ans2680

ans2680 has 8 years experience.

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1. Want to become a staff development educator!

   ans2680 replied to ans2680's topic in Educators

   It's been over a year since I've been on here. Needless to say, I did not get the staff development job offer and ended up working as a Family Nurse Practitioner at a primary care clinic for the entire year of 2012. It was a year of HELL. I accepted ...

2. Want to become a staff development educator!

   ans2680 posted a topic in Educators

   After spending only a year and a half in academia on a full-time basis, the faculty-to-faculty incivility, major faculty overload, and faculty layoffs has diminished my dreams of being an academic nurse educator on a full-time basis. I resigned from ...

3. Capella University - PhD Nursing Education

   ans2680 replied to RNPATL's topic in Post Graduate

   Thanks for all the information! I decided to enroll; however, I was going to do a December 2010 start date, but after all the new things going on this semester I am going to begin in January 2011. I just haven't decided whether I want to handle 2 cla...

4. Capella University - PhD Nursing Education

   ans2680 replied to RNPATL's topic in Post Graduate

   Hi, Denise, PhD©!! I am currently enrolled in a PhD in Nursing program; however, I work full-time as a faculty member in the BSN program. The current PhD program has made it difficult to oblige to my committments as a facutly member and a PhD student...

5. Public/Community Health CNS

   ans2680 replied to ans2680's topic in CNS

6. Just accepted a new position!

   ans2680 replied to QTBabyNurse's topic in Educators

   i completely feel you! i will be teaching maternal-child nursing on the bsn level and be a graduate teaching assistant on the msn level until i complete my phd. once i complete my phd, i will probably be teaching full-time on both the graduate and un...

7. Public/Community Health CNS

   ans2680 replied to ans2680's topic in CNS

   GiBalerio, Thanks for the information! I have found clarification regarding this issue and plan to start a program sometime in 2011.

8. Public/Community Health CNS

   ans2680 replied to ans2680's topic in CNS

   No. I had not thought about the post-master's in public health route. That may be something I need to look into. Thanks for the info.

9. Public/Community Health CNS

   ans2680 posted a topic in CNS

   I have seriously been researching a post-master's certificate as a public/community health CNS. I have been corresponding with several program directors. I was told today by one program director that the public/community health CNS option no longer e...

10. CNS as Educators

    ans2680 replied to ChelleChelle's topic in CNS

    Hi, nursie76! Where did you go to complete your MSN/CNS in Community Health? Did you enjoy the program? What were the clinical experiences/hours like? How was the ANCC Public Health/Community Health CNS Certification Exam? What study materials did yo...

11. Parent - Child CNS?

    ans2680 replied to waterlily252's topic in CNS

    I'm really not sure traumaRUs. It doesn't specify on their web page. I will contact their office directly to ascertain this information. My first love and the majority of my nursing career has been spent working in low-risk neonatal nursing and mater...

12. CNS as Educators

    ans2680 replied to ChelleChelle's topic in CNS

    Hi! What are you planning on doing with your CNS in Community Health?

13. Parent - Child CNS?

    ans2680 replied to waterlily252's topic in CNS

    Hi Myethpio! I would like to enroll in the parent/child CNS program within the next few years. What did you think about the program? Also are you planning to take or have taken a certification exam? I know that the CNS Core Exam will be obsolete afte...

14. Parent - Child CNS?

    ans2680 replied to waterlily252's topic in CNS

    Hi! I would like to know what you thought about the parent-child CNS program at Cal State- Dominguez Hills. Also being that there is no certification exam (CNS Core Exam will be obsolete July 1, 2010), will this affect your employment opportunities/...

15. Decisions! Decisions!

    ans2680 replied to ans2680's topic in Post Graduate

    Yes, my university does have a Graduate School of Education. I guess I just didn't think about taking classes there! As a matter of fact, my program has 9 semester hours of cognates (electives) that are required. I will look into picking up some grad...