MissBehavin

MissBehavin

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  1. From BSN to MD?

    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?

    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?

    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

    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?

    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. 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??

    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?

    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?!

    """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?

    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.

    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

    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. Hi Just wondering if anyone else was attending the Vandy Open house this sat Feb. 28th? I leave on wed., I am very excited and a little nervous Good Luck
  14. Vandy Open house Feb. 2009

    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...
  15. US News Rankings

    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...
  16. A thread for those awaiting decisions...

    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...
  17. A thread for those awaiting decisions...

    CONGRATS! Are you going to the open house on sat? I am still waiting to hear from the ACNP program, but I will be at the open
  18. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

    Wow this is such a hot debate at the moment. First of all I LOVE the few LPNs that work at my hospital. For the majority of them you would not know that they were LPNs instead of RNs. In fact my best...
  19. Question about clinical experience

    Don't beat yourself up for sure. Have you heard the saying "nurses eat their young" yet? It seems that way to many nurses forget that they were once a student themselves. You answered a question, and...
  20. need help on deciding my major

    I think it really comes down to what you want to do with infants. Perhaps you want to run or work for a daycare. You could be a nanny and advertise that you especially love infants. A nurse in the...
  21. Would you do it again?

    I was reading on another website that 60% of doctors (that applied to a small survery) would not become doctors again, 30% would, and 10% would pursue something else in the medical field. I was...
  22. Grand Canyon vs. ASU - nursing school?

    It changes each semester usually 3-4 days on campus including clinical. To break it down it is usually one or two days of class 4-8hrs (rarely is it 8 hours) each. One to two days of clinical usually...
  23. CONGRATS! Let us know which you choose. Penn or Hopkins holy cow thats a hard one, I am not sure there is a wrong choice between the two.
  24. Vanderbilt NP program..help!

    TO ANPFNPGNP question I am planning on moving to Nashville from Arizona. I have extended family there and my father and grandparents are only 200-250 miles away in Illinois. I decided that it was...
  25. Vanderbilt NP program..help!

    I have applied for the ACNP program with the Fall 2009 start date. I just recieved a letter about finacial aid, here is a breakdown of the cost for the one year (3 semester) MSN programs (must have...