zenman

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    Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    zenman replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Randall, we don't have a dean of the FNP program so I'm not sure whose opinion this was. However, we encourage our students to move quickly from the BSN to education for advanced practice roles if...
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    Psych NP

    zenman replied to srwilkinson2002's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just be motivated. Get the little handbooks psych residents use and keep them handy. I have Stahl's psychpharm on my iPad. The review books for psych boards are good reference books. What I did was...
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    Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    zenman replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Everyone has to do what they have to do. It doesn't matter to me. Please tell me what "meaning" you have handing out meds and do you think it is not good experience to have had observed patients at...
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    Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    zenman replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Do you have her email? If so please send it to me and I'll contact her. I want email as I want her response written
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    Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    zenman replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hopefully you don't agree with her! I'm going to start pulling out my checkbook and doing some
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    Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    zenman replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Handing out meds at Walgreens means a lot more of you've followed patients daily at the bedside and observed their daily response. The dean's opinion means little as she probably never worked on the...
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    nursing model vs. medical model

    zenman replied to reflect's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yep, and you got to give them a tuna sandwich and pour honey on the
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    Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    zenman replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well with PMHNP route you'll see allergies and warts as well as psych patients! What did I treat today on the psych unit...COPD, diarrhea, GERD, HIV, Hep B, Hep C, s/p shoulder dislocation, dry eyes,...
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    Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    zenman replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't think PA school is very easy as it's full time difficult program. If you want to make the best of your RN experience prior to going to NP school please review my post (online degrees...) about...
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    Does an ivy league education make a difference?

    zenman replied to lina620's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've never seen nurse employers ask, although it's on my resume, and probably lawyers and business people are the ones more likely to be "school
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    Unreasonable request

    zenman replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Was it an order? Did she have the training? If not will she train in essential procedures? If not, she's not
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    Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Basic Advice :)

    zenman replied to mocha54j's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you have a masters in nursing you can do a post-masters certification. Also an FNP can do a post-masters in psych, or peds, or whatever and get certified in that
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    Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    zenman replied to jilljw's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This might get you headed in the right direction. Derwin, E. (2009) Critical Thinking in Online Vs. Face-to-Face Higher Education. Media Psychology Review. Vol. 2(1) I don't have time to check it...
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    Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Basic Advice :)

    zenman replied to mocha54j's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was hired over an FNP in mental health because she couldn't get credentialed since she wasn't an Psych
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    Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    zenman replied to jilljw's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Google research on distance ed, but for me I save time traveling to school so say it was an hour there and back to class I have 2 extra hours to study. I save wear and tear on my vehicle as well as...
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    Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Basic Advice :)

    zenman replied to mocha54j's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No, but I did a post-masters distance ed program. And yes you can be an FNP and get psych certification after doing a post-marters psych program. Clinicals are part of any program and are done in a...
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    Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    zenman replied to jilljw's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    No, you save a lot of gas money as one benefit of
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    Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    zenman replied to jilljw's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    All schools are in business to make money. They may get more money by offering distance education as they reach more students. I'm in business to save money which is why as a customer I prefer...
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    Do we need to take drugs.. in order to do our job?

    zenman replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, like the PCP who prescribed Effexor 300 mg as a starting dose for a patient I saw this week. Holy Moses it's a wonder he didn't kill the guy! You start Effexor at 37.5 mg for ER or 25 mg for IR...
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    2 part-time jobs= 2 separate malpractice insurances?

    zenman replied to labbio's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My personal psych NP malpractice is just under $900 a
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    NP work in Africa - Uganda

    zenman replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There's a thread here somewhere about NP's in other countries. Africa has
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    NPs practicing as DRs

    zenman replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hey, I was at Fort Sam for a little over a year in 71-72 in 91C school. They had stopped the goat labs at our class. Guess they started them back. Had a great time at that base...or rather off
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    Interviewee needed!!

    zenman replied to N1colina's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm a world renown psychiatric nurse practitioner, outstanding in my field, a legend in my own mind. Will that work? If so, email me the
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    No wonder our profession is messed up

    zenman replied to NeuroNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Certainly you can teach many technical skills in a short time. It's listening to hundreds of lung, bowel, and heart sounds, for example, where those "experience skills" come into play. Showing up with...
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    No wonder our profession is messed up

    zenman replied to NeuroNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I love being around smart people who realize they are learning