Joe NightingMale MSN, RN

Med surg, cardiac, case management

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    Any Psych NPs out there?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks everyone. This confirms what I've read elsewhere...that psych NPs primarily manage medications rather than do therapy, and focus primarily on psychotic disorders, usually in an inpatient...
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    Med-Surg experience good for NP?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm going to be starting my first job at a med-surg unit at a busy urban hospital. I'm strongly considering going on to become an NP, possibly specializing in oncology or palliative care. Not sure...
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    Trends in NP practice?

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

    Thanks I guess I could wait a bit and see...what I was thinking was that if I was to do the NP if I got started soon I might get it done before the DNP requirement takes effect, saving me some classes...
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    Thinking about becoming a Nurse Practitioner

    Joe NightingMale replied to lmRNstudent08's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You should have been in my last seminar class, we had discussions just like
  5. Joe NightingMale

    Rethink my career path: PharmD VS PMH-NP

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

    I agree with ghillibert, shadow first and see. Also...I wanted to point out that the two fields you're considering seem highly disparate to me. Pharmacy always struck me as a very dry field, with...
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    Should I get NP?

    Joe NightingMale replied to misplaced1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

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    Any Psych NPs out there?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Psychiatric

    Guess
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    Any Hospice/Palliative APNs out there?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Guess
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    Any Oncology APNs here?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Oncology

    I'm curious, as I'm considering becoming an NP specializing in oncology. I initially planned to work in telemetry, then CCU, and then become a cardio ACNP. But my last clinical was on a tele floor,...
  10. Joe NightingMale

    Any Oncology APNs here?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Oncology

    Guess
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    Any PhD's here?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I haven't seen any anywhere else on AN. Considering going for the PhD myself, so I was
  12. Joe NightingMale

    Any PhD's here?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Funny, we must be thinking alike. I have considered doing palliative care as an NP, but as a more generalist NP rather than only palliative. I know almost everyone says FNP is best, but I think I'd...
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    Any PhD's here?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    That is the $64,000 question.:wink2: I do have a pretty good idea about what is important to me and what my goals are. The problem is finding a position that addresses those goals. I'll have to spend...
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    Any PhD's here?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Great post llg! I strongly agree about the need to close the theory-practice gap. This could end up being a problem for me, as my research tends to focus on the more psychological aspects of the...
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    Any PhD's here?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    That is the type of institution that I would be referring to: The large universities, with a focus on research and tenure-track positions. I don't want that sort of limitation; I had to deal with...
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    Any PhD's here?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Thanks! I'm always interested to see what other directions one can take nursing. I'll be around (after I get done with
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    Any PhD's here?

    Joe NightingMale replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Didn't know we had PhDs on the graduate thread. Mostly just musing...although after reading about the salaries I'm not so sure about the PhD (also seems to be some geographic
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    Any acute care NPs here work in oncology?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm looking at acute care NP after I graduate (it's either that or the PhD). One of my advisors said I might find oncology interesting, so I was wondering if there were any ACNPs here who did...
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    Any acute care NPs here work in oncology?

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

    Guess not. I'm guessing the ACNPs here are primarily
  20. Joe NightingMale

    Med-Surg experience good for MICU?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    My original plan was to work telemetry and go into CCU in a few years. I figured it was a natural progression. But I just had a great interview for a med-surg position, really like the manager and...
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    CNS vs NP?

    Joe NightingMale replied to NICUplease's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I would have liked to learn more about theory, but there's so much to learn in such a short period of time that you really can't do it. And I have to admit, like many I like working directly with...
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    CNS vs NP?

    Joe NightingMale replied to NICUplease's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    This has been a good discussion. Makes me wonder if I should go and eventually get my PhD, as some of my advisors have suggested. It was my goal at one time to become an FAAN and come up with a...
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    CNS vs NP?

    Joe NightingMale replied to NICUplease's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I think you were being a nurse in that instance. Someone who followed the medical model would have focused primarily on what they were trained, the pathophysiology of disease. And a nursing theory...
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    CNS vs NP?

    Joe NightingMale replied to NICUplease's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Once again I find myself agreeing with llg. But I'm not sure nursing will ever have really tightly defined boundaries. I just see so many other areas that could involve nurses...teaching, counseling,...
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    CNS vs NP?

    Joe NightingMale replied to NICUplease's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    While I wouldn't go as far as llg, I am worried that the APN roles are not clearly defined...that they're hard to tell apart from medical roles. Though it could probably be argued that nursing in...