umbdude MSN, APRN

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    Nurse Practitioner Needed/Not Needed?

    umbdude replied to Sigrimis's topic in Advanced Practice

    To be fair, the DNP is never about clinical skills and was never sold as such. It's about population health and translating research. That said, I've looked at many of them and the curriculum is...
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    PMHNP program

    umbdude replied to Nitsirk51's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Options aren't endless. What are your own criteria? Location? Reputation of the school? Costs? MSN or DNP? Direct-Entry or Traditional? Guarantee clinical placements? IMO, in-person is critical for...
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    Sawyer Initiative

    umbdude replied to Richard Michael Brett's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If your school doesn't think it's a thing, then file a complaint and encourage your classmates to do the same. There are complaint forms. In addition, go up the chain of command beyond the "school of...
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    CA NPs. have you seen bill text for AB890?

    umbdude replied to AddictionNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Is it normally that high across all settings and states? I thought you only need that if you're not working under the same group as the supervising physician (e.g., you have your own practice, but...
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    On line NP or On-campus Np? (MA)

    umbdude replied to Rosemarch's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Online vs. on-campus is ultimately a personal choice. I go to a on-campus PMHNP program and I swear by it. There is no way I could get as much out of an online program. My school is well-regarded and...
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    FNP to PMHNP

    umbdude replied to Girleddi2019's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Yes you do take the same exam. It's a different specialty certification and tests you on different materials. Once you become a PMHNP you will need to maintain both certs according to each cert's...
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    Forced To Resign Being The Only Asian in a CVICU unit

    umbdude replied to joanjacob28's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm sorry. I can understand how you feel. Asians are often the target of microaggressions and both intentional or unintentional alienation. The ethnic stereotypes are alive and well, and overt. It's...
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    My Ultimate Warning based on personal Experience with COVID+ patients and co-workers.

    umbdude replied to theoneandonly's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That's why we need more testing because otherwise it's simply very difficult to tell what's going on. We need data to tell how much risk we're taking. OP's sample size is small and there's some...
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    Medical School or Nursing School?

    umbdude replied to CookiesOrCreme's topic in General Nursing

    A few things to think about: 1) The FNP (and NP in general) job market is becoming very saturated and getting worse every year because of all the diploma mills and subpar programs out there. If you...
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    Am I a coward for going on FMLA due to COVID?

    umbdude replied to ML1376's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Nursing can't be compared to high-risk jobs like military, law enforcement, and firefighters. Survivors (spouse/kids) of military, police, fire dpt personnel get very good financial & insurance...
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    How many applications did you complete?

    umbdude replied to Skips's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I applied to 3 and got into all. I only applied to local programs that secure clinical placements. Good
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    What study strategies is getting you through Advanced Health Assessment?

    umbdude replied to strawberryluv's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I used the book and the slides. My preferred method to study has always been doing a ton of practice questions, but for NP courses, it's hard to find the right practice questions out there, so I focus...
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    COVID19 Screening

    umbdude replied to DeDe245's topic in Psychiatric

    Screening is pretty routine in my area. But screening only involves a few questions, respiratory symptoms, and temp. Many folks could be screened and have no symptoms, but still be positive and can...
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    Partner doesn't like that I'm a nurse

    umbdude replied to AmyR's topic in General Nursing

    COVID is a bit different than "typical" infectious diseases we normally see. It's new with many many unknowns. He has legitimate reason to be concerned for his own safety and for his son. If you...
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    Are there any on-campus Nurse Practioner programs out there?

    umbdude replied to Young_Nurse's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Yes there should be plenty. I believe most high ranked NP programs are on-campus programs. However, even 100% in-person program sometimes utilizes online delivery (e.g., a blizzard, sick professor, or...
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    Southern California NP schools

    umbdude replied to epark46's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    UCLA is, I think by far, the best choice. UCLA nursing is well-established, highly regarded, and likely has a ton of resources for students. CSULB is a solid school and probably quite affordable. USC...
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    NP's how are you these days?

    umbdude replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    oh
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    NP's how are you these days?

    umbdude replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks. It's good to know...still it's a bit anxiety
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    NP's how are you these days?

    umbdude replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    ? Do they have more than association and/or theoretical evidence for this? There could be serious implications if there's a link because so many people (including me) are on an ACEI or ARB. I was...
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    Fired

    umbdude replied to Lilynelo's topic in General Nursing

    I would request a complete personnel record from HR to see what's in there. I'm not sure whether this is state-dependent, but in my state HR is required to provide you with a complete HR record within...
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    FPA in Florida passed today!

    umbdude replied to MikeFNPC's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That's my understand and what's said in a PMHNP group, but I haven't read the bill in detail. It might not include NPs who work in acute-care
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    FPA in Florida passed today!

    umbdude replied to MikeFNPC's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    WOW!!...the last place I thought would pass FPA. It's great news! PMHNPs and CRNAs aren't included, bummer. But still a great
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    Brave or just stupid?

    umbdude replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It's not so much the hospital but rather the individual psychiatrist. I've found that psychiatrists (in general) love to teach. When you interview for a job, be clear about how much training you...
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    Direct entry MSN worth over $100,000 in debt?

    umbdude replied to Hfield12's topic in Post Graduate Students

    If she's going for a highly-rated NP program and she's relatively young, getting it done quickly is not a bad idea. My BSN and MSN-PMHNP (both great programs) total about $90k and I am doing both in...
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    Nurse Practitioner Needed/Not Needed?

    umbdude replied to Sigrimis's topic in Advanced Practice

    DNP is not a solution. Diploma mills have been offering DNPs for a while and they are fully capable to offering BSN-to-DNP programs because they're not accountable for anything to begin with. IMO,...