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Instead of creating yet another thread I thought I'd ask: How long did it take for you to receive your DEA after applying? The main question here has me imagining that mine took longer due to my extensive ADHD medication history. I agree my fellow pr...

LOL!! You still have that unique perspective :) Well sir, you may not remember me but I leaned on your advice these past two years and graduated last month. I'd appreciate your advice again seeing as you have traveled in many ways as I have and pray ...

One wonders if the same specialty expectations are being placed on other practitioners? Generalist beginings or no.

Yeah, back in the day when California would allow such a challenge. Unfortunately they no longer extend that bridge if my information is correct. I didn't have enough time in MOS to challenge and by the time I did, I had already moved to Texas. 1972?...

There are usually two different types of Psych APN programs. Those Adult Psych programs concern 16+y/o (varies by state) and those who see all ages (Family Psych). I don't remember ever seeing a child psych NP program and I reviewed a heck of allot o...

Ahh, so basically you yourself have no formal training and are comparing the hearsay of your MD parental figures and your spouses evaluation of her NP education? Please spend more time on things you actualy know about and less time spreading your opi...

Sounds like you have some confidence issues there. I might sugest talking to friends who have been in your shoes and are now working the job instead of styressing over perfection. Preferably over a glass of wine or a good single malt :) Learn to laug...

I will seek to clarify this further and say that this is ONLY one "sugestion" from ONE of two national nursing program certifying bodies (I believe more are popping up) and in no way is law or even foreseable future rules. Futhermore, this is the sam...

My best friend is a TWU FNP student and attended the Dallas campus and after speaking with him and meeting some of his fellow students, I am so glad I did not apply there. they might be local but they are amassing a poor reputation among the student ...

She could go the route of local public OP clinic. The clientele zenman is describing I find more often in the private practices. In the public mental health clinic, the clients are often simply happy to have someone to talk to about refills or side e...

Umm at Case we do 3 of general pharm and 2 or psychpharm but the general psych meds are included in the general pharm.

Hypothyroid,a new cutter @ 15, and preggers with alleged psychosis decompensation? Was she psychotic before? Long past time to pass that buck. The trifecta in hallucinations is very questionable. Sounds like a bigtime axis 2 but ya got a big mess the...

i just got this medscape update and was so thrilled i went directly to the crna thread and posted it but i think it is relevant to all apns so here it is. this is a meta study and a big one: [color=#943634]"the authors used medicare inpatient (part a...

Case Western. Very nice program but very expensive. I would highly recommend getting your masters first and waiting for the dnp programs to become more clinically relevent. Currently most DNP corricullums has little clinical aplication and a whole lo...

Thanks and I do appreciate your view on engaging the repeated offenders. The only reason I do so is that I fear that many nurses may become discouraged if they start believing the c#@p some are peddling. For some it makes it difficult to distinguish ...

I got the Email that said you had actually posted to this thrad so I decided that was worth an early reply. I agree that the same issues keep being rehashed but I hope you can see that it was a self identified non-nurse that brought those tired argum...

Okay. glad you mentioned your perceptions because you have been mis-informed. Most distance programs (I had researched in detail nearly 100 during my undergrad) do not require more than an initial meeting to orient to the information delivery and tea...

Agreed for the most part. In reference to patient satisfact/preference I do however feel that patient satisfaction does have to be a small part of the measurement of quality in comparison to outcomes, however not nearly as much as current initiative...

in response to points 1, 2, 3, and 5 i refer you to the references/literature sources for the asa response. i went and did indeed look at all of the information that is being passed as sources for the asa president’s article. he really didn't take mu...

Quick question first. If you want a distance education, why limit yourself to SE schools? After this answer it would be easier to give information.

OHH!!! I allmost forgot, the study from 2000 that you are so fond of had an even SMALLER base of patients (Nearly half) so if we use your argument that the CRNA favoring study was too small to come to a conclusion, what does that mean for the study y...

ahh dg!!! you heard me calling you!!! soo if mds back in 2001 does a study on cited imperfect billing data (says so in its abstract) and comes to a conclusion and another crna favoring study uses billing information with the same weaknesses (noted in...

I'd be wary of such thoughts in scope of practice. While the FNP is trained to handle your basic anxiety and non-complicated(non refractory) depression, there is little to no training in the vast majority of mental illnesses that will likely require ...

91 W, I'm prior service 91A/B 187th Med Det deployed twice shield and storm then did 91-C at Ft Sam as a "reward" for services rendered. I'm re-uping here shortly(reserve this time) going officer route as an NP and the local Med group officers I have...

I have not found nearly as much review materials available for the FPMHNP as for the FNP. Our instructors had mentioned the two solutions above but I am the overkill type myself and would appreciate any additional suggestions. As I understand it, th...