A&OxNone MSN, RN

A&OxNone has 7 years experience as a MSN, RN and specializes in ER, Pediatric Transplant, PICU.

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   RN pay/life vs NP pay/life

   A&OxNone replied to Guest1059175's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I've been an NP for about 3 months now. I make about 30k/year more as an NP, but I also work a lot more hours (usually about 50 hours a week) and as a previous person said, obsess a little about...
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   PNP-Acute vs Primary- Need advice

   A&OxNone replied to blm7509's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Primary care all the way! I tell people only to acute care if critical care is what you want. I know plenty of primary care people that work in all those areas. Good
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   Reproductive health and more....

   A&OxNone replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

   Two points I think I was trying to make in my last post that I didn't do a very good job being clear - and this is me under the assumption you want to go back to school and haven't started yet or are...
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   Reproductive health and more....

   A&OxNone replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced Practice

   My sister has endometriosis and goes to a gynecologist that suddenly decided to stop prescribing birth control, no matter what the condition. I would also like to clarify that this wasn't part of a...
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   Where can pediatric nurse practitioners practice?

   A&OxNone replied to Lavender619's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   In my state, the only thing that getting a primary care degree prevents you from doing is PICU, really, and thats mostly just because of preference. They actually care more about RN experience in PICU...
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   Adult care RN to Peds NP?

   A&OxNone replied to wildnursebrendan's topic in Advanced Practice

   I would also like to add that most PNP programs wont accept you without so many hours of peds nursing experience. I really think you need to focus your interest or just take some time - which is...
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   Visiting Atlanta

   A&OxNone replied to Jayjormom's topic in Georgia Nursing

   If schools are your number 1 factor, I think Johns Creek and most Cobb county schools are going to be your top options. I have a friend that lives in Johns Creek and commutes into Atlanta because the...
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   Visiting Atlanta

   A&OxNone replied to Jayjormom's topic in Georgia Nursing

   Do you have kids? Only because schools are a big deal depending on the area so I thought it might change my advice for you. None of those areas are bad really. It just depends on what you are looking...
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   Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, advice please!

   A&OxNone replied to stickit34's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   In my area (Atlanta), its very similar which is why I went the PNP route - I knew I wanted to work for CHOA and thats what they want. However, they will under certain circumstances hire an FNP with a...
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    How much did NP school prepare you?

    A&OxNone replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am by no means minimizing PA programs or anything of the sort. I do think they come out (generally) better prepared on the textbook side of things. But, regardless of what that reason is, I don't...
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    How much did NP school prepare you?

    A&OxNone replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sorry its taken me a few days to respond, I've been working (although it seems like thats probably frowned upon by you). To answer your questions, i'm saying that even if I didn't work, it would've...
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    How much did NP school prepare you?

    A&OxNone replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This would be awesome, except I barely was able to complete the amount of hours required because of lack of preceptors. I wish I could have all the time and resources at my disposal, but as somebody...
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    Looking for a new specialty

    A&OxNone replied to OnTheSearch's topic in General Nursing

    You should for sure look into pediatrics. Its almost none of your "dislikes". I actually didn't like doing adult nursing for most of the same reasons. I do work ICU now and will tell you that the fear...
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    Wrong is right CPR question

    A&OxNone replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The people that say not to do compressions first, I have one question and one statement... How (and why?) would you pull a kid up (especially if they bigger- like, are older than about 5 years old) to...
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    The best thing about peds

    A&OxNone replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in Pediatric

    SO MUCH OF THIS! I always knew I would do peds in nursing school, so I can't say that I knew this as the "most enjoyable" thing until a few years into my nursing career. But saying that they dont...