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  1. Woo Hoo! Got accepted.

    Congratulations and don't forget to share those
  2. Best Rec NP Route...

    Just to say I am not an Emory person "yet" No really sure about the clinical hours I can't find where I wrote it down. Class time: Procedures For ENP I - 1 Procedures For ENP II - 3 Emergency NP I - 4...
  3. Best Rec NP Route...

    FNP with ER tract.... If I had had access to the programs out there now I would have spent 3-4 years in MSN school: Duel FNP/ER tract than ACNP right afterwards and than buried myself in a trauma...
  4. horror stories--are they true?

    :wink2:
  5. horror stories--are they true?

    Long story :-) Yes I have to say 46 does not seem so old not that I am
  6. horror stories--are they true?

    Nope state but am attempting to do the VA thing. It's close by have friends that work there, I don't want to move and I'm too old and falling apart for active duty :-) One thing I found out about...
  7. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    Doctoral degree to become an NP??? - Would be nice if the training from state to state was essentially the same. - Would be nice if regulation from state to state was the same. - Would be nice if...
  8. Dogs and Nurses

    Hmmm Inside or outside dog? Big, medium or little? City or country? Private back yard or public park for walks and outside play? I have two dogs one is an outside dog (Shetland or some might say...
  9. Why do the elderly have AMS with UTI's?

    Good question.... Try this: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/connection-between-eldery-177871.html Elderly you have to lean back (Neuro workup is negative) AMS before infection? How...
  10. I think with the economy being the way it is you are probably right: Dress to the
  11. also depends if your recruiter is even submitting the right
  12. Correctional Nursing, or Nursing in Corrections

    It's not just prison its in the hospitals also... I have seen inmates be nasty to nurses, nurses be nasty to inmates. Sometimes nasty is in the eye of the beholder and sometimes nasty is just that...
  13. How repetitive is your job?

    There is a possibility that in any practice day in day out events that happen may seem like the same old thing. Size of hospital, size/type of unit, size/type of practice. Now my average day I know...
  14. Arranging a job prior to graduation?

    In my class one person's job had sent him to school, a few others already has some ideas from day one, others had there jobs offered during clinicals while others waited until they were out of the...
  15. Basic points? - How does one introduce themselves and explain their position in providing care? - How does the patient perceive/understand that introduction as well as knowing who is going to do what...
  16. horror stories--are they true?

    Probably wont get rich and your first job as an NP will probably be just that your first job as an NP. My first job as an NP during my interviews the doctor in charge of the group kept telling me one...
  17. Any NP interest in an EM residency?

    Took me awhile to remember about this program. Not an advertisement just adding another opportunity to the discussion. Postgraduate Residency in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care for Physician...
  18. Hmmmm my little old program covered this somewhat.... The doctors/NPs/PAs I had clinicals with went over billing, coding and the business aspects most every clinical day. What is shocking is that I...
  19. Any idea how the schools are going to shift with folks who want further education: Post DNP certificates? Right now I can get two post masters certificates in less than two
  20. From Georgia not California: Business attire.......... What will you be wearing to work? . By the way long sleeve shirt: Its already hit the mid 80's here in
  21. DNP and further education

    Good thought: Did anyone get a questionnaire or anything similar asking their thoughts: From your credentialing entity, school, state licensing
  22. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    Now when it gets down to brass tacks who should and who should not be called "doctor" in a medical institution? Who does the patient think they are talking to when the only term that is mentioned is...
  23. does read like greek: "in addition to meeting the basic requirements above, applicant must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level which equipped the...
  24. DNP and further education

    Pity! With costs of medical care going through the roof and the possibility of completely/partially socialized barreling down the tracks I believe the knowledge PAs/NPs will need to possess will only...
  25. My process in joining the Airforce

    It's 3/7/09 anything