Joe NightingMale MSN, RN

Med surg, cardiac, case management

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    DePaul MENP '10??

    Joe NightingMale replied to IGiveTheShots's topic in Post Graduate Students

    In our June '09 cohort we had people with infants, elementary school children, and teens. Some had partners, and some didn't. They used a variety of resources, from family to after school care, to...
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    I think I really want to become an RN

    Joe NightingMale replied to Aid3n's topic in Nursing Career

    I'd agree with both posters...if you don't mind blood and guts but object to other bodily fluids, then OR might be right for you. You should be pretty good in science. And patients can be a lot...
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    Business skill important to NPs?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've been thinking... I have a friend who's a lawyer, very good at what he does. But he's been passed over for promotions and makes significantly less than some others at his firm with similar...
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    Needing advice about NP

    Joe NightingMale replied to JLThomas8's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Glad you're so forward-thinking. I would point out that it's pretty common for NPs to work a while as an RN before starting NP school. Or work as RN as they're going to NP school. So I would think...
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    Best path to take in pursuing a career in Nurse Practitioning?

    Joe NightingMale replied to alcoop86's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree to look at the MD and PA programs as well as NP programs. Nursing has a different focus than medicine. Also, you might want to consider one of the direct-entry MSN programs. I got my MSN in...
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    FNP vs ACNP

    Joe NightingMale replied to icurn11's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I've considered the same choice. I'd agree with Gilly and say that you should go with what interests you more. The FNP is considered the most marketable degree, but I think that's among primary care...
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    Chronic disease management

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For an NP, what kinds of practice settings/specializations are most conducive to this? I'm not asking about degrees, I know the answer is always "FNP". :chuckle As opposed to short-term acute...
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    Specialist FNP vs ACNP?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know ACNPs can specialize in fields like cardiology, but I believe FNPs can do so as well. So I'm wondering what the difference is. I've heard that there's movement towards having hospital-based NPs...
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    Did any of you find Tele interesting?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I only had a single day rotation on a CCU, but I liked what I saw, so for my final rotation I chose Telemetry, which I figured would be a good preparation for CCU. However, I found Tele to be one of...
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    How hard is it to change NP specializations?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Say, for example, you started as an NP in acute or adult care, and years later decided you wanted to do something else, like family or occupational health. How hard would that transition be? And has...
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    Enjoy complications...which unit would be best?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm about to start on a med-surg unit, my first job as an RN. I'm planning to stay there for about two years, and then move onto something else. What, I'm not sure. I find that I really enjoy it...
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    Enjoy complications...which unit would be best?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in General Nursing

    I feel the same way. :wink2: I agree with most of the people here, either ER or ICU. I've heard that in ER it's most like triage, you fix the obvious problem and send them elsewhere. I think I'm...
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    Don't like kids...ANP best bet?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know everyone says that the FNP is the most marketable degree, but I don't like kids in general, didn't like my peds rotation, and don't want to work with them. I don't really know how to interact...
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    Rethink my career path: PharmD VS PMH-NP

    Joe NightingMale replied to oohnurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That can be true of NP positions, they can lack autonomy. But it also depends upon the setting...I saw a community clinic FNP practice at a satellite clinic on her own without an MD. It also depends...
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    Any Psych NPs out there?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'm curious, as I'm considering becoming an psych NP myself. I initially planned to work in telemetry, then CCU, and then become a cardio ACNP. But my last clinical was on a tele floor, and it was...
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    Any Hospice/Palliative APNs out there?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm curious, as I'm considering becoming an NP specializing in palliative care. I initially planned to work in telemetry, then CCU, and then become a cardio ACNP. But my last clinical was on a tele...
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    Don't like kids...ANP best bet?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It seems like FNP would be best if I went the primary care route, ACNP if I went acute. Assuming I go that way...to be honest I'm not really satified with the traditional post-RN choices of...
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    Don't like kids...ANP best bet?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Research is definitely in order...though I'm not completely sure what resources to look at to find this information. And of course there's the DNP.... I would at some point relocate...Illinois isn't...
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    Don't like kids...ANP best bet?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Still haven't decided between FNP/ANP and ACNP, but this helps. from some these posts I realize that being an FNP doesn't necessarily mean that you'll work with
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    Don't like kids...ANP best bet?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Interesting...seems a bunch of people who don't like kids are still going for the FNP, for the increased marketability. I've thought about that...actually it's only the younger kids I don't...
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    Trends in NP practice?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A fairly broad question, I know, but I want to know which way the field is going before I commit to it and to a specialty. The problem is, as I've said before, it seems that every question about NPs...
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    Trends in NP practice?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No specialization, it's a generalist MSN. I'll need additional classes if I want a NP or a DNP. I have an idea of what I like...dealing with psychosocial issues related to illness, managing chronic...
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    Which NPs deal with chronic/terminal illness?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have seen hospice in action...my mother had hospice care near the end of her life, and I was very impressed by the attitude of all of the staff. It was one of the things that propelled me into...
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    Which NPs deal with chronic/terminal illness?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I could see it with either primary care (ANP or FNP) or acute care. University programs that offer specialization in palliative care offer it in combination with either ANP or ACNP. I know some ACNP...
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    Trends in NP practice?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That's a good idea. Already shadowed an FNP as part of a clinical, didn't seem too interesting. Though it was a school-based community clinic, so maybe I should look at different