Isabel-ANP-BC

Isabel-ANP-BC

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  1. DNP seems like a waste...

    My MSN program required 720 hours of clinical. I had 967. If I had realized I was so close to 1000, I would have done the last 33. We had to meet the minimum number of hours, but we were encouraged to go over. Now I'm in a DNP program and we have...
  2. Family Members/Patients Who Write Down Your Name

    I've had the "I'm writing everything down" thing happen as an NP when I worked in a hospital. I just started leaving my name, my bosses name, and her phone number for the scribe. I found that if you act as if you have nothing to hide (which I never...
  3. MDs dont own the physician title

    I'm working on my DNP. I'm an Adult Nurse Practitioner. I'm also Board Certified in Adult Health. When I finally get the DNP, I will introduce myself as "Dr. ANP, a Nurse Practitioner specializing in adult health. I am your healthcare provider. P...
  4. Failed AANP

    I took the ANCC ANP exam 2 years ago. Didn't think it was bad, passed on the first go round. I used their online review lectures and powerpoints, did it the week before the exam. Didn't do anything else. Thought the review was good because the le...
  5. FNP pondering...

    I'm enrolled in Loyola University New Orleans' DNP program as an NP (there is also an Executive Leadership Track). I'm finding that the critical thinking skills we are learning is what is setting the program apart. Look for a program that you think...
  6. Are you married sweetie?"

    Heh....I just tell them the truth: No kids, engaged, now how are you doing? Let's see what I do to help you feel better/get out of here/blah blah blah (ok not quite like that, but still). once I did tell someone it was none of his business after he...
  7. Online RN to BSN, a scam?

    I have a BSN from SUNY Stonybrook. Program was all online. My degree merely says, "BSN". I got into an online MSN/ANP program and am now doing the DNP the same way. No issues as long as the program is properly accredited.
  8. Implementing BSN as entry to practice

    I know I'm probably going to annoy some people, but....And before I go too far I want to say that I am an ASN RN originally and that I'm currently working on the DNP-- 1) LPNs should continue to be a 1 year full time program. Scope of practice limit...
  9. Good communities upstate?

    Yup, Elmira itself is boring. I lived there. But Corning has museums and interesting shopping and dining because of Corning, Inc. That's 17 miles down the road. Ithaca is a great college town, 30 miles north of Elmira. Some of the areas up 17 ma...
  10. HELP!! No charge nurse, no supervisor and OUTRAGEOUS ratios!!

    Yup, in most states as long as you don't clock in and don't take report, it's not patient abandonment. The facility can fire you, but the BON doesn't get involved. I live in NYS. I worked a hospital where I walked in one night and found out I had ...
  11. I complained my preceptor!!

    No, people don't like a snitch, but then again, snitching would not have been required if the nurse had behaved professionally and taken care of the residents appropriately... So, the right answer was to report it. The facility has an obligation to ...
  12. Good communities upstate?

    You won't get paid as much as downstate, but the cost of living is a fair amount lower...
  13. Good communities upstate?

    I used to live in Elmira, and I agree...not a great place in and of itself but Ithaca and Corning and a lot of great sight seeing areas are right near there. You can also look into places like Utica/Rome, which is between Syracuse and Albany; Syracus...
  14. Need some advice from my fellow NPs

    I had the same thing happen to me in my first job, but I stuck with it and learned a lot. You're a new NP....you're low man on the totem pole. You can leave but sometimes it's just better to suck it up and stay for awhile, then go...
  15. CEU's

    Netce.com Westernschools.com I love them....
  16. BSN to DNP

    I just started Loyola University New Orleans' MSN to DNP program. I am an ANP. It is so not easier than undergraduate. Itis reading. Class discussion on Blackboard and papers so far. The summer classes are likely worse because its all condensed from ...
  17. Tired of some MDs....

    You do not have to take that kind of abuse, but you do need to be polite when you refuse to. I have simply said, "I am taking care of your patient and I need your assistance to do so. If you would like to continue to yell at me, I will hang up (or wa...
  18. Is there an NP licensure exam?

    It is true that in NYS that you do not need certification to practice. You do need it to get Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, so most places will insist that you have certification prior to starting or soon thereafter.
  19. In seat or online, which is better?

    I prefer online. Did my BSN, and ANP that way and am now doing my DNP online. I slept through lectures when I had to sit in them. I just don't learn that way. Oh, I did my ASN live cause I had to, and it was after that that I went to an all online fo...
  20. Passed Adult AANP Certification Exam

    aNCC...sorry about that....I was on a phone
  21. Job Interview on Monday

    Old people are like babies? I specialize in geriatrics. They are adults, with their own medical and nursing needs, not a baby's medical and nursing needs. I really cannot believe that is even out here....
  22. OMG Say it correctly!

    I hate orientated and oxygen stat
  23. New LPN relocating to Syracuse, NY from NYC - I need help!

    I just sent an email back. I'm posting my response here as well for anyone else: ost places will train/orient a new nurse. The issue is that the hospitals, for the most part, don't want LPNs on the floor anymore. They do use them in outpatient cli...
  24. Passed Adult AANP Certification Exam

    When I took the AANC exam it was heavy on ethics, beneficence and endocrine. One, thank god, question about women's health. I think the test randomly downloads stuff... I actually didn't study much, but I did use the AANCs online study program. cos...
  25. New LPN relocating to Syracuse, NY from NYC - I need help!

    I live in Syracuse. Please contact me off board at [email protected]