Riburn3 BSN, MSN, APRN, NP

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    AANP failed

    Riburn3 replied to lcharris's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Here is an article link in detail of what I did to pass the AANP that was posted here late last year. Above and beyond the most helpful thing was the APEA Q bank. The questions were harder than the...
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    Long Term Care Job?

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

    I agree. While I think sharing salary with fellow coworkers in similar positions isn't good and can lead to unnecessary animosity, I find it helpful when I share this info with friends or individuals...
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    Speakers for drug companies

    Riburn3 replied to Missy89's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't mind at all and all this information is now legally public domain. Drug companies have to report how much they are paying providers. Some providers pull in 6 figures just for their speaking...
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    Compact states for NP licenses?

    Riburn3 replied to traumanightsRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This looks like they approved a template but there has yet to be a single state to sign it. It's also important to note that since all states have different rules to scope and prescriptive practice,...
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    Long Term Care Job?

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

    I spent a few days rounding with my boss in the facility and had some experience with it during my NP program. Having worked the majority of my career in critical care, it was actually easy in terms...
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    Long Term Care Job?

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

    Long term care is a great place to start as an FNP IMHO. I spend a portion of my clinical day rounding at these facilities and I feel like it has made me a better provider. You will extensively...
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    Online vs Face to face programs

    Riburn3 replied to yisy4u's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I agree with Juan 100% on all fronts. While larger online distance programs like UoP may carry a stigma with them (which is the case even outside of nursing), the majority of employers won't care....
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    Passed AANP FNP Today - Useful Tips

    Riburn3 replied to Riburn3's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    As soon as you finish the exam a screen pops up telling you whether or not you passed the exam. You are allowed to sit for the exam before you even graduate provided you have finished your clinical...
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    Non-competes

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

    That stinks. I'm glad my contract didn't include that
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    Reasons to become an NP

    Riburn3 replied to Jersey1314's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    More autonomy, better pay, better hours, prescriptive authority, more respect. There's lots of reasons to be an NP. MSN or DNP programs continue your nursing education, and although your role...
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    Anyone works at an Internal Medicine clinic?

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

    I work for an IM practice. When I was new I was given several months of orientation in our practices main clinic, and I know solo run a satellite branch for the practice. I almost never look up my...
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    New NP-Negotiating a Salary

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

    I have several friends that are ACNP's that are salary only, and a few that are a combo of productivity and salary. My ACNP friends working for a large pulmonary group get productivity, but the ones...
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    Parents wanting MD

    Riburn3 replied to pedspnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    This is going to happen to any NP, especially if they are joining an established practice with few providers. When I first started, several patients would only want to see the doctor not because I am...
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    Is it still financially worth it to become CRNA?

    Riburn3 replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Sounds like your friend went to a public school and paid in state tuition, which is awesome. I would encourage everyone to try that route if possible for essentially any nursing degree. Not to knock...
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    Is it still financially worth it to become CRNA?

    Riburn3 replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Very true, it's sad how much pay can vary for NP's around the country. Although this thread has opened my eyes to the varying pay of CRNA's around the country. I honestly didn't know new CRNA's were...
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    CNS vs NP

    Riburn3 replied to SkyRN1992's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Here in Texas and New Mexico, the CNS role has been phased out of just about every university in favor of NP programs. Legally, in Texas the CNS is very similar to an NP in terms of scope of practice...
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    Is it still financially worth it to become CRNA?

    Riburn3 replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Supply and demand is a driving factor for all professions, not just CRNA's. If pay is bad in your area, relocate, otherwise don't complain about your decision to take on hundreds of thousands in debt...
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    HELP DNP vs FNP

    Riburn3 replied to nurseNsearch15's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Cost is the underlying factor of all my arguments. Although I do want a DNP, on a meta level, how do you convince a group of hundreds of thousands of APRNs with MSNs already working, making good...
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    HELP DNP vs FNP

    Riburn3 replied to nurseNsearch15's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    This makes sense. I think regardless of research and everything else we've been talking about, if the cost of the MSN-DNP were less expensive, you would see a larger influx of people going for it....
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    HELP DNP vs FNP

    Riburn3 replied to nurseNsearch15's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I also have a serious question about experience in regards to DNP admissions. It seems like many reputable schools offering an MSN-DNP program want a minimum of 1 year APRN experiencing before...
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    HELP DNP vs FNP

    Riburn3 replied to nurseNsearch15's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    It says DNP graduate actions marginally reflect satisfaction of practice expectations. That doesn't sound very convincing, although it's 5 years
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    HELP DNP vs FNP

    Riburn3 replied to nurseNsearch15's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Not a single paper you linked demonstrated superior clinical outcomes for DNP's. Not one. Most of what you linked is from a time period before the first DNP's even graduated. There have also been...
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    HELP DNP vs FNP

    Riburn3 replied to nurseNsearch15's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Wow...I guess in your DNP program it's okay to make claims that you say are supported by research, and simply not cite your reference material? I realize this is an online forum but we are all...
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    Job Searching

    Riburn3 replied to dragn2623's topic in Advanced Practice

    State and local APRN groups. I get emails from the Texas NP Association weekly about jobs available all over the state. My local APRN group when their website was more active also posted local jobs...
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    HELP DNP vs FNP

    Riburn3 replied to nurseNsearch15's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    1) Almost every article you have referenced is almost a decade old and the links don't work. I'm not sure where you went to school, but at least in my grad program we weren't allowed to reference...