EquuszARNP

EquuszARNP

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  1. Warning - excelsior students

    EquuszARNP replied to robertjankowski's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Preach it, Texas! Unfortunately, however, this anti-Excelsior sentiment is gaining ground. States are starting to discriminate against Excelsior grads, in violation of their own bylaws ("graduates of...

  2. Texas and Excelsior College

    EquuszARNP replied to vnightingale06's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I think the writing is on the wall. Soon EC is going to have to revise their curriculum to include clinicals. No problem in Oregon so far, thankfully. But I have to endorse into Washington after six...

  3. Texas and Excelsior College

    EquuszARNP replied to vnightingale06's topic in Online Distance Learning

    That sounds like lawsuit material to me. If a state accepts a school, and the school hasn't lost their accreditation or given the state some "new" reason to drop them, but the state stops accepting...

  4. Texas and Excelsior College

    EquuszARNP replied to vnightingale06's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It's been my observation that to avoid getting sued, when BON's make changes to how/if they accept Excelsior, they make the changes effective on a certain date so that currently enrolled students...

  5. University of South Alabama FNP

    EquuszARNP replied to odugrad's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thanks much for the info. I have 17 years' experience as a paramedic, and right now I basically do primary care duties as a ship's medic. I run the clinic, suture, Rx meds, etc. So I think I can...

  6. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    EquuszARNP replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Ludicrous? I beg to differ. Many NP's practice medicine "without a physician". And in many states, like mine, the law is very clear that the NP is independent and is held accountable independently....

  7. University of South Alabama FNP

    EquuszARNP replied to odugrad's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Those tests are online, right? No problem there, our internet access is not crazy fast, but pretty reliable. I expect to be able to schedule my clinicals during my off rotations. Since a semester...

  8. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    EquuszARNP replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I refuse to believe that any PA's are making a quarter of a million dollar salary, unless they are working as partners in some mega-million dollar plastic surgery clinic or something. PA...

  9. University of South Alabama FNP

    EquuszARNP replied to odugrad's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Is there some flexibility on the timing of campus visits? I work on a ship, 5 weeks on/5 weeks off, so a campus visit date might fall while I'm offshore. Are they willing to work with students on exam...

  10. NP Salary (independent practice vs. nonindependent)

    EquuszARNP replied to caffeineRx's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just as an example to the above, here's the excerpt from the NP Scope of Practice law in Oregon (you'll note the repeated use of the word "independently"): Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice...

  11. NP Salary (independent practice vs. nonindependent)

    EquuszARNP replied to caffeineRx's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It depends on the state. In many states the NP can practice independently, in some states they have to have a collaborating physician agreement in place, and in a few states they have to be indirectly...

  12. NP Salary (independent practice vs. nonindependent)

    EquuszARNP replied to caffeineRx's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I read on one of the nurse practitioner sites (can't remember which) that an NP can expect to double his/her net income by going into private practice. Not sure what the official source for that...

  13. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    EquuszARNP replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    No, BAJASAUCE, I didn't misspeak. Sure, PA schools cram all this information into a two year program. Does that make them better? This point has been debated in many other places. The fact is that...

  14. An Online MSN -NP program?

    EquuszARNP replied to smileysenior's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Frontier told me they no longer waive the one-year RN-experience minimum for their ADN-MSN bridge program. However there are lots of others. University of Southern Alabama, Albany State University,...

  15. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    EquuszARNP replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    David: As PA curriculum is set by ARC-PA, NP curriculum is set by the CCNE. PA's have to take the PANCE to get their state license, NP's have to take a certification exam from one of the credentialing...

  16. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    EquuszARNP replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see any difference in salaries, David. Listings are all the same. Salary surveys are all the same. Do you have a source that shows the PAs are consistently offered higher salaries than NPs?...

  17. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    EquuszARNP replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    One other thing: Nurse Practitioners specialize just as much as PA's do. Emergency NP, Family NP, Acute Care NP, Adult/Geron NP, Pediatric NP, etc. In fact, that's what defines their scope and...

  18. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    EquuszARNP replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    For a PA student you seem pretty ill informed... a) Docs don't respect PA's more than NP's. The ones that think PA's are better do so simply because, as you say, PA's train up through the medical...

  19. STILL don't have a job?? Vent here!

    EquuszARNP replied to wonderwomanchels's topic in First Year After Licensure

    All of the Portland hospitals want to be magnet status, which means BSN or BSN-enrolled. I'd go rural - Coos Bay, Astoria, Tillamook, Vernonia. I'm in the same boat - just graduated and will take the...

  20. University of South Alabama FNP

    EquuszARNP replied to odugrad's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I just spoke to the dean on the phone. She says she has students from all over the country. I've sent in my transcripts for an evaluation, thinking of applying in April, if they'll let me prove my...

  21. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    EquuszARNP replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    OK that makes more sense. I didn't think it was 1/3 of new grads leaving nursing entirely.

  22. Passed CPNE in Albany (AMC) 1/17, No Retakes!

    EquuszARNP posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Just thought I'd share with ya'll that I took my CPNE at AMC this weekend and PASSED with no lab or PCS retakes. It wasn't easy but neither was it the nightmare that I had feared. Maybe it's different...

  23. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    EquuszARNP replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    What's your source for that statistic?

  24. Passed CPNE in Albany (AMC) 1/17, No Retakes!

    EquuszARNP replied to EquuszARNP's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Laura: Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier, I didn't see your post. You must be about ready to head to Albany by now. To belatedly answer your questions: it sounds like you're doing everything you...

  25. Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    EquuszARNP replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    I was planning to go to PA school. As a long-time medic it seemed a natural extension. The problem was, when I started looking into it, there are simply NO PA schools where you can work full time...