Polley93

Polley93 has 24 years experience and specializes in ICU, M/S, PICU, Hospice, FNP school.

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1. Suggestion for preparing for NP cert exam?

   Polley93 replied to Polley93's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Can you let me know specifics on what pocket sized book helps and pda software you found helpful? There is a lot out there. Someone highly recommended the Fitzpatrick review texts and thought I would...

2. Education requirement for nurse practitioner

   Polley93 replied to js408's topic in General Nursing

   wow, I have been floored with some of the posts. It takes many to take care of the whole world of patients. To think that any one facet of the profession has the corner on the market so to speak is...

3. PASSED AANP FNP

   Polley93 replied to ConfusedNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   :yeah:Congratulations to you! This is very inspiring to me so thank you for sharing! I would like to chip away at a review as I go through my program so I don't feel onslaught at the end at exam prep...

4. If you were in NP school again, what would you do different?

   Polley93 replied to NPs4health's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   This is very helpful to know indeed. I have learned much from reading all of the posts regarding what people would do differently. I am just on the beginning cusp of my program and having these...

5. Home Health to NP?

   Polley93 replied to UMCSN4's topic in Home Health

   :nurse:Im in NP school and strongly think that HH is not a good base for advanced practice nursing. In an acute care setting you get an onslaught of all kinds of different things and throw in the...

6. Abandonment

   Polley93 replied to kamani811's topic in General Nursing

   Technically? This was not abandonment as you did not recieve report and were not taking the responsibility for patient care. Professionally? You should have stayed at the facility until the powers...

7. how many patients?

   Polley93 replied to NPs4health's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   :yeah:awesome ideas for providing visuals for teaching! Love

8. Education requirement for nurse practitioner

   Polley93 replied to js408's topic in General Nursing

   Amen Sistah!! We all have our passions and gifts and each of us definitely has our opinions. And what is this about "nursing is nursing and medicine is medicine and the two dont' mix". Are you...

9. Discouraged New Grad In AZ

   Polley93 replied to NEWgradRNAZ's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I find it all very sad. Hospitals are busier than ever, ER's are used for PCPs by the uninsured, staff RNs get called to come in literally every single day off they have, and hiring freezes?? What...

10. Education requirement for nurse practitioner

    Polley93 replied to js408's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I was exaggerating, truly. But in my experience in just about every stage of nursing, in mulitiple states and various specialties I see this becoming more and more of the norm and not the...

11. Education requirement for nurse practitioner

    Polley93 replied to js408's topic in General Nursing

    Just like in a perfect world the preferred education level for RNs is a BSN, a doctorate is a preferred educational level for an NP. Will this ever become solid? Im not sure, but the prescription...

12. Discouraged New Grad In AZ

    Polley93 replied to NEWgradRNAZ's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I find this very confusing. I live in the Tucson area, am a BSN level RN, and am in a masters program to be an FNP. I see jobs everywhere! I find that a lot of the hospitals are educating their own...

13. Suggestion for preparing for NP cert exam?

    Polley93 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For those of you who are beyond this point, was wondering, is it a good idea to get the review books for post grad certification and chip away at it as you go through your program? I know I did this...

14. FNP School Choices

    Polley93 replied to caitiecait's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I go to University of Phoenix which is a ground program but catered to working adults. (I personally love electricty and flushing toilets and cannot afford to not work full time) I find the University...

15. If you were in NP school again, what would you do different?

    Polley93 replied to NPs4health's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    is taking some kind of a billing/code course recommended by any of you actually in the profession to those of us who are in the education