DrNP

DrNP has 31 years experience and specializes in Internal Medicine, Critical Care.

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1. HELP DNP vs FNP

   DrNP replied to nurseNsearch15's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   The benefits of having a DNP is equipping yourself to be more marketable and adds to your leadership skills. It may not change your rate of pay immediately but it gives you leverage to ask for a raise...

2. Does what I do as an RN have much of an impact with what I want to do as an FNP?

   DrNP replied to caitiecait's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I agree with what Gator said. I am an FNP also, and am working in Internal Medicine which is so much different then my clinical settings when I was in clinical. I would also try to do a hospital...

3. Does what I do as an RN have much of an impact with what I want to do as an FNP?

   DrNP replied to caitiecait's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Once you get experience as an RN you know how to treat the patient most of the time example low K+ level, GI bleed, but you have to call and get orders prior to doing it, as a NP as Gater said, you...