profstudent4life

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1. How Does the Obama Health Care Plan Affect NP's?

   profstudent4life replied to ANPFNPGNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   While I do think the National Health Service Scholarship and Loan Repayment program is wonderful, it worries me that providers will work for a few years in a lower paying job so that they can get...

2. How quickly does your shift go by?

   profstudent4life posted a topic in General Nursing

   How quickly does your shift go by? In general, does it drag, or do you look at the clock and wonder, "Where the hell did the time go?!" What is your specialty? Just curious to see how peoples'...

3. psych/mental health nurse practitioner salary

   profstudent4life replied to shelbee1084's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   You said that your friend was not an RN...I am just curious, then, did she complete a direct-entry

4. please help critique my resume!!!

   profstudent4life replied to SuperStudentNurse's topic in Nursing Career

   Several things. First, I have a business background and can tell you that objectives statements are worthless. It just adds space to your resume that you could use otherwise highlighting other...

5. Reforming nursing education...

   profstudent4life replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

   Forgive me if there is an obvious answer to this...but why are they only hiring ADNs? This confuses me, especially at a time when it seems "everyone" (and by everyone, I mean employers) is pushing...

6. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

   profstudent4life replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   If you do a search of several university advanced practice degree programs, several have already phased out the MSN degree program for NPs. So while you think it might not happen, it is already in...

7. How much is school costing you?

   profstudent4life replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

   $43k for an

8. What do you do in the nursing station in your down time?

   profstudent4life replied to kiwipsychnurse's topic in Psychiatric

   LOL LOL LOL....love the wheelchair comment. Oh, the images that are going through my mind...thanks for the

9. Best Primary Care Experience EVER...Nurse Practitioner RAVE!!!

   profstudent4life posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   To NPs, aspiring NPs, and anyone else who is reading...I just got onto a new insurance plan, moved, and had to find a new primary care provider. I have heard such wonderful things about NPs and...

10. Changing Careers to Nursing. Advice needed

    profstudent4life replied to amoslieber's topic in General Nursing

    I know where you are coming from...I have a bachelors in business and am about to graduate with two master's degrees (public health and health care administration) and would love to go back to school...

11. Acute care NP program versus Family NP program...

    profstudent4life replied to stellina615's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Samweston, Here is a link to an interesting journal article on the use of ACNPs in the critical care setting. It's from the American Journal of Critical Care. It gives pretty good overview of...

12. CRNA Salary Survey

    profstudent4life replied to salvati08's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Was trolling old threads, found this one, wanted to bump it up because it made me laugh for about half an hour, reading all the comments. Who says nurses don't eat their young,

13. UIC GEP 2009 - Who's in???

    profstudent4life replied to kittykat73's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't see why you wouldn't be an excellent candidate. How is your GPA/GRE? My undergrad GPA isn't stellar, but I have two master's degrees (MHA/MPH) and a couple of years of health care experience...

14. Is Psych/MHNP or FNP worth it? *can't decide!*

    profstudent4life replied to NPs4health's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    BCgrad, Thanks for your input. I love working with the mentally ill, and am finding more and more that there is a vast shortage of good, quality mental health providers. Although I am "scared" of...

15. CRNA ranked #15 by CNNMoney.com Top 50 jobs in America

    profstudent4life replied to profstudent4life's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I missed that part re:the debate. Was that on the website or somewhere