MissBehavin

MissBehavin specializes in Telemetry, ER, Trauma ICU.

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1. From BSN to MD?

   MissBehavin replied to dancer_meggs's topic in General Nursing

   It is not unheard of but...... MOST medical schools see a BSN or nursing background and are NOT impressed. I have 2 friends that went this route. You are considered a "non-traditional student" (which...

2. Age you will/were graduated?

   MissBehavin replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

   I was 23 for my BSN. ( should have been 21 with my ADN but had to stop due to heart problems). I will be 25 with my MSN

3. Is there a feeling of entitlment among new grads?

   MissBehavin replied to MesaRN's topic in General Nursing

   I think perhaps it was more SHOCK, if you started nursing school 2-4 years ago (heck even a 1 year ago) there were so many jobs, hospitals were recruiting, there were sign on bonuses. Everyone heard...

4. new grad options

   MissBehavin replied to travisjacob's topic in General Nursing

   At my hospital they prefer new grads in Critical Care to nurses with only floor experience. This is because they can groom new grads to do things the way they want them done, where as other nurses...

5. Community Colleges/vanderbilt/nashville?

   MissBehavin replied to kadooj's topic in Tennessee Nursing

   I took ALL my nursing pre-reqs at a community college, a lot online. Then got my BSN at a university. I start at Vandy in the fall. As long as your GPA/GRE are competitive they dont care where/how u...

6. Any Trauma or Cardiothoracic ACNP's willing to give advice?

   MissBehavin posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

   Hi I am starting Vandy in the fall for my ACNP. One of the reasons I applied there is that I loved the sub-specialties they offered. But now I am torn between Trauma and cardiac surgery, and would...

7. What to specialize in??

   MissBehavin replied to skim410's topic in Post Graduate Students

   At vandy both the ACNP and Adult NP programs have HIV subspecialty routes (however they recommend that you do the adult NP program so you are treating out in the community). If you want to do peds...

8. May 2009 Graduates!!! Do you have a job yet?

   MissBehavin replied to soon2bRN516's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I worked for 1.5 years at a level one trauma hospital in AZ. ( I had great reviews the whole time). I applied to 5 units, and not even an interview. 800 bed hosptial- 20 job openings (which is good,...

9. ACNP or CRNA for Extremely Driven?!

   MissBehavin replied to tinyironic's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   """Sorry, can't give you a CRNA perspective cause I am not in that profession. However, I've not heard of states that give CRNA's a NP license as well. That does not mean that it's not happening, I...

10. Emergency Room NPs?

    MissBehavin replied to CoolhandHutch's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The movement is now toward acnps. Arizona was the first to pass regulations about who can work in the hospital-er setting. However acnp can not treat peds so programs like vandys joint acnp-fnp is...

11. Jobs W least amount of needles and blood.

    MissBehavin replied to cute-1's topic in General Nursing

    Even if she does go into an area of nursing without a lot of blood/needles, she would still have to make it through school with A LOT of the above mentioned. Perhaps Psych nursing, primary care...

12. Starting a website

    MissBehavin replied to TiddlywinksMom's topic in General Nursing

    If u wanna do it, go for it. *build it and they shall come* :) You can get some great ideas from blogs that sound similar. Try looking at the happy hospitalist, panda bear MD and nurse K (and other er...

13. Vandy Open house Feb. 2009

    MissBehavin replied to MissBehavin's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It was great :) I got my acceptance letter the night before the open house, so I wasn't so nervous. I was very impressed with the professors, they are very approachable. For such a large school, they...

14. US News Rankings

    MissBehavin replied to jnd1213's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just a side note. Some programs like VANDY accelerate their masters NP programs. Most of their NP programs are about 43K for the year (and your done). Some state schools are cheaper, but when you add...

15. A thread for those awaiting decisions...

    MissBehavin replied to Sarah7781's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I got into Vandys ACNP program I found out on friday which was great because I was already in Nashville for the Vandy open house, which was the next morning. I am very excited, I am moving to...