Christen, ANP

Christen, ANP has 6 years experience and specializes in Critical Care, Orthopedics, Hospitalists.

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1. Just graduated. When to start looking for a job?

   Christen, ANP replied to attnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Yup, ASAP! Good

2. Any one else feel this way

   Christen, ANP replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   oh yeah! it's part of being a "new grad" again, I think. Some things you catch and you think "I'm so awesome! I can do this!" and some things you miss and think "doh! that was silly of me." I can't...

3. Prescribing narcotics to drug seekers

   Christen, ANP replied to Djuna's topic in Emergency

   I agree with some of the posters that this is a provider problem. If the ED physician or NP or PA wasn't handing the narcs out so easily, there would be less of a problem. I know one local facility...

4. RN to NP

   Christen, ANP replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Yup, a good point to consider. My program was pretty easy to get into, not too competative. I applied and started school within about a month! NOT the norm, though!

5. NP autonomy in the ED setting

   Christen, ANP replied to emsst10's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Agreed, a PA would cover all of the roles you are interested in! The nice thing about the PA is that it's pretty broad in scope - kind of like the BSN is. You go to clinicals in a variety of settings...

6. RN to BSN or MSN to FNP?

   Christen, ANP replied to kelluvanurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I think the RN to MSN is a waste of time, because you'll be spending about an extra year on part of an MSN that you'll never use. You need to hunt around for an ADN - MSN-NP program! I wish I could...

7. NP autonomy in the ED setting

   Christen, ANP replied to emsst10's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Yup, depends on the institution and the rules / comfort level there. One facility I know of required the MDs to cosign everything, notes / scripts / etc. Very time consuming, especially considering my...

8. Having confidence issues in clinical rotation

   Christen, ANP replied to lvICU's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   The worst part of NP school - feeling like a "new grad" again! I mean, really? We go through all that nursing school, start a job as a new grad, don't know nothing about nothing --> finally get...

9. RN to NP

   Christen, ANP replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I think it really depends on the person. I started out in critical care as a new grad nurse, gained a lot of independance and experience in a few short years, and started NP school 4 years after I...

10. PA to NP

    Christen, ANP replied to PAGuest's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ahh, that makes more sense. Keep in mind that the level of independance a NP has varies greatly state to state and most states require some form of formal collaboration between the NP and a physician....

11. PA to NP

    Christen, ANP replied to PAGuest's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't really see the need to get your NP if you are a PA. My hubby is a PA, I'm a NP, so I understand the differences in the roles pretty well. I mean, it sounds like you're making good money in...

12. New NP Job

    Christen, ANP replied to xos4eva's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wow, not the best environment for a new grad! I'm not sure what to say, except that if you feel you are practicing unsafely, say something or get the heck out of there. No job is worth your license. I...

13. Oh no they didn't...uniform changes in florida

    Christen, ANP replied to pearljammer's topic in General Nursing

    I like "color-coded" hospitals. The hospital I work at, you can easily tell who is who by what color scrubs they have on. Nurses are white and royal blue, PCTs are navy and tan, respiratory is green,...

14. Passed AANP Certification Exam!

    Christen, ANP replied to kyboyrn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yay, GREAT JOB!!

15. Is NP really worth it?

    Christen, ANP replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I loved bedside nursing....until I started NP school! I love my job, my patients, and the thinking that goes into being a good provider. It's pretty