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  1. Why are Nurses in MD not organized labor wise?

    Agrippa posted a topic in Maryland Nursing

    It seems from my observations that the nurses in many of the big hospitals/employers in our area are non-unionized. I talked to one of my clinical instructors about this and she said that as soon as...

  2. Top Five Nursing Schools Ranked

    Agrippa replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in School, College Programs

    The methodology College Atlas used: http://www.collegeatlas.org/the-a-list-methodology.html To me, this "ranking" means little. People like rankings, it sells magazine and increases view counts on...

  3. Why do nurses love for profit schools?

    Agrippa replied to futureeastcoastNP's topic in School, College Programs

    A lot of people's ego's get bruised, but as others have already commented, it comes down to convenience and low standards of admission. People will start throwing in subjective anecdotes of how X...

  4. UPenn Direct Entry BSN/MSN 2014

    Agrippa replied to mewei's topic in School, College Programs

    Thx, this must only be for the accelerated bsn/msn

  5. UPenn Direct Entry BSN/MSN 2014

    Agrippa replied to mewei's topic in School, College Programs

    What do you guys use to check the status of your application/admission decisions? Is it this?

  6. UPenn Direct Entry BSN/MSN 2014

    Agrippa replied to mewei's topic in School, College Programs

    Is anyone already a nurse/have their BSN and applying to the MSN program? It seems like there are many who are doing the accelerated bsn/direct entry MSN program but not many who are applying to the...

  7. What is your take home pay as Nurse Practitioner?

    Agrippa replied to hik9258's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I just want to thank everyone for their participation. This really does help professionals make sure that their compensation is fair and in line with the market in their area. Ignorance of this...

  8. Question for PMHNPs

    Agrippa replied to Ddestiny's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Big part of working in any helping profession and especially in mental health, is working with your own emotions. To be a great practitioner (whether it is as a pmhnp, psychiatrist, Clinical PhD...

  9. Equal pay for equal work?

    Agrippa replied to MILOBRI's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I think it all depends on what you want from your life, ei family, whether you're mobile, finances, etc. In terms of finances - it depends on what specialty you want to go to. If you want to do...

  10. On line DNP

    Agrippa replied to Jenlab's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'm sure there are plenty of Online DNP programs that would love to take your tuition payments. The question is - what is your end goal. They have DNPs for administration as well as for Clinical...

  11. Best schools for DNP-psychiatry?

    Agrippa replied to DrZaphod's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Honestly, I don't think there is a great way to determine which programs are great. If you use USNews report's ranking, you'll see that the methodology they use is very...qualitative. Furthermore...

  12. Credibility of Walden University

    Agrippa replied to angie16451's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That's my point ...there is no national set standard for NPs for licensure or education for that matter. Some NP programs have 45 credits and 500 hr clinical req, some have double that. Yes, I know...

  13. Credibility of Walden University

    Agrippa replied to angie16451's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Its not a matter of a program's actual quality. I'm sure there are great quality all online programs from non-profit schools. Its a matter of perception of quality by decision makers. Whats very...

  14. Credibility of Walden University

    Agrippa replied to angie16451's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would never hire an np who received her/his degree from either

  15. Did you like being a Critical Care Nurse prior to CRNA?

    Agrippa posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm currently working in a SICU at a large university research hospital. At best, my job is tolerable. Most of the time I feel overworked (not overwhelmed), under-appreciated, and under paid (I make...

  16. MD Hourly Wage - Information is Power

    Agrippa posted a topic in Maryland Nursing

    I just wanted to start a post where information could be shared freely about what area hospitals are offering in terms of hourly salary. This way I think we as nurses will be able to better gauge...

  17. Will you get a job not matter what school you received NP degree?

    Agrippa replied to sav3alif3RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you had a candidate who went to say your state's flagship university's NP program vs. Walden/Phoenix/whatever other online university - who would you hire. I know that I would hire the one that...

  18. MD Hourly Wage - Information is Power

    Agrippa replied to Agrippa's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Also, btw, new grads at UMMC start at

  19. MD Hourly Wage - Information is Power

    Agrippa replied to Agrippa's topic in Maryland Nursing

    1. $25 and change. About $28/hr for nightshift weekday or day weekend. $30 for weekend night. No differential for precepting, charge, etc. No bonus for overtime on any day. 2. UMMC 3. SICU 4....

  20. Why are Nurses in MD not organized labor wise?

    Agrippa replied to Agrippa's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Well I know at my hospital at UMMC, the NNU is now trying to organize a vote to at least come into the hospital and start a discussion. I welcome it. Seems like you had a bad experience, but I don't...

  21. Did you like being a Critical Care Nurse prior to CRNA?

    Agrippa replied to Agrippa's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Sorry, saw that there was already a thread on

  22. Are psych nurses allowed to perform therapy?

    Agrippa replied to sakiohma's topic in Psychiatric

    I'd imagine that if you were to get additional training in psychotherapy through various institutes or if your NP program has good training in psychotherapy then yes. However, much like psychiatry in...

  23. Nurse/patient ratio in ICU...what is yours?

    Agrippa replied to nitronymph's topic in MICU, SICU

    Just a fyi regarding CVPs... Marik PE, Baram M, Vahid B. Does central venous pressure predict fluid responsiveness? Chest 2008; 134:172-178. [Link to Abstract]: PMID

  24. Student Nurse Externship vs. Student Nurse Residency?

    Agrippa replied to lonestar88's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I did the SNR and am currently in the clin scholar program for my practicum. It has been fantastic thus far. I learned more during the SNR than I did all throughout nursing school. I don't know if...

  25. just finished week #1 of being an ICU nurse

    Agrippa replied to nursgirl's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks for posting your experience. I'm in my final semester of nursing school as a second career changer and am doing my practicum on a large university based ICU where we get very sick patients....