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  1. UCLA NP program Fall 2013

    Pachinko replied to mnmary's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I just completed my first year in the UCLA FNP program. I live in LA and work at UCLA, so I had a lot of contacts for getting my questions answered; it made things much easier. So, if any of you have...

  2. New bill may make California NPs independent providers

    Pachinko posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Senate bill 491, recently passed by the California senate, would allow NPs to practice without supervision by an MD. The bill passed with the bare minimum number of required votes and now moves to the...

  3. Can family NPs transfer to primary care from urgent care?

    Pachinko posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I will be graduating from NP school next year. I'm interested in doing urgent care, but I would also like to be in a regular primary care practice someday. Does beginning in urgent care make...

  4. Left Nursing After 3 Months and Couldn't Be Happier!

    Pachinko replied to sweetgeorgia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm sorry that you had such a bad experience. What you were faced with was beyond the pale and totally unreasonable. I agree, at least part of this had to do with your landing in a bad work...

  5. Fallout of Obamacare Question: Best Advanced Nursing Degree To Pursue?

    Pachinko replied to asiangal's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I don't really understand the logic behind "physicians will be negatively impacted, so nurse practitioners will as well." There are parallels between MD and NP roles, but there are also a lot of...

  6. Fallout of Obamacare Question: Best Advanced Nursing Degree To Pursue?

    Pachinko replied to asiangal's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I think that the original poster isn't asking about ACA-engendered changes in practice so much as changes in job prospects and overall roles of NPs within healthcare. I have a hard time believing that...

  7. 2013 UCSF MSN / AGNP Application

    Pachinko replied to jojonavy's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I was wait listed at UCSF this year. My stats: 4.0 from a top ten nursing school, five years critical care experience at another UC hospital campus, two years of clinical teaching experience, and...

  8. Is grad school really this hard to get into?

    Pachinko replied to itsnowbegun's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Some schools have turned to heavy recruiting of applicants, including applicants who they know may not be a good fit, in order to boost their total number of applicants. Having a larger applicant pool...

  9. Clinicals in urgent care...what to expect?

    Pachinko replied to Pachinko's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This is great, thank you--the recommendation makes a lot of sense. Yes, I'm very lucky that my clinicals are set up for me; it's a rarity, from what I understand. I've already emailed my clinical...

  10. Clinicals in urgent care...what to expect?

    Pachinko posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm in an FNP program. My clinical coordinator said that she plans on placing me in an urgent care setting. While we will rotate through several kinds of clinical sites, we will have a "home" site...

  11. How will the Affordable Care Act impact FNPs?

    Pachinko posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'll be graduating from my FNP program in 2014, right in time for legislative changes to healthcare. For those already practicing, how do you think the law will impact your practice, including your...

  12. UCSF 2012 MSN/FNP applicants

    Pachinko replied to emsguy's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    So, I finally broke down and called to find out my status for the UCSF FNP program. I was designated an alternate. Would love to know stats of those who were

  13. Written up!

    Pachinko replied to as2633's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Don't sweat

  14. UCLA Ronald Reagan Clinical Care Extender Program

    Pachinko replied to jwrands's topic in California Nursing

    I haven't participated, but I'm a nurse who works on a floor with care extenders at RR-UCLA. I've spoken to some of them, and apparently you can request the kind of unit you want to work in (whether...

  15. UCSF 2012 MSN/FNP applicants

    Pachinko replied to emsguy's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Anyone heard anything

  16. Sign of the economy...grossly overqualified for the position...

    Pachinko replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Law is particularly bad right now--many, many new lawyers graduate with enormous debt and few to no job prospects. Law is not the cash cow profession that it once was (if it ever

  17. MSN Program Question

    Pachinko replied to friendlysmile's topic in Post Graduate Students

    You should try. If the programs you're interested in require the GRE, doing well on that could make up for a lower GPA. In any event, you could at least contact the school and ask if those with GPAs...

  18. What type of material is covered in NP school?

    Pachinko replied to Kadambari's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Many NP programs list their course sequences and descriptions

  19. UCSF 2012 MSN/FNP applicants

    Pachinko replied to emsguy's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I applied in early September of last year. That means I've been waiting to hear back for almost eight months. Bananas! I've already accepted another offer, so it's just curiosity at this point. They...

  20. UCLA MSN/FNP/APN 2012

    Pachinko replied to izzymo's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm sorry, sahivann. Don't give up. I heard that they got many, many applications this year and competition was awful. Congrats,

  21. Should I get my CCRN before my FNP? Opinions please...

    Pachinko posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I've been an ICU nurse for four years and will attending an FNP program in the fall. I was going to go for my CCRN while I'm still in bedside practice, but in looking at the renewal requirements, I...

  22. UCLA MSN/FNP/APN 2012

    Pachinko replied to izzymo's topic in Post Graduate Students

    So sorry, izzymo. That's bizarre. It's strange to think that an entire program of study could rest on the shoulders of a single faculty member. I know that the UCLA nursing program is relatively...

  23. Why Do People Fail Nursing School?

    Pachinko posted a topic in General Students

    I found out not too long ago that I've been accepted into a second career accelerated BSN program. I've been combing through some of the threads here and have read a lot about retention rates for...

  24. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    Pachinko replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The answer for dealing with these "privileged" new grads is NOT to "eat your young." Eating your young implies hazing, harassment, disrespect, and lack of professionalism. It has no place whatsoever...

  25. Failing clinical

    Pachinko replied to ctran's topic in General Students

    Based on your responses in this thread, I'm still not sure of why you are failing, and I'm not sure that you do, either. You are not being criticized for having the wrong answers; you are being...