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  1. MSN Programs in California for non- RN's?

    myelin replied to careerswitcher124's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    UCSF has an excellent program and offers

  2. Advice about accumulating debt or waiting a year to go to a cheaper NP program

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

    your program forces you to find your own preceptors? That is utterly ridiculous. That would cause me to immediately cross that program off my

  3. Advice about accumulating debt or waiting a year to go to a cheaper NP program

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

    I agree with the previous posters that it really depends on a lot of variables that you should consider carefully. Do you have kids? A mortgage? Do you have any debt already? All of the nursing...

  4. Obama health care law upheld.

    myelin replied to strawberryfields's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    lol are you serious? Considering that it's basically a tax that was upheld today... well yes, I'm sure you can figure out how it will be funded... it involves taxing people who don't buy health...

  5. Does School Really Matter?

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

    I agree w/Juan. Try your best to get into a 1 or 2 school... at the very least a 3. As more and more people flood into healthcare, things are surely going to get more competitive and tighten up. This...

  6. Am I Crazy? Revaming the RN/NP school curriculum...

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

    Did you have to take a year of organic chemistry (the series for majors) or did you take a health sciences version that was one quarter

  7. Finding your own clinical instructors?

    myelin replied to Pug RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I dunno. I mean, you're in charge of assessing, diagnosing, and treating illnesses. I just don't think there is any excuse for the preceptor thing, and I would be horrified if I knew that my provider...

  8. Finding your own clinical instructors?

    myelin replied to Pug RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I didn't mean to imply that all programs are automatically shoddy if a student must find their own preceptor - not at all! I just meant that the real possibility is there, and it just seems crazy to...

  9. Finding your own clinical instructors?

    myelin replied to Pug RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This is more of a musing about the field in general and not really aimed at the OP. I wish you the best of luck, pug RN! I know that it can hard when one is a single parent, has other...

  10. Finding your own clinical instructors?

    myelin replied to Pug RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    And this is why it is so important for NP students to actually care about the reputation and quality of their program - not just whether or not the program is "flexible" or online. Students need to...

  11. Finding your own clinical instructors?

    myelin replied to Pug RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If I were you I would only consider programs that provide preceptors. Many, many students on here were just like you, and assumed they'd deal with the problem when it came. Then, when time came to...

  12. Am I Crazy? Revaming the RN/NP school curriculum...

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

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  13. Bedside nursing= depression?

    myelin replied to Missy89's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Can you go from studying part time to full

  14. Common Nursing Complaints & Psych NP's - Not As Bad?

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

    As a DE student, I think it's completely ridiculous that an RN won't respect me because I haven't "walked in their shoes." Shouldn't they be judging me on whether or not I am an astute and competent...

  15. Am I Crazy? Revaming the RN/NP school curriculum...

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

    It's hard to say. I do agree that NP programs should step up their game, especially the professional programs that farm out their clinicals/practicums (how programs like this are even allowed to exist...

  16. Too FAT to be a nurse?

    myelin replied to Prtar1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It is reading posts like these that make me think we have really lost it as a country. The entire idea that you would let something as inconsequential as the size of your body prevent you from...

  17. PMHNP or FNP (Dermatology speciality)? Advice appreciated.

    myelin replied to Trueblood83's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    First of all, I would caution you away from any program that is online and is not affiliated with a reputable university and/or doesn't provide you with preceptors - especially if you don't already...

  18. Direct Entry Program

    myelin replied to Wendilee's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I agree that you should apply broadly. Do not apply to just one or two progams. Your GPA is low, so hopefully you can do very well on the GRE to make up for it. Also, your prereqs are strong as well,...

  19. What kinds of patients do you see?

    myelin replied to %63theend's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you! I guess I just get annoyed when people say "The only way to be a competent NP is to have worked some arbitrary number of years as an RN in some arbitrary

  20. What kinds of patients do you see?

    myelin replied to %63theend's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't think anyone is saying that RN experience is irrelevant. What they're saying is that there is more than one way to skin a cat. There's more than one way to develop a background that will set...

  21. Tons of student loans, pursue DNP still?

    myelin replied to MystyqueOne's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Comments like these completely ignore the fact that tuition has skyrocketed in this country, and is actually rising higher than healthcare costs. We are literally saddling an entire generation with...

  22. What kinds of patients do you see?

    myelin replied to %63theend's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Right, but at least an NP has trained as an RN. A lot of PA programs now accept people with no paid healthcare experience, I believe it's about 1/3 of programs. Furthermore, don't PAs need all those...

  23. What kinds of patients do you see?

    myelin replied to %63theend's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    ... sigh. I really feel like weight is a lot more complicated than most healthcare workers give it credit for. Research clearly shows that not only is weight loss extremely difficult to achieve (and...

  24. Preceptorship

    myelin replied to ashonman's topic in Advanced Practice

    I've got to agree. I think we need to stop putting up with crappy programs that don't provide students with practicum sites, it's utterly ridiculous. However, as long as people continue to insist on...

  25. How to become a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner?

    myelin replied to ROPGirl's topic in Advanced Practice

    Also, not sure if anyone has pointed this out yet, but a masters is a graduate degree, so you must have already completed a bachelors degree. If you're at a CC you will need to transfer to complete...