 500 is needed to sit for boards. I ...

Thank you, all these posts very helpful, head still spinning. Seems to me FNP still has more flexibility.

Thanks for the input.

Starting Emergency dual program fall. [email protected]. tried mailing said invalid address.

Everyone reading these posts remember to take negative comments with a grain of salt. Disgruntled people will always find a forum to complain. USA, and all schools, are what you make out of it. When I went there I heard some complainers and thought ...

As long as it doesn't say denied, and says in dept for review, should be ok. Letter came regular mail.

Got letter may 28 for acceptance into Advanced Emergency.

Family is by far the most competitive. I am going to attend USA with online. The adult NP program is less competitive and also online.

Got acceptance letter yesterday 5/28/11 for Emergency/ Dual NP.

USA is an excellent institution with many advanced degrees. DNP, one of first with Emergency/Dual family-acute NP. Not that easy to get in though due to online status, and many out of state applicants.

You sound intelligent. Go for Physician Assistant. All you need is a bachelors degree in ANY field to qualify.

Any insight to getting into a cath lab position. The openings I have seen say critical care experience needed prefer Cardiac. I have 2 years ICU not CCU. Any insights would be appreciated. For on call what is usual time required to be in by? I liv...

I just took Nclex had 200 questions. I understand the premise of going over 75 a little. It seems to me if you got 75 questions you either passed or failed miserably. Full amount of questions it is a toss up. It seemed to me they kept going over ...

I have respect for floor nursing, as it is quite difficult to manage all the tasks and duties that need to be completed. I have worked on the floor and it is a completely different experience then an ICU. I work in a surgical trauma ICU in a teachi...

Does anyone have any information about RN jobs on KAFB? I heard they were hiring.

Thanks alot for the info

I saw you are a USAF nurse, do you work @KAFB? I work in level 1 Trauma Center and am interested in KAFB icu job info.

Mobile 20-21 hr for days 22/25 nights

What are some differences? Do you still do things like run vec, and do multiple bedside procedures in a traditonal ICU?

As a new nurse starting in a surgical trauma intensive care unit, what are some drugs I should become more familiar with and review.

http://www.southalabama.edu/nursing/ Here is the website to get lots of information. Call USA College of Nursing andn request a appointment with a counsellor. They only use the GPA of the classes required for admisssion. Good Luck

Just graduated from there. Average gpa is about 3.2-3.5 but some get in with lower. The hardest(highest gpa)semester to get in is fall and the easiest is summer. There are lots of exceptions so good luck. Write if you have any specific questions.

I passed, thank god! Who knows about # of questions.