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  1. Can my Professor be wrong?

    popopopo replied to Healer#1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Her professor stated potassium goes inside the cell. So is she wrong or

  2. Hospital Insanity and Why I Want to Quit

    popopopo replied to hemwolf's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked in a major teaching hospital and experienced the same thing in ICU. I empathize

  3. Should I include my MCAT score for Direct Entry NP Application

    popopopo replied to arockenhaus1's topic in School, College Programs

    Wow, that's cool that they allow that. Anyways, your MCAT is competitive for podiatry schools, most DO schools, and even some lower-tier state MD schools. If the rest of your application is clean, a...

  4. Chemistry Course TCC; TWU

    popopopo replied to flgal27's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Check on UTA's chemistry requirement. I'm quite sure UTA has a special chemistry for nursing that mixes in gen chem/organic/biochem in it. I went to TWU almost a decade ago and took the non-science...

  5. "Noctor?" Offensive title?

    popopopo replied to Breathing16's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Didn't know it was nurse doctor. I always thought it was meant to be "not

  6. Real Talk

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

    I got free tutoring at my uni's tutoring clinic and then I ended up paying the best person there extra for spending 1v1 time with me at an agreed time/place. All of the tutors were university students...

  7. Real Talk

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

    Awesome! To maximize time, have you thought about getting a professional tutor? I have done so in the past and it saved a ton of time and I get immediate answers to the silliest of questions. You will...

  8. Real Talk

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

    What resources are you using for your online chem classes? Are you supplementing them with Khan academy or other well-known

  9. Premed to Nursing

    popopopo replied to Grateful0893's topic in General Students

    See

  10. Time to remove the "nurse" in APN?

    popopopo replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    What associate degree PA program are you talking about? You're framing it like this PA degree is a direct entry from high school. I would be shocked too if you're

  11. Pharmacology

    popopopo replied to KSjo88's topic in General Students

    Turn the important stuff in her powerpoints to flashcards and start from there. Don't rely on too many outside sources like it sounds like you're doing. Find the book she's pulling this stuff from and...

  12. Writing the Prescription to Fix Broken Nurse Practitioner (NP) Education (Pt. I)

    popopopo replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    How about start with a better barrier for entry into NP school? Imagine making the curriculum harder only to have a hypothetical 70% graduation rate- schools will never allow that. The crop of...

  13. Stubborn CNA in ICU

    popopopo replied to AnnoyedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    In my unit, this type of stuff gets squash fast by the day's charge/supervisor/manager on site OR it will be reiterated until no end at

  14. DNP should be the Minimum Entry Practice

    popopopo replied to nqe9650's topic in General Nursing

    ^Wow, informative post Iselvio. I have to read up on this Consensus model! I took the "only LPN" comment as simply a declarative statement as the OP went on to explain the stratification of our field...

  15. Can Nurse Practitioners Become Doctors?

    popopopo replied to VanessaTitoyan's topic in Advanced Practice

    This is a beautiful summary. I see autonomy as a privilege to use all the medical training I'm about to receive. Equal practice rights for NP or not, a medical education cannot be replace. I really...

  16. Can not make the decision between Medical School or Nursing school

    popopopo replied to dlhonorio's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You're a good candidate for PA school if you want to do a surgical specialty. Have you explored

  17. Antagonistic NP Article

    popopopo replied to Dodongo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I wish there are MD/DO vs NP debates in a townhall style setting. Bill Nye vs Ken Ham style debates, you

  18. Ditching NP school for MD?

    popopopo replied to ICURNPA92's topic in General Nursing

    You know what, I just saw that OP stated FINANCIALLY speaking is NP vs MD/DO better, not for us to criticize his shot. I think I would give NP school an edge on this assuming OP goes into some sort of...

  19. Ditching NP school for MD?

    popopopo replied to ICURNPA92's topic in General Nursing

    Besides your MCAT, do you have the correct extracurricular activities yet like shadowing or non-clinical altruism? I know you probably have a lot of clinical experiences. *Just saw a previous post of...

  20. "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    popopopo replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    OH, I get it - antagonize makes sense. I was thinking narcan "reviving" some kid's

  21. "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    popopopo replied to EAGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Can someone explain the joke a bit better for me? I understand the phrase, but I don't understand the PURPOSE of the

  22. If you could redo it....would you choose nursing?

    popopopo replied to ICURNPA92's topic in General Nursing

    I voted for medical school, but the me 10 years ago in nursing school would have failed out of pre-med courses. Ask me 10 years ago and I would have absolutely choose nursing. I'm thankful for nursing...

  23. Do you ever feel like you 'settled' for being an APNP instead of an MD?

    popopopo replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You're probably still competitive for med

  24. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

    popopopo replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

    Can anybody pull up recent studies on bedside reporting? Aren't hospitals implementing this based on some studies conducted? I would love to scan over them. I can write an essay on why bedside...

  25. Nursing to Medical School

    popopopo replied to doctor2bM97's topic in General Nursing

    If you choose this route, here's what you're looking at to scrap together a decent application. - Get your ADN/BSN (BSN might open some job opportunities depending where you are) - Get a full-time job...