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  1. 2013 UCSF MSN / AGNP Application

    myelin replied to jojonavy's topic in Post Graduate Students

    ... well numbers don't lie. By the numbers, MEPN is most competitive. Like I said, the program is self-sustained, which means that the university isn't making money off

  2. 2013 UCSF MSN / AGNP Application

    myelin replied to jojonavy's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with? I agree that UCSF nursing is highly competitive. The 12% figure is the acceptance rate for MEPN, which is also extremely competitive. edit: And just so you...

  3. 2013 UCSF MEPN Applicants

    myelin replied to serahfarron's topic in Post Graduate Students

    wow. This is the very first time I'm hearing about people having issues getting hired as a NP due to lacking a BSN. I have heard from multiple sources that it does not matter once you have a MSN. I...

  4. 2013 UCSF MEPN Applicants

    myelin replied to serahfarron's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi bardone, Hmm. The program is definitely quite challenging, although not unmanageable. Our first quarter (which is just about to wrap up), was pretty tough, just in terms of being busy all the time,...

  5. 2013 UCSF MSN / AGNP Application

    myelin replied to jojonavy's topic in Post Graduate Students

    actually, the MEPN program has the 12% acceptance rate. In fact, I think that's the acceptance rate that the earlier poster is alluding to. From what we have been told here at UCSF, MEPN is the most...

  6. Bedside... Really?

    myelin replied to Jennie.K's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    You have options, like direct entry NP programs (assuming you already have a bachelors). These programs are extremely competitive and challenging, though, so be warned. I am doing a direct entry NP...

  7. American Academy of Family Physicians thoughts on NPs

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

    I know PAs who wish they'd become NPs, because of supervision/ind. practice issues (and the name as well, it's just god awful to be called an assistant when you're that highly

  8. Are Nurse Practitioners' in demand?

    myelin replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It really depends on your location and your specialty. In my area, RN jobs are nearly impossible to find (bay area), but NP jobs are

  9. American Academy of Family Physicians thoughts on NPs

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

    meh, a few years out NPs and PAs are pretty much equivalent and considered interchangeable. All this huffing and puffing over the different models of education - for

  10. American Academy of Family Physicians thoughts on NPs

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

    Multiple research studies have found no difference between NP and MD patient outcomes. If you're willing to wait weeks for an MD, that's fine. It seems silly to me, but to each their

  11. Yes I did just buy the book "new"

    myelin replied to LCinTraining's topic in General Students

    Depends on how you learn. I barely read my books, so buying them new would be a waste of money. I learn in

  12. Advice needed about NP school

    myelin replied to mtsteelhorse's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Don't forget to calculate in the opportunity cost of going part-time (ie: lost NP income), since you're delaying your NP

  13. PA's make more $$ than NP's?!

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

    Interesting stuff, thanks. I don't like that they do the gender breakdown at the end, I wish they'd include it by

  14. PA's make more $$ than NP's?!

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

    holy thread necromancy! Anyway, the reality is that PAs do not make more than NPs, once you account for specialty and gender. A female surgical NP makes the same as a female surgical PA,

  15. NP preceptorship

    myelin replied to charlie1234's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Sure, it was an article I read comparing online education and in-person. Attrition rates for online programs are much, much higher. I will try and dig it up for you.

  16. NP preceptorship

    myelin replied to charlie1234's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The dropout rates for online programs (as opposed to in person "traditional" programs) are much higher, and I'm guessing this is part of the reason why. Be careful when you choose a program. How there...

  17. New to nursing field - got fired after 2 months

    myelin replied to lifeisgood2012's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I woudn't put it on my

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

    myelin replied to itsnowbegun's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    yeah, I think the concern about the DNP is a funny thing. My school (UCSF) hasn't adopted it yet,

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

    myelin replied to itsnowbegun's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think a big part of it is that NP is a really hot career right now. Nursing, more generally, has gotten obscenely competitive, at all levels. Best of luck to you

  20. Did anyone get there degree online?

    myelin replied to RN123456789's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yeah, I know there are online programs that do a good job providing student's with preceptors. Unfortunately, there are a significant amount of programs that do nothing to help their students find...

  21. Did anyone get there degree online?

    myelin replied to RN123456789's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't think distance ed is a problem so much as programs that don't care who precept their students and just force them to find whoever. I don't see how that's acceptable,

  22. Really Really Confused? How does this all happen?

    myelin replied to JayCimone's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    NP is not necessarily a doctoral degree, there is no such requirement. My school (one of the top schools in the nation) hasn't even adopted the DNP. We just offer

  23. 2013 UCSF MEPN Applicants

    myelin replied to serahfarron's topic in Post Graduate Students

    The tuition is a huge problem that just keeps getting worse. It keeps going up each year. 55k is what we're paying this year, and unfortunately, it will likely go up again for you

  24. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    myelin replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. If someone is dedicated enough to becoming a NP that they are willing to drop their lives and study full time for 2-3 years to do so (which most direct entry programs require), well, chances...

  25. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    myelin replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    Since you want actual data, instead of anecdotes - the only research study done on this subject has found that prior RN experience and NP competency are not related, as measured by physicians and NPs...