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  1. Anyone attending Kaplan or Walden University?

    myelin replied to tadahh99's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The reason there are no GRE or GPA requirements is because Walden is a for profit university. They have very low standards for entry. Since they do nothing to secure your clinical placements, they can...

  2. I don't think I want to do FNP anymore?

    myelin replied to Jmallard's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think you need to step back and think about your career goals. What is your passion? Do you love bedside nursing or do you love the idea of being a healthcare provider? It sounds like you really...

  3. Doctor tells patients he will quit if President Obama is re-elected

    myelin replied to chicarn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm so sick of people blaming "Obamacare" on the realities of a crappy economy. Obamacare hasn't even kicked in yet, for the most part. He's trying to intimidate his patients and it's childish and...

  4. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

    myelin replied to Corey Narry's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    NPs and PAs will never merge. Unless the PAs want to become nurses, lol. BON and BOM are two entirely separate entities, and honestly, the fact that NPs are overseen by the BON (and not the BOM) is...

  5. Name and scope of NP/PA's

    myelin replied to zoidberg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I dunno, I would be really worried about treating a population I hadn't been trained to teach without direct supervision. I mean, I'm doing FPMHNP, so I guess it won't be a concern for

  6. A male Nurse Practitioner: What are your thoughts?

    myelin replied to indomie23's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It would be easier to answer your questions if you gave us more info. Do you already have a bachelors degree? What are your career goals? Are you interested in just clinical work or also...

  7. Name and scope of NP/PA's

    myelin replied to zoidberg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Without any more training? Is the psychiatrist overseeing you seeing kids or something? It just sounds kind of weird to me, since you're not trained to see

  8. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): My Personal Pro's and Con's

    myelin replied to Corey Narry's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Hey juan de la cruz, I noticed in another thread you had mentioned that UCSF was going to have another meeting about the DNP. Did you attend it? I'm wondering how that meeting went and if they're...

  9. Advice! Online university of cincinnati!

    myelin replied to nicurn17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Given the numerous threads on this forum with people desperate and struggling to find preceptors, I would seriously hesitate to attend a program that didn't provide my training. How programs that...

  10. Change of Name.

    myelin replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    agreed, Abe. Because NPs technically practice "nursing" (and NOT "medicine"), NPs have managed to really set the tone and control their own field and future, as opposed to

  11. Letting the market determine whether I can go straight to PMHNP

    myelin replied to priorities2's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am biased because I'm doing something similar (going directly to PMHNP with little RN experience), so my tendency is to encourage you to go for it. If you're absolutely certain that PMHNP is what...

  12. Do you need your BSN before you become an NP?

    myelin replied to Louisepug's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know a nurse who has a lot of RN experience, but got her education online at a degree mill. She is having a really hard time getting hired because employers don't think much of her program. I'm just...

  13. Do you need your BSN before you become an NP?

    myelin replied to Louisepug's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There's nothing wrong with having career goals and if being a provider is what you want, go for it. Try and go to the most reputable program you can. Only one research study has compared RN experience...

  14. Is grad school really this hard to get into?

    myelin replied to itsnowbegun's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    crap, somehow I missed this. How did the session go? Did you

  15. Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Question

    myelin replied to LadyRN10's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You're right, the GRE is a relatively small part of a person's application - and that's why it pains me to see people not even considering programs because of it! Hehe. The vast majority of nursing...

  16. Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Question

    myelin replied to LadyRN10's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    First, I don't think going to a good school means necessarily having to shell out 80k! Not at all! In fact, many lesser programs (often for-profits) have crazy tuition rates, so cost of a program...

  17. Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Question

    myelin replied to LadyRN10's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just take the GRE. It's not so bad. It pains me to keep reading posts from people who are basing where they want to go (an extremely important decision, btw) because they are afraid of taking a...

  18. Confused on which route- NP or PA

    myelin replied to Pat23's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Given your career goals (women's health, desire to practice abroad), I'd choose nursing over PA. The DNP thing is merely a suggestion and no laws have been changed to require it. My school (one of the...

  19. Is it more practical to become a PMHNP or a FNP with specialization/cert in Psych

    myelin replied to J-Swish's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hey J-Swish, I'm like you in the sense that I am willing to move wherever, don't have kids, no mortgage, etc. I decided to go with PMHNP because it's my passion, and I also feel that it is a very safe...

  20. Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Question

    myelin replied to LadyRN10's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    At this point, it sounds like they're phasing out the CNSs and adult or child, as per the consensus agreement. The only license will be family psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner There is no...

  21. Is it more practical to become a PMHNP or a FNP with specialization/cert in Psych

    myelin replied to J-Swish's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That really sucks. It sounds like since your state doesn't have independent practice and also allows just about anyone to practice psych, you're not in a good position to

  22. Is it more practical to become a PMHNP or a FNP with specialization/cert in Psych

    myelin replied to J-Swish's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It amazes me how much NP salary can vary. Psych NPs from my old state (ind. practice) made 106k on average, according to the state's salary website. I also know a psych NP who runs her own private...

  23. Is it more practical to become a PMHNP or a FNP with specialization/cert in Psych

    myelin replied to J-Swish's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think harmonizer makes a really good point about different states allowing FNPs to treat psych, and how that can hurt pay, etc. The states that I'm looking at are strict about who can treat psych,...

  24. Is it more practical to become a PMHNP or a FNP with specialization/cert in Psych

    myelin replied to J-Swish's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Psych will absolutely limit you. As a FNP you will be treating everything, you'll be a generalist, jack of all trades, etc. As a psych NP you will be a specialist, so it will be all psych all the...

  25. 2013 UCSF MEPN Applicants

    myelin replied to serahfarron's topic in Post Graduate Students

    bardone - I know for a fact that there are MEPN grads working at SFGH as NPs... so ... :) no worries. Good