Buckeyejunk

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1. what made you decide to be a NP?

   Buckeyejunk replied to celclt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   whoever put money...ha!! You can make more as a weekend-option RN than any NP job I've ever seen in my area. :) When I was in college I was heading towards medicine but then did not think I wanted...

2. FNP providing OB care

   Buckeyejunk replied to ruralnurs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I'm not sure where I read this, but I thought I could only do prenatal care to 28 weeks. I may have gotten that from my state SOP ...not sure. I would check with your state BON first, then ANCC/body...

3. Getting a MSN without a BSN

   Buckeyejunk replied to tracie0305's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I went through a "graduate entry" program but they're called different things at different schools (accelerated, bridge, etc). I had a bachelor's in Biology - but during my second half of college...

4. Pediatric vs Family NP

   Buckeyejunk replied to MommyandRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I was advised in my program that FNP was the most marketable/versatile for jobs. I wanted to do women's health but it does limit you in terms of jobs. I got a women's health job in a sub-specialty...

5. new NPs working as something other than NP...

   Buckeyejunk replied to mom and nurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I continued working as a floor RN and nothing changed. It took me 6 months to find a job. I did feel that I was losing clinical skills but it worked out ok - I was family-certified but ended up...

6. PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM about NP school

   Buckeyejunk replied to NPs4health's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I went to school in Ohio. My program found preceptors for us so that wasn't an issue, although I've heard of many that make you find your own. To that end, I would just say leave no stone unturned....

7. salary

   Buckeyejunk replied to johnson0424's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   It doesn't give a range, it is a huge alphabetized spreadsheet and you will have to look at it by a person's name and title and see the salary. I am not the person who posted it but I looked at it...