Oakley44

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1. IV's/Blood draws as FNP

   Oakley44 replied to mka0141's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Really? Now maybe it's cause I've only ever worked in the ER, but I routinely do things that the techs normally do; not just cause Kaiser is too cheap to hire a reasonable amount of techs (i.e two...

2. Moving to OR, what ER to work at?

   Oakley44 replied to NurseVoldemort's topic in Oregon Nursing

   Sorry to comment on a dead thread but... It's easy to disbelieve this based upon the massive publicity over the past few years but all Kaiser's are non-profit. Source: I work for

3. Cheapest NP Program ... period

   Oakley44 replied to Oakley44's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Well done. That's good researching. I just wish this very basic information was more transparent; even in the late 90s, you could go to barnes & noble and pretty much figure all this kind of stuff...

4. Cheapest NP Program ... period

   Oakley44 replied to Oakley44's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Super inexpensive but what about the GPA being 3.0 for every graduate thing? is that even a thing? that's what I've read but haven't verified. i'm pretty sure that would be a non-starter for many...

5. Cheapest NP Program ... period

   Oakley44 replied to Oakley44's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Well that's not too shabby then. quick math would suggest it would be about $22k for the same amount of credits - very reasonable

6. Cheapest NP Program ... period

   Oakley44 replied to Oakley44's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I appreciate the optimism. While I was completing my BSN, I did research some about this; especially for the US dept. of public health and the Indian Affairs etc.. The military isn't so much an...

7. Cheapest NP Program ... period

   Oakley44 replied to Oakley44's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Without getting into too much detail about my personal finances, I do know about loan repayment options.; Some of which are applicable, most of which

8. Cheapest NP Program ... period

   Oakley44 replied to Oakley44's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Thanks. I just found this ... UAB - School of Nursing - Tuition & Fees . Looks like the out of state tuition + the univ. tuition is quite a bit more than $18k

9. Cheapest NP Program ... period

   Oakley44 replied to Oakley44's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Yeah, I've heard much about Frontier. They are one of the few programs that actually lay out their costs very plainly Tuition | Frontier Nursing University . From what I've read about Frontier it...

10. Cheapest NP Program ... period

    Oakley44 replied to Oakley44's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    They do offer tuition reimbursement. Although, the amount is relatively small. Maybe I should have rephrased my original question a bit. I'm aware that cheaper is not always the best; not unlike money...

11. Cheapest NP Program ... period

    Oakley44 replied to Oakley44's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Exactly. This is the type of response I honestly appreciate for all of about 8 seconds. I realize cost shouldn't be the TOP priority priority, which is why my original question takes up about 1/2 of a...

12. Cheapest NP Program ... period

    Oakley44 replied to Oakley44's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Thanks for the quick responses. The WGU concept seems to be more than just a novel ideal - thanks for the info. Of course, it opens up the natural follow-up question of where to get a post-master's...

13. Cheapest NP Program ... period

    Oakley44 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hey Folks, Yeah I'm actually asking this question seriously. So here's the thing: I've been an RN (w/ a BSN and a prev. Bach.) in the ER for 1.5 years. It's awesome. I thoroughly enjoy it,...

14. Pay Rate

    Oakley44 replied to christinachamnong's topic in California Nursing

    Yeah so that's not so true though. Several people have posted their basic pay rate information and along with rough geographic and specialty area info; data points which are especially informative...

15. Pay Rate

    Oakley44 replied to christinachamnong's topic in California Nursing

    Less about commutes and communities and more about what the op actually asked