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  1. Family NP or Adult acute care NP

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

    Yeah the course title turn me off a bit on these DNP programs. I think having dual FNP/ACNP is your best best...there is schools like Duke University doing that. Or you can get FNP, then get ACNP...

  2. Fall 2009 Graduate school roll call!!!

    FNPdude74 replied to love-d-OR's topic in Post Graduate Students

    University of Hawaii. It's been good to me. Lots of self-learning expected. Previous RN experience is definitely good, but not required if you're going FNP route. The thinking is different in my...

  3. Fall 2009 Graduate school roll call!!!

    FNPdude74 replied to love-d-OR's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm about to graduate in August 2011. :) I started in 2009, graduated with my BSN in 2009, got some work experience during my first year of grad school, and now just doing aprn clinicals...I feel I...

  4. FNP to CRNA?

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

    Wow wtbCRNA, thanks! I looked at the requirements and it says 2 years of acute care is recommended. I'm wondering if it's specifically RN type of work. Well, we'll see after I get in and work as an...

  5. FNP to CRNA?

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

    I have a 3.8 all from undergrad and 3.9 so far in grad school. I was looking at kaiser's CRNA program. I was going to use the GI bill to go back to school to get CRNA school paid for after serving...

  6. How did you pass the ANCC certification exam?

    FNPdude74 replied to beckyfnp's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Would the 2007 version suffice? I recently bought the FNP review manual from ANCC for $100. It seems basic as well. Tons of information in there. I've been told not to use Harrison's or the other...

  7. How did you pass the ANCC certification exam?

    FNPdude74 replied to beckyfnp's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That's great but howcome the JoAnn Zerwekh MSN EdD RN (Author), Jo Carol Claborn MS RN (Author) book isn't being sold online?...

  8. BSN to NP: to wait or not wait

    FNPdude74 replied to Walker.Abb's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree work experience helps. But why don't you start school and work at the same time? At least you can get some classes out of the way like nursing research and theory, roles course, health policy,...

  9. How did you pass the ANCC certification exam?

    FNPdude74 replied to beckyfnp's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Congrats! Now...Sorry if this has been answered already, but I have the Fitzgerald 3rd edition Certification Exam Prep book I got from Amazon for $50 and bought a used CD w/workbook (2010 version)...

  10. Scary reading doctor forums about NPs...

    FNPdude74 replied to thenewguy8's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My preceptors have been mostly MDs. They've all been supportive of my role as a FNP student. I really like working in the military hospitals. They're use to having PAs and NPs as students and working...

  11. Having confidence issues in clinical rotation

    FNPdude74 replied to lvICU's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I had the same issue! I felt the same way. I'm nearly done with my FNP program and I'm getting used to the role and the "need to know it all" mindset. As an RN, many things didn't really matter so...

  12. These classes are nonsense

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

    Let me back up some of the things I said though. Many NPs that I know who were active FNPs for 3+years knew so much into the deeper science subjects and rare congenital diseases...haha maybe this is...

  13. These classes are nonsense

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

    Sometimes I feel that there's so much psychosocial, nursing theory or family theory, and health policy courses than biological health sciences courses. I would think we learned all the nursing...

  14. I need help with selling myself as a new grad FNP with USAF

    FNPdude74 posted a topic in Government, Military

    Hello everyone, I'm glad to be back on the forums. Well I need help. I already had a good 1st interview with the Chief Nurse of the US Air Force in Hawaii and now I need the second interview to move...

  15. As a New Grad FNP, Navy or Air Force?

    FNPdude74 posted a topic in Government, Military

    I actually applied for both services. The Navy Reserve really wants me now to go in after I graduate in August 2011 with my MSN-FNP. Then the LCDR who was my recruiter told me that I could go active...

  16. I feel a bit incompetent during clinicals

    FNPdude74 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I guess I just had a bad day or something. Well first of all, I'm on a US army base in the outpatient deployment health clinic doing clinical rotations. Preceptor doesn't talk much unless I talk to...

  17. I feel a bit incompetent during clinicals

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

    carachel2, Thank you for those encouraging words. :) I guess its just like how Pat Benner said in her novel from beginner to expert. More exposure over the years in working in the clinical setting...

  18. I feel a bit incompetent during clinicals

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

    Thanks for you insight on your experience! Im also joining the air force so I guess they'll train me more? I just passed my MEPs physical last week and going to get the Health Profession's...

  19. I feel a bit incompetent during clinicals

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

    Schofield Barracks in Hawaii, a satellite of Tripler Army Medical Command. Where are you working? I guess as a student, I won't be able to see patients yet at a speed such as my preceptor does....

  20. I feel a bit incompetent during clinicals

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

    I guess I'm the type where I feel I gotta "know everything" sometimes and I do realize that it's just not practical to try to "remember every single thing", but the most critical points of care for...

  21. New Grad FNP, no RN exp., going to USAF?

    FNPdude74 posted a topic in Government, Military

    Hello all, I want to know if the USAF accepts new grad FNPs who never worked as an RN before? I graduated with my BSN in Spring 2009, went straight into the FNP program in Fall 2009 full time,...

  22. New Grad FNP, no RN exp., going to USAF?

    FNPdude74 replied to FNPdude74's topic in Government, Military

    I agree with shapely that it sounds a bit unprofessional. Then again, I don't know the whole story. However, there has been incidents where high ranking officers abused their power such as the story...

  23. New Grad FNP, no RN exp., going to USAF?

    FNPdude74 replied to FNPdude74's topic in Government, Military

    Shapely, In Hawaii, the job outlook is very poor for new grads like me. I would never be able to get a "PRN" job here. The only new grad position I could get is doing flu-shots for an agency and even...

  24. New Grad FNP, no RN exp., going to USAF?

    FNPdude74 replied to FNPdude74's topic in Government, Military

    Because now I have to get a waiver from the Air Force Surgeon General now and I wanted to ask the senator if he could in anyway assist me in providing a smoother path into getting into the military...

  25. New NP in the military

    FNPdude74 replied to starla76's topic in Government, Military

    I spoke to a Army active duty healthcare recruiter yesterday. She said NP billets are closed until the next "fiscal" year which starts in this October. I put "fiscal" in quotes because I forgot what...