ACNP-Ray

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1. DNP vs. Certificate

   ACNP-Ray replied to abouttimeRN's topic in General Nursing

   As Lisa stated the Master's is not a Certificate, it is an actual degree much like the DNP is a doctorate of Nursing Practice degree. Their are Post-master certificates you can earn to add onto your...

2. RN vs NP vs DNP

   ACNP-Ray replied to Wrangler156's topic in Nursing Career

   If you and the OP are doing this only for the money, then Admin is the way to go and not bedside nursing or NP route. According to all the nursing salary surveys I'm in the top 5-10% for NP's, but I...

3. Clarification on NP Curriculum?

   ACNP-Ray replied to DO_question's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   One of my professors at Tech was dual board certified in both Family and Acute Care. I asked him about it and he said he loved working in the ER so he went back for his post Masters certificate as a...

4. Clarification on NP Curriculum?

   ACNP-Ray replied to DO_question's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   I spent most of my time at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio between the ER, Trauma ICU, and medical ICU. I did a full semester with a urology group as well. For my assessment course I did...

5. FNP in acute inpatient specialty role

   ACNP-Ray replied to Julia77's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   The hospital I was working at last year hired an FNP as my opposite on the night shift. I did 7 on and then she took the next 7 nights. I can tell you only what the ICU nurses said to me while I was...

6. Clarification on NP Curriculum?

   ACNP-Ray replied to DO_question's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   I graduated from Texas Tech's Adult/Geri Acute Care NP program after having been an ICU/CCU/ER nurse for 10 1/2 yrs. I was trained in school to do central and art lines as well as lumbar punctures....

7. Looking for Oil Rig Companies that Hire Nurses

   ACNP-Ray replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   Google [h=4]Atlantic Offshore Medical Services They have a pretty good

8. ANCC AG-ACNP Exam

   ACNP-Ray replied to Dr.KP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   For the anxiety you might consider a short term script for Adderall so you can get through the test. I too had the xrays and ekg's on my test. Another crazy question I had was on Rocky Mountain...

9. What is your take home pay as Nurse Practitioner?

   ACNP-Ray replied to hik9258's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   What type NP are you? AG-ACNP Where (state)(rural/urban) do you practice? TX Urban Are you independent or in a group? Independent practitioner in the office How many years experience? 3 as an NP;...

10. ANCC AG-ACNP Exam

    ACNP-Ray replied to Dr.KP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My condolences for not passing, it was a difficult test. I used Barkley's book and CD's exclusively to study for it back in '13 and that was really all I did for about a month or perhaps a bit...

11. Help! Scope of practice FNP vs ACNP

    ACNP-Ray replied to INN_777's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I see no reason why as an ACNP I cannot manage somebodies DM, HTN, cholesterol, etc. If I can manage a pt in the hospital while in the hospital, then I can do it from my office as well and I...

12. Question from a doc on NP education

    ACNP-Ray replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Doc, It really does depend on if your dealing with a Family NP or an Acute Care NP. As an Acute Care NP I did 3 of my semesters at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio with one of their ER docs...

13. TTUHSC FNP 2016

    ACNP-Ray replied to Gensrn12's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    First I'd like to ask how long you've been an RN? I went through TT AG-ACNP program and all the NP students take the same courses until you get to your FNP 1,2,3 classes. We had a couple of students...

14. FNP vs. AC-AGNP

    ACNP-Ray replied to Rjoshi19's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    To address that first issue; you are correct it's not the preceptors job to teach me, although, a lot of the MD/DO's preceptors I had did just that. But this is where active adult learning comes into...

15. FNP vs. AC-AGNP

    ACNP-Ray replied to Rjoshi19's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I understand everybody learns differently but the way I viewed it was school was for the core knowledge but the practical knowledge came from my clinicals and what I was learning in the Trauma ICU...