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  1. How many different schools did you use for pre-req's?

    menetopali replied to TryingNot2BeScared's topic in Online Distance Learning

    i'm up to twelve schools plus CLEPs for roughly 320 credit hours and counting all told (AA, ADN, BA, BSN, MSN/DNP in progress - and a graduate of the 'University of Parris Island' - but no credit...

  2. Fear of online NP programs..words of wisdom?

    menetopali replied to inthesky's topic in Post Graduate Students

    to the OP (original poster): I am a veteran of the online (BSN @ Jacksonville Univ.), online-campus hybrid (BA @ NAU) and (MSN/DNP in progress @ UofA), and brick and mortar (ADN @ Yavapai College...

  3. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    menetopali replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    PraieNP, I think the DNP programs in general would do well to move in your program's direction and away from mine. the risk of the PhD-light is real and we must avoid that if the DNP is to be a...

  4. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    menetopali replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    well said :yeahthat: nursing is truly dysfunctional and worse than not supporting its members, it actually shoots itself in the foot on a regular basis. back to the theme of this thread...

  5. 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

    menetopali replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    you want health reform and lower the cost of care? try tort reform. one of the reasons that the VA does better is that many defensive medicine practices aren't needed in the VA system. another item to...

  6. A New National Union for ANA?

    menetopali replied to Julia RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    First the ANA should not be, or act as, an agent of organized labor. To do so runs counter to the idea that they represent all nurses (yes that includes the staff nurse, the nurse manager, the...

  7. Can one teach at the university level with a DNP?

    menetopali replied to Sunflower3's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    from what i hear from faculty at my program, schools that offer the DNP are tripping over themselves to hire DNP faculty members (at least out in the west - i can't speak for schools back east).

  8. New study on unions and wages

    menetopali replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    while individuals who are members of a union may make more, the union as a whole tends to drive up costs and drive involved companies into the ground all too often. Look at U.S. shipping industry,...

  9. doctors treatment of nurses??

    menetopali replied to nursejllrn's topic in General Nursing

    while i agree that most docs don't care what the nurse thinks of them, frankly i don't really care what the doc thinks of me either. i am not employed by a physician, i am employed by a hospital. the...

  10. Working with all females - fringe benefit or danger zone?

    menetopali replied to medlaw's topic in Men in Nursing

    while some women like having men in nursing, the reality from the trenches is that there is a lot of backbiting and efforts to undercut men in nursing by female nurses. as a male nurse i've been...

  11. What if I want to quit the union?

    menetopali replied to 1Tulip's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    it means you pay for the privilege of being allowed to

  12. AMA House of Delegates Considers Limits on on Nursing Education and Practice

    menetopali replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    if i may... DNPs are and will continue to be licensed by the state BON, not the SBME. (as a side note, DOs are licensed by a separate board than MDs in AZ at least). as i complete my DNP, i will enter...

  13. Reasons Why YOU Won't Join A Union

    menetopali replied to SBinGA's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    there are no guaranteed ratios in tele where i work - so the union certainly can't claim credit for that. if management where you are is that bad, leave. generally people leave bad management, not...

  14. Reasons Why YOU Won't Join A Union

    menetopali replied to SBinGA's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Herring... i almost completely agree with you... we have regularly scheduled elections to ensure all citizens have a voice... we as nurses should be politically active... we should form a group that...

  15. Over Educated, and under experienced??

    menetopali replied to BrandiannRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    just git 'er done. if you look at different programs you may find the extra clinical hours provide experience and potential job prospects as

  16. Over Educated, and under experienced??

    menetopali replied to BrandiannRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    go for it...git 'er

  17. Reasons Why YOU Won't Join A Union

    menetopali replied to SBinGA's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    federal employees who by choosing to work for a government entity in a security environment have chosen to give up certain rights during their period of service. that group should be treated like the...

  18. Reasons Why YOU Won't Join A Union

    menetopali replied to SBinGA's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    federal employees who by choosing to work for a government entity in a security environment have chosen to give up certain rights during their period of service. that group should be treated like the...

  19. Reasons Why YOU Won't Join A Union

    menetopali replied to SBinGA's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I refer people to "Capitalism and Freedom" or "Free to Choose" if you are more of a TV watcher. I also recommend "Wealth of Nations" and "The Forgotten Man" is a good starting read about economics and...

  20. Reasons Why YOU Won't Join A Union

    menetopali replied to SBinGA's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    1) for unions to have power they must control the labor force, hence they advocate "closed shops" or places where the worker cannot chose membership. if they want to work, they must pay the extortion...

  21. Pressure to join union

    menetopali replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like the union wants to pressure you to join without giving you all the facts... it could be benign high pressure sales tactics (like a time-share sales pitch) or more sinister (like 'an offer...

  22. Reasons Why YOU Won't Join A Union

    menetopali replied to SBinGA's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    A. TSA should never have been allowed to unionize, as a part of homeland security and the federal government such an arrangement is lunacy (yes that goes for all federal unions). TSA is charged with a...

  23. Nurses Political Involvement: Importance of Nursing Activism 2/07

    menetopali replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    while this may shock some: professional organization does not equal union! having a professional organization to advocate for members of that profession and those the profession serves is a positive...

  24. MEPNs: Have you found other RN's to be perplexed by this new role?

    menetopali replied to Arrghh_Nnnn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    from my perspective - it's about time nursing came around! when i started looking at nurse practitioner programs every one of them i looked at required a BSN. because my RN and BA weren't enough, i...

  25. ASU's DNP program

    menetopali replied to BrandiannRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    the UofA has a BSN-to-DNP (with MSN en route) which I am in (the first class actually). ASU will probably be going that route in the near future so I would think that you can move straight into the...