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All I did was repond to a post that questioned why the writer could advance more quickly as a PA vs a NP. As I stated, I thought a joined a forum for nurses. I will not post again. These two PA's did not like what I had to say and ganged up on me.

Takeback, I see that you are also a PA. What are you doing on a nursing forum?

David, what is it about the fact that I live in Florida that you find so amusing. I thought that my post would anger some people and even stated so. If you are suggesting that the function of PA's in the state of Florida is any different than I state...

I am so sorry for your loss. Your Papa sounds like a wonderful man. My inspiration for choosing nursing as my profession was my mother. She, like your Papa, had colon cancer. She died on her 58 birthday. It was the day of my final exam in my first se...

CrazyPremed, I do understand your frustration but I believe there is a vast difference between PA's and NP's. PA's are mid level practitioners who can not practice without a method of contact with a supervising physician. NP's serve as primary provid...

I work for a large group of physicians who employee NP's. None of the physicians in this group will consider hiring a NP with less than 10 years nursing experience. They will hire a new NP grad as long as she is a seasoned nurse.

I am not attending UCF. I will be attending Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. They have an excellant program with extensive clinical training. The program is completely on-line with clinicals being done in your community. The cost is c...

I found out back on May 14th but had already applied elsewhere. Couldn't wait for UCF forever.

There were more than 220 applicants for Fall 2009 and they are only accepting 32-50 students. As of today 4/23 no decision has been made