djmatte

djmatte ADN, MSN, RN, NP

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  1. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No doubt the envy of your

  2. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have no doubt about that. But we’re talking shared experiences from very specific schools regarding expectations and competencies. The bulk of NPs here have concerns. The onus is on the one...

  3. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    People have literally expressed concern about actual students they’ve precepted from those schools. Specifically about the rigors of educational standards and clinical preparedness standards that...

  4. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The lack of entry requirements imo speaks only to their business model more than outcomes. They are making money off of students who may or may not complete their courses and will have no problem...

  5. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I completely agree. I advocate just as hard because as a whole I feel my school (Frontier) went and goes above and beyond before anyone was expected to. But the nature of their business puts them at...

  6. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    To be fair, few schools are actively teaching things like suturing to NPs regardless of the focus outside maybe acute care or ENP (that may even be a stretch). The type of suture you would use for...

  7. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think the mode of education is fine so long as the checks are rigorous. Especially since with Covid, even brick and mortar schools are incorporating flexible online schools. The question is how...

  8. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have less concern about who finds the clinical site than I do the follow through of evaluating that site. And that’s coming from someone who has multiple fall through at last minute and had to get...

  9. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think you’re failing to consider the whole point of nurse practitioners in the first place. They weren’t just some additional option to throw into healthcare. The point was to capitalize on a...

  10. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I was trying to be exceptionally liberal in my presumption of what clinical requirements exist for PMHNPs. I presumed the clinical portion incorporated *some* therapy related incite. But if their main...

  11. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Let’s be realistic on what we’re comparing here though. You’re graduating from likely one of the most book heavy and lacking hands on skill requiring nurse practitioner areas. I don’t know...

  12. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    More and more schools are starting to do the leg work. Even some online from what I hear. Though in the same breath they still “highly encourage” the student to find their own site. University of...

  13. Importance of NP Program Reputation, Name Recognition

    djmatte replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No. Just clarifying. I saw a list of “for profit” schools noted and listed. Felt inclined to clarify the matter

  14. Importance of NP Program Reputation, Name Recognition

    djmatte replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For the record, Frontier is technically a “not for

  15. Air Force nursing FY2021

    djmatte replied to tabmeechie's topic in Government, Military

    I had to search for the name in full to find it. And even then it was a ways down in the

  16. Update on Walden's post-master's certificate accreditation

    djmatte replied to Agape practitioner's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Yeah they won’t let you near a clinical site until you go through their in person check

  17. Update on Walden's post-master's certificate accreditation

    djmatte replied to Agape practitioner's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I’m a graduate from frontier. Love the school and culture. There are some in person requirements such as orientation and pre-clinical checks, but it’s a great opportunity to really meret your...

  18. Certification Timeline

    djmatte replied to ks916's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Seriously take the boards as soon as you are confident to take them. Don't wait on that no matter what your current work situation is. You can remain in your job regardless of your current work....

  19. Air Force nursing FY2021

    djmatte replied to tabmeechie's topic in Government, Military

    Found it.

  20. Air Force nursing FY2021

    djmatte replied to tabmeechie's topic in Government, Military

    Has anyone started a facebook group for the April 6th OTS

  21. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In all reality, the term is particularly broad and is often used to put down a broad range of clinicians as people criticize the school without good definitions of what makes up a degree mill....

  22. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If you inferred my statement of “some” as a personal attack, then that’s on you as it was more an assessment on a broad range of posters. But as a whole I’ve only personally met two who went...

  23. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Seriously that Google search is a loaded search that pulls a range of anti NP blogs and does nothing to capture the nuts and bolts of why those “schools” classify as degree mills. I’ve seen some...

  24. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would like to hear from those who attended these “mills” before I judge on what their curriculums are based on. Few people who graduated from waldens voice up their experiences here or...

  25. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    djmatte replied to cprimavera's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    To classify *all* online programs as diploma mills is a tad over-reactive. Especially when many brick and mortars are going to hybrid models or (thanks to covid) forced to fully embrace online...