anh06005 MSN, APRN, NP

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    Online NP school vs In class NP school

    anh06005 replied to ShifraSaraRice's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Well mine was a mix of online and in class so I can't 100% answer your question but I think most programs are a mix like mine was. Most of my stuff was online. We would have to meet about 3 times on...
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    Need encouragement- how do you control your fear?

    anh06005 replied to Summers3's topic in General Students

    Love the angry
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    aanp exam

    anh06005 replied to nkumar's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just to update on my exam: I PASSED! There were some questions I knew I got, some I had no idea, and many I got it down to 2 choices and had to pick one. Before the exam I made notes on my white board...
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    Need encouragement- how do you control your fear?

    anh06005 replied to Summers3's topic in General Students

    I think part of it is that it's the FIRST exam. You don't know really what to expect. Once you get an exam or two under your belt you'll know more of how to study and what to study. See how you feel...
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    To remain as an RN w MSN or to proceed to be an FNP

    anh06005 replied to ms smile's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My job search is kind of limited...but partly because I made it that way. I live about an hour from the largest city in my state...of course they have several large hospitals. Thing is I HATE that...
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    Fmla for depression/anxiety

    anh06005 replied to baygrl11's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You should be able to trust your manager (I'd hope) to not spread anything around about your depression. I'd hope that if you stressed to him/her that you try to keep personal and professional...
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    Looking for preceptor

    anh06005 replied to Elenga11's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Great advice. I also started by just calling and asking each office of the providers accepted students. Many in my hometown don't. Or some have an allegiance with the local PA program so they had a...
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    Patient education frustration

    anh06005 replied to amberusky's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wow. Some people.....but yeah won't take the oral agents that may help them shed pounds. TOTALLY makes sense
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    Are there certain states where it's easier to find a job if as a new RN?

    anh06005 replied to Grier's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    In my state (in the south) it's also usually easier to find employment as a new grad at smaller community type hospitals. My hospital doesn't have RN I, RN II, RN III, and RN IV positions. They have...
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    Patient education "cheat sheet"?

    anh06005 replied to BurkeandHare87's topic in General Students

    Oh and you get better/quicker as you do something more. You probably should be a little awkward at this
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    Patient education "cheat sheet"?

    anh06005 replied to BurkeandHare87's topic in General Students

    There are plenty of resources online. Some information you can request from government websites and get it for FREE. I'd say print some things off and keep them in your clinical notebook to have for...
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    Patient education frustration

    anh06005 replied to amberusky's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Following to see what everyone else says. I'm interested in ways to kind of hold people off of abx for the sinus symptoms they've had for 4 hours. And don't they have a diabetic injectable that has...
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    "NPs don't practice medicine"

    anh06005 replied to sonar's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I just think dissecting a cadaver would be fun in a morbid kind of way. And when I see stuff in real life I can relate it to what I'm learning and why this happens better. And yeah I have many...
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    To remain as an RN w MSN or to proceed to be an FNP

    anh06005 replied to ms smile's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    And after posting this about the 5 minute clinical consult I decided to just go ahead and order it as the text had much more than the LexiComp app does. And at $85 on Amazon it really wasn't THAT...
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    To remain as an RN w MSN or to proceed to be an FNP

    anh06005 replied to ms smile's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    5 minute clinical consult is an actual text also. I looked at one and it seemed pretty nice. It shows differentials, common labs, treatment, etc. There are probably other texts also that do similar...
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    To remain as an RN w MSN or to proceed to be an FNP

    anh06005 replied to ms smile's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    We had to buy LexiComp so I use that, I had an ICD9 database, medscape.... LexiComp has 5 minute consult which is pretty to the point about common issues. I have also started a "clinical notebook"...
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    Anyone else here feeling unsure?

    anh06005 replied to Lmomma's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'll go ahead and chime in... As a student and new nurse you should feel nervous. Acute care can be a bit overwhelming at times with passing meds, assessments, coordinating care, getting patients to...
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    To remain as an RN w MSN or to proceed to be an FNP

    anh06005 replied to ms smile's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Oh and I'm not necessarily trying to sway you. But you wouldn't have gone through the admission process to get into your program if you didn't really wanna do it. I just want you to know you aren't...
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    To remain as an RN w MSN or to proceed to be an FNP

    anh06005 replied to ms smile's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I also try to keep in mind that there have been thousands who have done this before me. Hundreds (if not thousands) who graduated from my program and are successful. Thousands who have passed the...
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    To remain as an RN w MSN or to proceed to be an FNP

    anh06005 replied to ms smile's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    One problem I had was that in my RN job I felt great. I could handle about anything thrown at me and take care of my patients safely. In my NP role I would miss stuff, not think of certain things,...
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    "NPs don't practice medicine"

    anh06005 replied to sonar's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks Lemon Bars for the reminder that we all start out somewhat similar (only somewhat). In my interviewing process one of the doctors I will likely work with soon only finished all of his schooling...
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    Advanced patho/pharm

    anh06005 replied to nyc2011's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It is absolutely school specific. Our class had an MD teach it and he was an amazing instructor. He took out ALL of the fluff. We had him for undergrad patho also so we all knew what to expect. Never...
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    Student nurse job

    anh06005 replied to Studentnursedgm's topic in General Students

    I worked as an aide and a student nurse tech (SNT) during nursing school. As an aide obviously that's the work I did. It got me comfortable talking to patients, dealing with patients, the flow of a...
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    Anyone remember the slow results? ;)

    anh06005 replied to Emergent's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    SO GLAD I HAD COMPUTERIZED TESTING. I understand the "decompression" time one of y'all mentioned but I'd be so tired of studying I'm not sure what I'd do after the exam for the 2 months before my...
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    Interview on Friday - Tips on preparing?

    anh06005 replied to travelcrazyRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I never actually interviewed for a position to be precepted so I'm not sure what types of questions they may ask of a student. If you think it might be somewhere you'd want to work I say play it up!...