Joe NightingMale MSN, RN

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    How about this: NP vs. MSN ?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Since we've already done NP vs. DNP, PA vs. NP, etc., I figured I'd add one more. No, seriously, I was wondering what people here would do (or did) if they were confronted with this choice. You can...
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    How about this: NP vs. MSN ?

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

    That's what I needed to know. But an MSN doesn't always make one an NP...at least not in my program, which provides a generalist MSN. You need another year of classes to become an
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    How about this: NP vs. MSN ?

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

    But don't NPs have fewer options when it comes to hospital employment? I was just thinking...if you ended up far from a major city wouldn't an MSN have an easier time finding employment at a local...
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    NP Advice Please!

    Joe NightingMale replied to ltwins93's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't think a BSN would necessarily be a waste of time. You could do patient education with that as well, in gerontology, endocrinology, etc... You're right in thinking that an NP does quite a bit...
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    How about this: NP vs. MSN ?

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

    I've heard that, at least here in IL, the CNS and NP roles are pretty much similar. Is that true in other areas? I had wanted to be a CNS when I started NS because I was interested in...
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    How about this: NP vs. MSN ?

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

    I mean a generic MSN, without any other
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    How broad is your scope of practice as a CRNA?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Meaning, do you get the chance to practice a wide variety of nursing skills? Or is most of your time focused on anesthesia/pain
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    How broad/narrow is your scope of practice as an NP?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes, I'm back, with yet another question about the NP role. Meaning, do you find yourself using a wide variety of skills you learned in NS? Or not? Many of my classmates are talking about going on...
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    How broad/narrow is your scope of practice as an NP?

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

    $$$$$ Same reason many are talking about CRNA. I think it's a mistake to focus so much on money, it could end up leading to a position that might be high paying but also very boring and limited. I'm...
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    How broad/narrow is your scope of practice as an NP?

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

    Pain management (and palliative care) has always been a field that's interested me. Though I really don't want to do hospice, too much traveling and not enough money. But as an NP it might be more...
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    Nursing Theorists

    Joe NightingMale replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Research

    I always liked Callista Roy, her stuff on adaptation seemed to make sense to me, and I know of a number of hospitals and universities that make use of her theory. I suspect I like her because her...
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    I've always wanted to know what the difference is

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    between an NP and a general practice/family practice MD? I always got the impression that they're very similar. Or maybe it's just my continuing confusion about what the NP role
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    I've always wanted to know what the difference is

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

    My MSN is a generalist degree, most of my classmates go on to get NP certification. I do plan to work at the bedside for a while and then see what happens. A PhD is definitely a possibility, though...
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    I've always wanted to know what the difference is

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

    Most people use the term "holistic" when referring to complementary and alternative medicine. I'm a little different in that I use "holistic" to refer to palliative measures, patient/family coping,...
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    I've always wanted to know what the difference is

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

    May have given you the wrong impression...it's not that I'm not interested in the clinical side of things, it's just that I don't want to be a clinician in that way. Perhaps describing my research as...
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    I've always wanted to know what the difference is

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

    that's a good example. but i don't have any interest in seeing patients, making diagnosis, and writing prescriptions. nor in having to learn what things like charcot-marie ii syndrome are. my...
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    I've always wanted to know what the difference is

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

    The first reason...I think of MDs as specialists in the pathophysiology of disease, and NPs appear to be the same. I'd rather have a broader, more holistic focus, something I think you see more with...
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    I've always wanted to know what the difference is

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

    That's what I figured. Which means no NP for me....never wanted a doctor's role or anything like
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    I thought it would be easier to get a job.

    Joe NightingMale replied to TangoLima's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That's true...with the increased number of second-career adults entering nursing there are more new grads than a few years
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    NPs: If not primary care, then what?

    Joe NightingMale posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've always wondered what NPs do if they're not providing primary care for patients or doing rounds in the hospital. I've never really gotten a good answer to that. Just wondering...never really been...
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    NPs: If not primary care, then what?

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

    That's a good idea, and probably what I'll do. I admit it's still up in the air...I don't want to do what a doctor does, but what nurses do is still fairly amorphous so finding the right path can be...
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    NPs: If not primary care, then what?

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

    Yes, I've met NPs at the hospital, but the ones I've met tend to fill in for doctors on rounds. I've thought about the PhD, although that's a rather long path. It has been suggested that I might...
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    DePaul MENP '10??

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

    I'm not sure...I know that we have some people who manage to work 2-3 days a week, and some people who used to work and then stopped. I guess it depends upon the
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    I thought it would be easier to get a job.

    Joe NightingMale replied to TangoLima's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not sure I'd consider that to be a reliable source of info...it may be that these threads represent the exception rather than the rule. In addition there is a phenomena I've observed where you...
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    DePaul MENP '10??

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

    Yes, I'm presently in the program and will graduate in '09. Glad to hear you're accepted. I'd advise that you make sure you get all your paperwork and health-related stuff in order. People tend to...