MissBehavin

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 means you will have to work twice as hard, and hav...

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 :)

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 stories of people going to a hospital, saying they ...

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 have developed bad habits, and their own way of doing...

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 took it.

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 love some input. FYI; I also would like to first assi...

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 right off the bat too, you should prob go the FNP rou...

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, other hospitals have hiring freeze)-30 externs-20 ...

"""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 just am not aware of it. I am aware of advanced prac...

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 gaining intrest since you get both certs.

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 physicians office (the MA's do most of the injections), ...

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 and nurse related blogs) on blogspot.com. Good lu...

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 All

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 really made it seem intimate and made time for in...

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 up the expenses of going 2 years it comes to about...

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 Nashville in May.

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 house.

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 friend is a LPN on a Neuro floor at a major hospit...

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 you did the right thing by explaining to her how t...

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 NyICU is a good fit if you want to help sick and prem...

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 wondering (for all Nurse Practitioners) would you do it ...

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 one twelve or 2 eights. Most classes are 8 weeks, ...

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. lol

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 better than having to fly there every month. I am ner...

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 Bach. to go this route). ACNP $40,326 FNP $41,360 A...