nurseman78

nurseman78 BSN, RN, NP

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  1. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    nurseman78 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    During my experience as a nursing student, I've heard many an account from patients who have self-diagnosed a condition, but had a physician ignore their diagnosis due to the physician's arrogance....

  2. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    nurseman78 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, you guys are all still going at this. Don't you have better things to do? Sheesh. Bottom line is, you all are trained well, you all have jobs, and neither PA's nor NP's are particularly...

  3. Just finished OB rotation

    nurseman78 replied to newmale2nursing's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Hey, no skin off my nose. I'd rather be helping sick people than checking episiotomies. You won't catch me dead working in an OB

  4. What the heck is up with nursing school tests??!!

    nurseman78 replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    Honestly, the best way I've found to do consistently well in nursing school is to read everything given to you. There are some that say they don't ever read the books and do just fine. I believe...

  5. Bet my GPA is lower than yours. . ugh!

    nurseman78 replied to Claymor's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    How did that O Chem class turn out? I've heard that O Chem is a nightmare. I would have done the two semesters of regular chem first if you hadn't done so

  6. What the heck is up with nursing school tests??!!

    nurseman78 replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    Maybe Chemistry and

  7. What the heck is up with nursing school tests??!!

    nurseman78 replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    Good luck to you. Just don't give up. Even if you don't pass the class this time around, if they'll let you retake it, retake it. Everyone, even the most successful people, have setbacks (Colonel...

  8. please, for all that is good, help me!

    nurseman78 replied to LoveYourLifeToday's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    First, don't freak out. You have a long way to go before you can even worry about applying to be a CRNA, so save your energy to stress over things like passing pre-reqs, nursing classes, and the...

  9. What the heck is up with nursing school tests??!!

    nurseman78 replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    It depends on the program. I'm in an ADN program right now. We take about 3 classes a semester. Here's how it's broken down: 1st LPN semester Nursing Fundamentals w/ med-surg clinicals...

  10. What the heck is up with nursing school tests??!!

    nurseman78 replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    I don't think you're alone in your frustrations. Grammatical and spelling errors aside, the questions are always challenging and often don't point to a clear answer. The questions are definitely in...

  11. Just finished OB rotation

    nurseman78 replied to newmale2nursing's topic in Male Nursing Students

    And they wonder why most guys don't work in

  12. Just finished OB rotation

    nurseman78 replied to newmale2nursing's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Yeah, OB is just not my thing. I've gotten A's in all my pre-reqs and nursing classes so far, but OB is killing me. Got an 89% on the first test, which was fine, but then I blew the 2nd one (Labor),...

  13. Just finished OB rotation

    nurseman78 replied to newmale2nursing's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I just finished my OB rotation. I'm a male nursing student. Here are my thoughts: L&D: Interesting. Saw 2 vag births, 1 c-section. The nurses were helpful and informative. Nursery /...

  14. ENP programs

    nurseman78 replied to zacarias's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The best one I've seen so far is at Vanderbilt University. This program trains you to take the FNP and the ACNP certification exams. The program is two-years full time (altogether, not per each...

  15. Time Management Tips, PLEASE!!

    nurseman78 replied to tripp3horn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Five classes at a time?!?! Is this how the nursing program is organized? Maybe it's structured differently than mine, but ours is only three (each one is about six hours a week) plus two eight hour...

  16. The Public's Doubts About "Western Medicine"

    nurseman78 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    The main thing I'm learning in nursing school is that while some of the alternative medicine has been proven helpful for some, very few approaches have held up in clinical trials. I think there are...

  17. Time Management Tips, PLEASE!!

    nurseman78 replied to tripp3horn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    For me, I've found the best way to study that reduces stress is plan out your study time and establish small goals every day. Don't wait until the night before to try and cram, because you likely...

  18. Really...how hard is Chemistry?

    nurseman78 replied to labchic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The study tactics used for Math and Chem are comparable. I found the best way to understand the material was to do all the homework questions / problems assigned, and then some, and then double-check...

  19. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    nurseman78 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    There are obviously a lot of egos in health care, which is unfortunate. From how I see it, you have an opportunity to give excellent care in whatever profession you go into, be it PA, NP or MD/DO....

  20. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    nurseman78 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Well, they do, haha. I wonder how many actually do, though. I suppose if you've been practicing for 10-15 years, why not? You probably know the ropes by that time. Right. Physician's obviously...

  21. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    nurseman78 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I'm tending to believe Equusz on this

  22. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    nurseman78 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Probably the best piece of wisdom posted on here was, One of my favorite nursing instructors tells me that time and time again. The best nurse (or you could say health care provider in general)...

  23. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    nurseman78 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, a lot of stupid, schoolyard worthy chest-beating going on here. Aren't a lot of these comments based on bias, conjecture and speculation? Have the pro-PA folks on here actually attended a...

  24. Help me Help me!!!!!! (CRNA prerequisite courses!)

    nurseman78 replied to Domingo89's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    When you all are mentioning General Physics, is this the Physics that requires Calculus I and II as

  25. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    nurseman78 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Equusz, good points. If you're a nurse anyway, it makes sense to just be an NP. Becoming a PA would require a lot of extra work to do basically the same thing (except without the possibility of...