mom and nurse

mom and nurse

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  1. Amount of RN experience prior to starting MSN program

    mom and nurse replied to mt33133's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I had a year of hospital experience before I started my Masters program to be an NP. I am very grateful for that year as I would have been even more confused (especially about the labs and the meds)...

  2. Thank You Allnurses!!

    mom and nurse replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Been here since I was an undergraduate student, through my year as a new nurse, Now I've recently graduated and passed the certification for Adult NP. Thanks so much Brian and the allnurses staff...

  3. How's the job market for GNP (Geriatrics Nurse Practitioner)

    mom and nurse replied to goldensfo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I recently graduated with an ANP and passed the certification exam. I wanted to originally go for the GNP but I am glad I chose ANP because it gives me more options. GNP folks, in my understanding...

  4. NP Test Preparation

    mom and nurse replied to bollweevil's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi - I used Margaret Fitzgerald's course. I used her CDs and bought her book because I like to listen to the same information again and again. Others though, went to her class. The link is...

  5. grad school advice

    mom and nurse replied to hbaldocchi's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi - I recently just finished receiving my graduate degree (Adult NP). I've only been an RN for 4 years. I would say that it helped that I worked in a hospital about a year or so before going to...

  6. new NPs working as something other than NP...

    mom and nurse posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just curious. I'm a recent Adult Nurse Practitioner graduate. ...and I've been recently certified as a CRNP-A. I've noticed that I've been offered jobs to interview for jobs other than an NP right...

  7. new NPs working as something other than NP...

    mom and nurse replied to mom and nurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for your reply! Yes... I have also considered interviewing for CNS positions or possibly a teaching position at the local community college. My main concern also is I do not want to lose my...

  8. I graduated from Nursing School today!

    mom and nurse replied to jncRN's topic in General Nursing

    CONGRATULATIONS TO

  9. Nurses Past Their Prime

    mom and nurse replied to dialysis12041999's topic in General Nursing

    Being nasty or nice has no age :wink2: Ask their opinion... win their trust... and hopefully they will soften up.... mom and nurse (age 49...... RN for 4 years CRNP-A for one month

  10. A very nice pinning video

    mom and nurse replied to NurseMike9111's topic in General Nursing

    Nice... Thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed it. Congratulations to all the folks graduating from nursing

  11. What to do? rn program grad who never took...

    mom and nurse replied to blh0624's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. Take a refresher course, take the NCLEX. There's a nursing shortage (at least in our area) and if its like that in the area you are living in what you may find is that hospitals will be...

  12. new nurse biggest mistakes

    mom and nurse replied to smtwinfalls's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Remember that the doctors are human. Therefore if the doctor writes an order that says one thing and your fellow nurses are saying "The doctor gave an order to do what?!... That just doesn't sound...

  13. Passed the ANCC Family Nurse Practitioner exam!!

    mom and nurse replied to emtneel's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU!!! :nuke: Now go relax. I totally agree about Margaret Fitzgerald's books and CDs. I used her review course (the CDs and the review book that goes with it) and also her...

  14. Passed the AANP exam

    mom and nurse replied to mom and nurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for all your congratulations!.... I think I'll just rest my weary brain awhile and remember what life was like before graduate school.

  15. Passed the AANP exam

    mom and nurse posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yeah! I passed the AANP Adult Nurse Practitioner Exam.... Now I guess I have to go back to work.....

  16. Passed the ANCC Family Nurse Practitioner exam!!

    mom and nurse replied to emtneel's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Congratulations to

  17. I finally passed 6th time

    mom and nurse replied to mimidragon's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations

  18. As Dorinda Clark-Cole said Nobody did this but God!!!!! Click to read my story.

    mom and nurse replied to NsgChica's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Cardiheartnsg - Ah yes. The pray and study method. I used that too. :wink2: Just finished graduate school with the pray and study method and will definitely need it to get me through the NP...

  19. Little children visiting

    mom and nurse replied to RNperdiem's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I always felt that visiting grandkids were "GOOD MEDICINE". Usually the patient is happier when they come for a visit.

  20. What mantra is getting you through nursing school?

    mom and nurse replied to MySimplePlan's topic in General Students

    I'm out of school now but mine was. Pray and Study and Just don't quit! Pray and Study and Just don't quit!

  21. Lunch????

    mom and nurse replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    Yes, unfortunately lunch is usually a short rushed break when you are a floor

  22. Nursing assistant identified as low stress career

    mom and nurse replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    They've got to be kidding! Obviously they have no idea what a nursing assistant

  23. Black Indians: an American Story--Video

    mom and nurse replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for these posts. It shows that as nurses we need to be very careful about trying to identify which culture an individual considers themselves part of my their skin color. As I write this, my...

  24. Do you think most nurses can afford to work part time?

    mom and nurse replied to linda2097's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard to say. That's a hard question to answer since it is an individual decision. Different nurses in different parts of the country are paid different salaries. There are also different types...

  25. what made you decide to be a NP?

    mom and nurse replied to celclt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The above quote made me laugh. Yes, the above is why I also went back to school to become an NP. I have just graduated from an Adult NP program in December 2007. I'm preparing to take the AANP test...