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Me too. It matters SO much. This is why I did not want to do an online program, because you miss the face to face interaction with fellow students and professors and miss out on having these kind of lectures and such. My school also arranged our prim...

My school kinda did this. We had a "clinical seminar" every semester and we'd discuss cases, learn EKG/EEG/MRI/CT/Xray interpretation from MDs, and have MDs lecturing on their specialties. SO glad I went there! I also got to do a hospitalist rotation...

You'll eventually get it. I had to force myself not to overthink things on the boards and I made myself not changed answers because with my history, I end up changing it to the wrong answer. Your performance in school/clinicals is how you'll be as a ...

Yeah, the clinical component is another piece of it too. There are two ways to weed out students, and med school does it the same way: academics and clinicals. You need to be at least the minimum competency in both to pass. That's why pre-med classes...

I did not say that they shouldn't be an NP because they can't keep up their GPA. I said if they were not passing a course nor meeting the bare minimum requirements to stay in their program, that would be a red flag. Also, I have a learning disability...

I've been approached by upper management at a few different places of me being a good candidate to move into management, but they think I'd be a more attractive candidate with another degree. I know there's the MHA and MBA, and the DNP which seems to...

I use a few methods. I use two apps, Duolingo and Mango (both are free, Mango is free with a public library card as long as your library has an account with them). Then I read/watch news in that language from websites to further help, and find a penp...

Except to get into medical school you need to already have a stellar undergrad GPA and pass the MCAT. We shouldn't lessen our standards for NP school more than they already are.

This probably won't help any, but I'll let you know what my method was anyway: Starting in the fall semester, 8 months before graduation, I got Fitzgerald's Review course audio and some other woman's audio whose name escapes me at the moment. I liste...

Thanks everyone for your input! Dranger, I've heard the same thing, though since I am already in my company and need it to make an upward move combined with my MSN (requires an MSN as an FNP plus an MBA) I *think* it should be ok. If I was making a t...

First off, I was speaking in general and not replying to you specifically. Second, the "we" I used is a common use of the form in English which is the impersonal, general society "we". Third, your entire post was one run on sentence. I think this pr...

I don't want this to come off as harsh, but if someone is getting poor grades in school, do we REALLY want them prescribing meds and diagnosing people? Just because it is your dream to become an NP doesn't mean it has to come true or the world is unf...

I'm not sure how to exactly ask this question, since I've been searching for jobs in this area and have seen NOTHING. I am not looking to change jobs, but eventually the end goal for my career is to practice as an NP in a role where I not only medica...

I've actually done the math for my salary living in the US vs. Canada and tax rates (comparing Toronto vs. New England). You'd be surprised: I'd actually be earning more in Canada than in the US AND I'd have universal health care. Things are not that...

You're better off going to school in Canada to become an NP and then working as an NP there, to be honest. First, you'll have to have an employer sponsor you for a work visa here once you are an NP, and they have to prove that there isn't a qualified...

Thanks sauce! I know of two endocrinologists I follow on facebook (both are bodybuilders) and they had mentioned adding a gym to their practice. They are definitely in the "lifestyle is medicine" group but only used evidence based practice and I admi...

I went to a school that had a direct entry cohort and my cohort, who were people with a BSN already. I entered having one year of RN experience, did the program part time and worked "full time" (aka 60+ hours a week) and graduated with 4 years of RN ...

Oh, I'm definitely making more than I did as an RN with 4 years experience. All these people boasting about making double what I do kinda makes me feel inadequate though.

Wow, I kinda feel low-balled. Jules, aren't you a psych NP? I've got 2 years of experience as an NP and I'm making about 90k a year. I'd love to know where all these high salaries are coming from because I've negotiated with every job and been making...

So, I have a question for everybody. I am leaving my current job to take a new job in 3 weeks. I gave nearly a 2 month notice at my current job to give them time to find a new NP to replace me and for me to train them. Census has been less acute at t...

Do the math. Let's say you're seeing 12 patients a day and insurance reimburses $70 (which is low) for each visit. That's $4200 a week you're making for the practice, and 218,400 a year you'll be making for the practice. So they get to keep 160k and ...

Thanks everyone for your advice. I think the problem actually sorted itself out and I think I'll actually be good for the next 3 weeks (yay per diem job) and I got good news from my job today regarding this so I think I'll be all set. Thanks!

Even if they promised me they would keep me until the very end of my notice? Had they told me last week when I asked them if they wanted me to be done early and they said yes, I would have gladly done so and gotten overtime at my other job until I mo...

I agree with all of this. During NP school, I had lots of connections with docs so I was able to do inpatient rotations, ICU, cardiology, etc. and I was able to do 2 semesters with an ANP who is also a CDE doing ONLY diabetes management and I also di...

Book knowledge does not equal being able to educate patients thoroughly about their condition and achieve compliance, though.