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I just talked to the adviser about the PMHNP DNP program. She said we would have to meet on campus once a month for 8 hours (on Mondays, she thinks) for clinical courses only. And that our instructors would help us find preceptors and clinical sites....

I was accepted for the PMHNP full time program. Does anyone know if it's mainly on-line, or are there some classes in Gainesville? Have you heard anything about clinicals? I am also accepted at USA, so I'm calling for information next week before I m...

I feel the same way. I was working in an E.R. once and a coworker commented on a patient that had attempted to OD. She went on and on saying how this young person should have "just done it," and was "just whining" and was "wasting everyone's time." I...

Yes, they do what they are ordered to do because they took an oath to do so. They have to do things whether they agree with them or not because they took an oath to do so. They are not allowed to quit if they don't like it. You do not have to think t...

Ok, here's the deal...the folks in the military do what they are ordered to do. Just because you don't agree with the politics of a specific war, it doesn't mean that those same people have not taken an oath to defend the freedom of the country. The ...

Excuse me...current military? OK, I get it if you don't consider the military to be your hero, that's your prerogative. But, the current military has taken the same oath to defend freedom as any other military you may be referring to. I take offense ...

Too long.

Thank you for the great article. I am currently going through a preceptorship, and all I hear or read are horror stories. My experience so far has been nothing but pleasant. Maybe I'm just lucky, but so far everyone I have worked with has been patien...

Such a great thing that you didn't let life's road blocks stop you from working toward something great! All too often, people give up.

Congrats on finishing high school and being accepted to college! I can only speak from my own experiences and perspective. I went into the military after school, then got married and had a kid, then made it back to nursing school. If I had it do over...

I am interested in becoming a nurse practitioner, someday, and I have worked with a few great NP's. I was wondering what do you tell your patients to call you? One NP I know introduces herself by her first name, Sally, (not real name) and I have hear...

I am prior U.S. Navy. I was enlisted for 6 years, as a CT. Didn't love the job, but I have massive love for the military in general. Now that I'm a nurse, LPN soon to be RN, soon to be BSN, I am seriously wanting to join the Air Force...eventually. ...

I am currently an LPN, working toward RN and beyond. I work in a primary care clinic and I love being a nurse, but if it were at all possible for me, I would go to med school. I'm afraid for me, though, that's it's just not possible right now. I'm 31...

$20,000?!

Good point.

Let me say Welcome to Panama City to travelcrazy! My hubs is in the AF, stationed at Tyndall for 5 years now. He works jets. I am working diligently to finish my BSN, so that I can join the AF when he retires.

I am a recently licensed LPN in FL. I have been working at a small primary care clinic for about 2 months. Some of our practitioners prefer the nurse to write the patient's refill Rx's on the prescription pad for them so that they can just sign it. A...

Wow...that's exactly what I thought. This prescriber was trying to be a smart***, because I didn't write his scripts, but seriously... One of our 5 prescribers uses EMR, and it seems to be a lot easier, even for calling it in, because at least it is ...

I don't think it makes you snotty. The fact that you care if you seem snotty indicates you are probably not snotty. Go for it, and celebrate your hard work. J.D., LPN

OMG, awesome.

Panama City, FL $12/hr, Federally funded primary care clinic, 8-5, New Grad.

I am a recently licensed LPN and I just started working at a clinic a week ago. My grandmother, who was visiting, kept telling me all these crazy home remedies she's heard of, like that dark plums will cure varicose veins. I tried to explain to her w...

Pain is a tricky thing. I am an EXTREMELY new nurse, and don't have much clinical experience with this sort of thing, but I have had personal experience with a family member. My husband had a problem with chronic pain related to fx vertebrae and ribs...

Hope things get better.

Hi! I am a new LPN at 29 too. I start my first real job on Tuesday, at a community health clinic. I am excited and a little nervous. But more excited! I'm just trying to focus on the happiness of getting a job, and looking at everything as a learning...