Riburn3 BSN, MSN, APRN, NP

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    Study Material

    Riburn3 replied to Loving RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Study material exists all over the place. One of the best things you can do now is buy a review manual from Leik, Hollier, Barkley, or Fitzgerald and go over it a little bit here and there during your...
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    Decent new grad pay

    Riburn3 replied to ashonman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Excellent point Jules A. I think it's important to remember however that NP's nationwide on average earn quite a bit more than regular RN's. Stories here of RN's taking a pay cut are those RN's that...
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    Decent new grad pay

    Riburn3 replied to ashonman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't know anyone that would work for "significantly less money" either. Similar to slightly less? Sure. Realize that even though the billing is the same, your productivity is leaps and bounds...
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    Not working as an np

    Riburn3 replied to LookForward's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know a couple of NP's that waited a significant amount of time after graduating before starting their work as an NP. Typically the reasoning for waiting is lots of more seasoned RN's search for a...
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    PNP students UTEP

    Riburn3 replied to NurseNikkii's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I found UTEP great for individuals that want (NEED) to continue working while in school. I worked fulltime throughout the entire program, including clinical semesters. During the final semester I...
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    Formatting programs for papers?

    Riburn3 replied to BirkieGirl's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you just think abstractly for a minute and stop thinking concretely from a personal point of view, it's easy to see why these programs are beneficial to lots of people. Sure we could all learn this...
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    PASSED ANCC AGPCNP

    Riburn3 replied to NaYaa's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Glad to see you are using the familnpprep examinations from examedge.com. I am studying for my FNP boards which I plan of taking in a couple of weeks, and have been using their AANP equivalent FNP...
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    Calling all new NPs!

    Riburn3 replied to amalay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have almost 8 years of experience working as an inpatient RN in a high acuity setting and think its absoutely normal to feel like a deer in the head lights. Whether you are new to nursing or not,...
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    Certification : I Did it For the Money.

    Riburn3 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in Nursing Career

    Shashikala, never be ashamed of failing. You tried, and that takes more courage and effort to test, than sitting around an saying "it's not worth it", regardless of the outcome. Regroup and try...
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    Decent new grad pay

    Riburn3 replied to ashonman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It sounds like only one of your offers was mid 80s with the others based on productivity. If its with a government entity which I assume since you said "state benefits", mid 80's is where its at to...
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    Certification : I Did it For the Money.

    Riburn3 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in Nursing Career

    Getting your certification is absolutely worth it if the financial incentive is there. When I got my CCRN 5 years ago, the hospital reimbursed my exam, gave me a $750 bonus, and I still annually get...
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    UTEP PNP CLINICALS

    Riburn3 replied to ambrw33's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am graduating from the UTEP FNP program next week and have several friends that have just finished the PNP program. The formula during your first couple of clinical semesters is to have classwork...
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    Time gap between school and starting work??

    Riburn3 replied to BirkieGirl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you're taking the AANP it's possible to sit for boards even before you graduate. A coworker last December took his AANP exam 5 days after completing his FNP program and waited about 1.5 months for...
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    Decent new grad pay

    Riburn3 replied to ashonman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Out of curiosity, is your pay as an RN via working nights and weekends, with overtime thrown in? I am in a similar boat to you where my RN pay is about the same as my new NP job pay, but I work...
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    Formatting programs for papers?

    Riburn3 replied to BirkieGirl's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    PERRLA was easily one of the best investments I made in school. Made APA an afterthought when it was one of the things I was more aprehensive about when starting my program. I finished my program a...
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    Starting from scratch desperately NEED direction advice

    Riburn3 replied to ChaoticSweetness's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Why? Our outcomes are basically identical to physicians both in terms of clinical excellence and patient satisfaction. Most reseach has been unable to distinguish a significant difference between...
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    Grad School Requirements

    Riburn3 replied to DMF91's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My school really weighed our application purpose statements and in person interview more heavily than GPA. The minimum GPA was a 3.0, but after that theyr really wanted to know how well a person...
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    Discouraged from becoming and NP because I hate critical care

    Riburn3 replied to koster22's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Being a CVICU nurse and graduating with my FNP next month, I feel like I have a decent perspective. While I think higher acuity knowledge is useful and really helped me with pathophysiology,...
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    AANP Exam: Not too bad

    Riburn3 replied to googs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for this post. I'm planning on taking my boards around graduation next month and have already started the studying process. I went to a live Fitzgerald review this month, bought the APEA Q...
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    About to pull trigger, am I making the right career choice?

    Riburn3 replied to mtg0884's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Another nice way to look at it is you are going to have 1.5 year advantage in the job hunt over your friends. I also think school prestige, particularly in nursing, means jack and squat most of the...
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    Family practice offices

    Riburn3 replied to hbgwan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My introduction to the NP market in my state was through the statewide (Texas) NP organization. As soon as I got into FNP school a couple of years ago, before class even started I signed up (which...
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    PNP students UTEP

    Riburn3 replied to NurseNikkii's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I attend UTEP (FNP program), and as far as I know, the ACPNP program isn't very competitive. Two of my closest friends (husband and wife) graduated this past August from the ACPNP program at UTEP,...
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    How are people securing preceptors?

    Riburn3 replied to mtg0884's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It sounds like you'll be fine. Out of curiosity, how many years have you been working as a nurse? I ask because if you have had some experience it shouldn't be an issue due to connections you have...
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    New grad, how long to stay in job...

    Riburn3 replied to lovemenursing's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Two years seems pretty acceptable, however, if something comes along earlier in your home state that is highly desirable, I say go for it. Same goes for if wherever you are working now ends up being...
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    Texas Board of Nursing timeline for APRN license

    Riburn3 replied to ashonman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A very close friend passed his Pediatric NP boards the first week of October and got his license 10/31. He said it sat there for two weeks on the website showing everything being completed with no...