sailornurse

sailornurse

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  1. What's the longest time you've had to wait for a grade?

    sailornurse replied to krenee's topic in General Students

    Well it does depend on the assignment, the length of the paper etc. It takes me about one hour for the "big" care plan for my med-surg II class. Other assignments such as the teaching plan take about...

  2. FRIED: 6 months to FNP and feeling down

    sailornurse replied to lannisz's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    HI, Yes it will be worth it. Your MSN/FNP opens doors you have not even dreamed of!!!! Ok, if you do not need benefits consider going PRN or working agency if your city is big enough. That's what I...

  3. Does NM REALY pay for nursing school???

    sailornurse replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Are you an LPN? Where are you moving to? What schools are you considering? Im in Las

  4. how about new mexico

    sailornurse replied to herrery's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry that you were not told that you would need transportation. From your other post, I get the impression that you lived in a big city in Mass. But gee I lived in Wash DC and on Sundays the...

  5. how about new mexico

    sailornurse replied to herrery's topic in General Nursing

    HI, New Mexico is a great place to live. Especially since you are a NP!! Nps' we have independent practice, you can set up your own practice without needing a collab. doc. It is called the Land of...

  6. How many APNs in school for DNP???

    sailornurse replied to traumaRUs's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Wow what an incredible opportunity. I can understand your ? mixed feelings? about this topic. But if someone else is going to pay for it and it is a facility where you have worked, you probably have...

  7. Dumb question--What do you NPs do?

    sailornurse replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I highly doubt you will ever find an FNP doing a herniorapphy or C-Section, a colonoscopy, or EGD. Probably won't find them putting in chest tubes either. I just dont understand it.. Why is there a...

  8. Dumb question--What do you NPs do?

    sailornurse replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have not made any such claim. If I had you would have quoted me. I do not equate my education with that of physicians. I never claimed to be equal to an MD either. I simply replied to the question...

  9. Dumb question--What do you NPs do?

    sailornurse replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    To reiterate: I said that in New Mexico, this is true. Before I replied, I thought about any procedures that a FP doc could do but FNP could not, still can not think of anything. Family practice is a...

  10. Dumb question--What do you NPs do?

    sailornurse replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

  11. Need guidance RN-MSN/FNP

    sailornurse replied to jewa's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

  12. NMSU / DABCC - Opinions

    sailornurse replied to Nai'aHI's topic in General Nursing

    Well actually, they are not the same, not to me. The diploma's may indicate that the "Branch" is part of NMSU.As faculty at NMSU & former faculty at DABCC, I say they are not the same. The...

  13. Undergrad pharmacology before adv pharm?

    sailornurse replied to RN007's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    HI, I googled & came up with at least one. there were other things that came up but thought this was a start. http://education.hsc.wvu.edu/som/pcol761/pcol260_info/overview.htm I will PM you with...

  14. Undergrad pharmacology before adv pharm?

    sailornurse replied to RN007's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would recommend you take a basic pharm class somewhere. Any available that you could audit???Advanced pharmacotherapeutics can be tough, even for those of us that have been nursing 25 years. My...

  15. Where to work

    sailornurse replied to slg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As an FNP sutdent I worked in the ER, it really helped to learn H&P's- & very well I might add esp funduscopic eye exams ( I practiced on every one that came in if it was slow, learn which...

  16. Need a mentor

    sailornurse replied to reesern63's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It depends on the area you live in. I am an FNP, it has opened doors for me that I did not even consider when I was in school.I am teaching & I love it!!! Locally, FNP is the way to go. I am...

  17. Is the specialization of NP training.....

    sailornurse replied to ag01medic's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Another thing to consider is that in some states, NP's have independent practice, where PAs work under the physician's license. Locally, ED's use FNP's & PA's for the fast-track situations. It...

  18. Which states allow NPs to open their own practice?

    sailornurse posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    New Mexico is one, there are others. If you do a search on this topic, you will find many threads on

  19. BSN vs. RN?

    sailornurse replied to saral_123's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The military requires a BSN to become a commissioned Nurse Corps Officer. I don't know about the VA. Locally, the public school system requires a BSN. Some grad schools require a BSN for certain...

  20. Nursing Program @Grand Canyon University

    sailornurse replied to Kabin's topic in School, College Programs

  21. TCC bookstore - what's wrong with them?

    sailornurse replied to Heloisea3's topic in Texas Nursing

    [quote name=. Can anyone give me an idea of which books, along with the edition or ISBN number, we will have to buy? How much should I budget for my books? They told us in our information packet that...

  22. Agency pay in New Mexico

    sailornurse replied to sharkiern's topic in General Nursing

    HI, I never heard of this agency before, did not know such a thing existed. I worked agency summer 2006, made $32 hr, plus mileage, they paid for meals & for the motel too. I worked agency in...

  23. NMSU / DABCC - Opinions

    sailornurse replied to Nai'aHI's topic in General Nursing

    "they are both the same school (nmsu/dabcc)""" just a clarification" the poster above meant to say that dabcc (doña ana branch community college) is a branch college of new mexico state university...

  24. New Mexico Licensure Question

    sailornurse replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    Mexico is a country, New Mexico is one of the 50 states. Please clarify which one you're speaking about. New Mexico & Texas are part of the Compact as far as licensing goes. I live in New Mexico...

  25. New Mexico Licensure Question

    sailornurse replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    I am wondering why you think this belongs in "International Nursing"?????? New Mexico is one of the 50 states, it's between Arizona & Texas, became a state in