umbdude MSN, APRN

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    Applying to NP Programs Senior Year

    umbdude replied to csat's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Each school has a different policy. You can call or email the schools you want to apply to and ask them directly. Many schools require that you have your RN license by application deadline if you're...
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    NP School with a GRE of 300?

    umbdude replied to outsidegirl's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I think as long as you meet the GRE requirement of the individual program you apply to, a 300 is okay. Nursing schools don't put much emphasis on GRE and for good reasons. However, if you want to...
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    Everyone is in NP school !

    umbdude replied to Atl-Murse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't think everyone is in NP school. That is not the case at my hospital. If you work at a large research hospital, there might be a selection bias since many people work at these hospitals in...
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    Pharmacology

    umbdude replied to KSjo88's topic in General Students

    If you're scoring 950+ on HESI, had a 3.8 GPA from your ADN and 3.76 so far, you should not be borderline-failing a pharm course. If the ones who are passing the class are averaging 77-80%, I think...
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    Is psychiatric nursing a dying profession?

    umbdude replied to LilaDavis's topic in Psychiatric

    There is no shortage of inpatient psych RN jobs in my area, not even close. Although the absolute number of psych RN jobs is much lower, there are far fewer RNs who want to work in psych. I got four...
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    Thinking of Psych Nursing but confused about school requirements

    umbdude replied to Actioncatt's topic in Psychiatric

    Nothing really. You get your RN and apply to psych nursing jobs, that's it. You could work as a mental health tech during nursing school to boost your
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    B&M vs Online

    umbdude replied to Owlgal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I get much more out of a B&M courses than online, and I am highly self motivated. I also think online discuss posts are the biggest waste of time. I'm not against online programs because there are...
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    Any online NP schools fInd preceptors for you?

    umbdude replied to twilli41's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It is important to get more clarification on this. I had one coworker who attended Simmons' online FNP program and stated that Simmons *helps* but there is no guarantee. She was unable to find a...
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    Tell me about your psych job

    umbdude replied to Scarlettz's topic in Psychiatric

    I have some experiences at 2 facilities. Neither one uses the "1 charge RN, 1 med RN" model. Hospital #1: Charge RN takes 1-3 patients who are most acute, the rest of the RNs take a maximum of 7...
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    Thinking of Psych Nursing but confused about school requirements

    umbdude replied to Actioncatt's topic in Psychiatric

    Are you outside of the USA? In the US, you don't need anything other than a RN license to work as a psychiatric RN. Either way, I suspect that a bachelor's in psych would not be counted towards the...
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    Really want to get out of nursing...

    umbdude replied to Zyprexa's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry that you're feeling burned out. Any interest in the business area? I worked in financial services before nursing. It's almost exactly the way you described. If you're young enough (early 30s...
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    are you guys exhausted after your shift?

    umbdude replied to _zoubisoubisou_'s topic in Psychiatric

    It depends on where you work. I work in an adult inpatient psych unit and I can relate to almost everything you described. It's constantly busy and I get exhausted (more physically than mentally)....
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    RN-PMHNP without BSN

    umbdude replied to vitiana's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Many schools offer this option. ADN grads will need to take courses to meet the requirement for a BSN, then move onto the NP program. How long it takes will depend on the student. Some students...
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    Direct-Entry online programs?

    umbdude replied to FiremedicMike's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Unless your experience is RN experience, your other healthcare experience does not matter one bit. What you are looking for doesn't exist. You need to reconsider your options. If you are not willing...
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    Experience before PMHNP

    umbdude replied to benson1994's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't think either job will limit your opportunities. But since you mentioned that you want to work with peds, the resident counselor position might give you better exposure especially if you want...
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    PMHNP admissions

    umbdude replied to KG7396's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't think your GPA will be a problem unless you have poor grades in some of the clinical nursing courses. Schools don't just look at numbers, but look at trends and your performance in relevant...
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    DNP vs MSN - PMHNP

    umbdude replied to jimmy_pearce's topic in Advanced Practice

    @OP- PMHNP programs are not all going toward DNPs and there is no such requirement. Some schools are phasing out MSN NP programs completely for DNP, but many schools continue to offer MSN for NPs. In...
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    DNP, PHD, or EDD

    umbdude replied to NurseMike911's topic in Post Graduate Students

    That's true. Some of my professors are DNPs and they do research/publish. I was thinking in a more traditional sense where PhDs are mainly focused on academia and research, and not so much in clinical...
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    DNP, PHD, or EDD

    umbdude replied to NurseMike911's topic in Post Graduate Students

    If you take a look at the profiles of nursing faculty members at various universities, you'll find that most are PhDs. Universities are focused on research and expect their faculty members to design...
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    "Prestige" Nursing Schools

    umbdude replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Students

    In the world of nursing, a NP from Walden will not be much different from a NP from UPenn. This is so strange to me as I worked in finance for 13 years, where anyone with a school like that on his...
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    Exit interview?

    umbdude replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I had one Exit interview for a job I held for 6 years. I was honest with HR about my reasons of leaving. I wasn't nasty but just stating the facts. In particular, there was one team member (the...
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    Boston College Traditional Master Fall 2017

    umbdude replied to umbdude's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Congrats! I got an acceptance on Thursday and I'm thrilled! I applied to the full time but got a spot in the part time 3 year program. I'm still waiting to hear from Northeastern. If NEU offers me...
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    Boston College Traditional Master Fall 2017

    umbdude replied to umbdude's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Congrats on your acceptance to Regis! Does Regis help you find a preceptor? They also told me mid to late April, but I recently asked them again and they said hopefully by end of April. I'm hoping...
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    Is it customary where you work to recheck BPs manually?

    umbdude replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    When a tech gives me an unusually high BP, I use a machine to recheck the patient and make sure it's done properly (eg, on bare skin, right cuff size, no crossing legs or moving arm around). If it's...
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    ADN or BSN: What's the Big Deal?

    umbdude replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    It's becoming quite easy for ADN nurses to get BSN these days (many ADN programs in my area are partnering with schools for RN-to-BSN), and maybe that partly explains the decrease of ADN% as more ADN...