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  1. What rank will a NP joining the AF be commissioned as?

    FNPdude74 replied to sweetpeaj09's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I just finished COT at Maxwell AFB last week Friday as a FNP. You will get 6 months service credit for each 1 year of work experience (type and setting varies and does matter). By 4 years, you'll have...

  2. I passed AANP FNP exam!

    FNPdude74 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hey everyone, I took the FNP exam on early September 2nd and I passed! Whoohoo! It was quite difficult. I actually followed the advice provided by many of the posters here, to use one main resource...

  3. I passed AANP FNP exam!

    FNPdude74 replied to FNPdude74's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you! I am quite excited. I'm just waiting until October now... in the meantime, I've been doing some free CEUs from Medscape as I've been told from AANP Certification group via email that they...

  4. new nurse: career advice needed :)

    FNPdude74 replied to NurseNancy88's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For most universities now, RN experience is not required to become a FNP. For other specialties such as ACNP, you may need the appropriate RN experience in the ICU, ER,

  5. AANP Certification process?

    FNPdude74 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Does anyone know the best method to contact people at AANP Certification for my FNP exam? It seems they don't respond via email, but sometimes answer by phone. I'm in Hawaii so it's a big time...

  6. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    FNPdude74 replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Nah, don't agree with you OP. Maybe if you went through NP school, you'd know what we went through. Most primary care family physicians don't perform surgery on a regular basis. Now, even NPs are...

  7. Finishing FNP August 14, Tips for AANP Exam?

    FNPdude74 replied to FNPdude74's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Thanks! Glad I can be of some inspiration to at least one person lol. Yes I went to university of Hawaii at Manoa full time for my FNP degree. You'll do great in the FNP program as long as you put max...

  8. Nice and safe place to live in Warner Robins?

    FNPdude74 replied to FNPdude74's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Thanks for the advice! I'll stay away from Green street or Northside high. btw, I'm not a girl, I'm a boy. Or 25 yo man in correct terms at this

  9. Air Force Nursing Boards 2011

    FNPdude74 replied to IowaRNBSN's topic in Government, Military

    I'm also going to October 17 COT! I'm the Asian dude from

  10. Air Force Nursing Boards 2011

    FNPdude74 replied to IowaRNBSN's topic in Government, Military

    Wow, you guys got your first preference bases? I'm not familiar with Georgia but that's what I've been assigned to, although my first preference was San Antonio,

  11. Air Force Nursing Boards 2011

    FNPdude74 replied to IowaRNBSN's topic in Government, Military

    Hey Angie, I just got commissioned in May of this year as a FNP. After I turned in my paperwork to my recruiter, it took a good several weeks to hear back. I think it was about 3-4 weeks. Not sure if...

  12. AANP or ANCC

    FNPdude74 replied to jules11's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm scheduled to take the AANP soon this month. Maybe later I'll do

  13. Finishing FNP August 14, Tips for AANP Exam?

    FNPdude74 replied to FNPdude74's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It was intense. Lots of self learning and I would have liked it more if it involved more problem-based learning

  14. RN wanting to to be a FNP

    FNPdude74 replied to curtRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I just finished the FNP program this summer and we do see kids. if you can work and go to FNP school at the same time, that would be ok if you handle that as some of my classmates did. As for the...

  15. RN wanting to to be a FNP

    FNPdude74 replied to curtRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I disagree. Having any type of RN experience such as ICU experience is good even for the FNP route. Getting experience in the ICU will allow you to develop critical care skills that you may use later...

  16. Nice and safe place to live in Warner Robins?

    FNPdude74 replied to FNPdude74's topic in Government, Military

    I didn't get any written orders yet. Although I did get a littler anxious and started to look on the Zillow app for available places to rent. I plan on renting only because I don't think I'll be there...

  17. Nice and safe place to live in Warner Robins?

    FNPdude74 posted a topic in Government, Military

    Hello everyone. I'm in the USAF and will be finishing my FNP degree this August and will stationed in Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. Can anyone fill me in on a nice and safe place to live? I plan...

  18. FNP to CRNA?

    FNPdude74 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hello everyone, I've been interested in the CRNA route in addition to completing my FNP this August. I joined the USAF active duty as a new grad and will be doing family practice for the next 3 years....

  19. FNP to CRNA?

    FNPdude74 replied to FNPdude74's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Alright so I contacted Vanderbilt and said I needed critical care "ICU" experience. So I looked into the military US Army CRNA program and it seems a better fit for me! They state on their website...

  20. What do ER's hire more: PA-C, FNP or ACNP ?

    FNPdude74 replied to treejay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Now now let's all get along. I would say I'm amazed on how ICU RNs read EKGs so well. I'm sure cardiologists see things more in depth because thats pretty much what they look at all day, the heart. My...

  21. Air Force Nursing Boards 2011

    FNPdude74 replied to IowaRNBSN's topic in Government, Military

    Osama Bin Ladin is DEAD!

  22. Air Force Nursing Boards 2011

    FNPdude74 replied to IowaRNBSN's topic in Government, Military

    I finish my FNP program in August this year. Not exactly sure when I'm going to COT after I take my board exam in September/October. I have the

  23. FNP working in specialty

    FNPdude74 replied to ChapterTwo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes you'll still be FNP through AANP since your education preparation was family practice. You can work anywhere you want provided state laws and regulations allow it without another certification....

  24. What do ER's hire more: PA-C, FNP or ACNP ?

    FNPdude74 replied to treejay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Reeya, I was a student worker. Most of the time I was doing the same thing all the time such as simple set ups, etc. The MD was nice enough to teach me as we went along and gave me resources to read....

  25. What do ER's hire more: PA-C, FNP or ACNP ?

    FNPdude74 replied to treejay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes I looked at the curriculum for various meds schools. Pretty standard. But I've never experienced them. I was going the MD route and studied the requirements to get into a med school a few years...