umbdude MSN, APRN

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    Did they ask for your GPA, yes or no?

    umbdude replied to Bunsbuns's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Sort of. I applied to psych RN positions and GPA never came up during the conversation. But most online applications asked for
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    How long usually to get a Psych certificate from FNP

    umbdude replied to brinksta's topic in Advanced Practice

    Just curious how this would work in practice. If you get a psych cert, wouldn't you right away be inundated with psych cases which leave you little time to do primary
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    Finding NP program, please help

    umbdude replied to uniqueguy34's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just an FYI - $40k+ for a masters degree with high earning potential is very cheap compare to any other professional degrees. Consider Frontier Nursing University. Tuition
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    What happened to all the Walden Haters?

    umbdude replied to Mark Hill BSN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Making it out isn't all that difficult for many NP programs. Schools can and do set their standards lower to pass more students. Unfortunately, the board exams also set the bar low and illl-prepared...
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    Straight from BSN to NP and maturity

    umbdude replied to priorities2's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Because people are saying that RN experience is a must to become a provider. If that's the case, why doesn't the nursing experience I got from my BSN program count? I actually got a solid nursing...
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    Straight from BSN to NP and maturity

    umbdude replied to priorities2's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The 700 to 1k BSN or ADN clinical hours don't
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    Can nurses live a luxurious life?

    umbdude replied to Aa1Bb2Cc3's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses make decent money, but not enough to live a "luxurious" life by most people's standards. Nurses also break their backs for the money. IMO, it's not worth going into if you are in it for the...
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    Please help

    umbdude replied to Jamiediane's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This is very
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    Please help

    umbdude replied to Jamiediane's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Doctors will always talk bad about NPs because they don't want NPs to gain independent practice and NP education model is different (i.e., not the same as theirs = bad & inferior). Always take...
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    Why are nurses the only profession that cannot accept gifts?

    umbdude replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is not the only profession. I worked in finance for years and could not receive gifts more than a certain amount of dollar (I can't remember the amount, but it was very small). Lunches/dinners...
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    Switching from FNP to Psych NP

    umbdude replied to brinksta's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you are almost finished, I think it's better to get your FNP first then go for a post-MSN certificate in PMHNP. In post-MSN cert, you go right into the psych NP classes and clinical. With both...
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    so frustrated about setting up NP clinical

    umbdude replied to treeye's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This website is not a good resource for finding preceptors. Have you tried joining a professional facebook page for the NP specialty you are in? If you have nursing experience, I find that the people...
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    Are B's good grades in nursing school?

    umbdude replied to ananana123's topic in General Students

    B's are fine. Unless you want to apply to a CRNA program, I wouldn't worry too much about GPA as long as it's above
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    Intimidated by being only male

    umbdude replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Wow that's amazing! Hats off to you. Best of luck with the midwifery NP
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    Meyers Brigg, Have you done it?

    umbdude replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    INFP - psych nurse. I did the Meyers Briggs when contemplating career change years ago. I also did the Highland Ability Battery, which was helpful but
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    Regis College NP Fall 2018: Who's going?

    umbdude replied to nurse2b5598's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Are you already a nurse? Usually people find connections within the workplace or from colleagues. You can also try to join professional organizations (or facebook groups) specific to your specialty...
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    University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Master's Entry Program in Nursing (MEPN) vs. MGH Institute of Health Professions

    umbdude replied to ABfutureNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Although ranking doesn't matter much and MGH IHP is a OK school, personally, I would choose UCSF hands down especially if you are relatively young (in your 20s or early 30s). The UCSF name will matter...
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    To become a psychiatric NP are the courses the same as medical NP?

    umbdude replied to NightNurse714's topic in Psychiatric

    ~47% of my psych NP curriculum is psych focus, the rest are the nursing core that everyone takes regardless of
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    will it get any better?

    umbdude replied to gintama's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm sorry you're going through this. UHS is well known to have the worst psych facilities in my area. This for-profit corporation won't hesitate to throw RNs under the bus when bad things happened,...
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    Academic References

    umbdude replied to BluebellRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I find it hard to believe that the school will be that inflexible about the academic reference for someone who graduated 10+ years ago. Definitely talk to the school and ask what options you have...
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    Regis College Online FNP

    umbdude replied to purpletzz's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That's just downright shocking. Students are paying ~$40k-50k for this program that (1) doesn't provide preceptors and (2) lazily outsources lectures to youtube professors? Nothing against professor...
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    NP Preceptors and advice wanted

    umbdude replied to HAL_APRN19's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Can you transfer to the local colleges that you
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    Academic References

    umbdude replied to BluebellRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Have you talked to the school about this? Some programs understand this and will let you substitute with a professional reference. How about clinical instructors? They can be your academic reference...
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    Is it necessary to get experience as a Rn before NP?

    umbdude replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you are not in a rush, getting a little bit of RN experience is beneficial especially because you sound like you aren't sure what specialty you like (derm and psych are so different). At the end of...
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    Consumer Reports Article - What Do You Think?

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

    I thought it was strange to include RNs. RNs do not operate anywhere near the scope of NPs and