ROLO

What do you mean by “difficult?” I think I would want to explore the origin of this difficulty. The DNP sounds great. I am an ACNP with an MSN, and I hope to be working on my DNP within the next year, but I wonder if your getting your DNP is going to...

I am not in the DNP program yet, but, having done the MSN ACNP track (class of 2011), and holding four other degrees, I am thinking school is what you make it. I would encourage prospective students to be realistic. Grad school WILL require work. If ...

One of the best all-around nurses (emergency nurse) I know took her boards, I think, FIVE times. Not only is she very knowledgeable, but she can get along with anyone --not only difficult patients, but difficult nurses, and difficult physicians. She ...

OH, and I needed to add, I used/use research and theory every day. I am sort of scared of those who do not (or think they do not). Evidence based practice, best practice guidelines, new treatment modalities, patients perceptions of their caregivers, ...

To "8mpg": I would venture to say that no one is excited about taking research and theory, but those courses are required by the "powers that be," and so every NP program has to have them. If you find a program that does not have research and theory,...

After graduation, I kept the part-time emergency staff nurse job, a position that I had for the last 10 years, and this past June, I added a part-time hospice/palliative care NP job (love it!). Last Friday, I put the 2-wk notice in for the staff nurs...

Forgot to mention: Sign-up ASAP...you can get his CDs...I wish I had had them while I was still in school.

Took Barkley (ACNP) last December (2011) in Mobile, Alabama. I love him. I want to marry him. He is fantastic, and knows his stuff. I studied (off and on) until March (2012) when I took and passed the exam. His study guide is great, too. I take it to...

Beautiful policy/procedure/guideline! I am just "tuning in" and have not seen all of the other posts, but I might remind us of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) (check out their web site). The ENA has position statements on various topics and co...

BARKLEY = AWESOME!

I just wanted to throw this out there for the student. As you know, there are several types of assessments, and the one you choose is ultimately up to you. I work in a busy ER, but I almost always include the heart and lung with my assessments. They ...

If I understand your question, you want to know if you HAVE to (as in “required”) listen to heart and lungs, and then include them in your H&P when dealing with a possible UTI (or something or low acuity), for example.... 1) YES 2) YES 3) YES

Graduated 12/14/2011 from USA. Did their ACNP track. I LIVED that program! It was not easy, but I liked the format. I recommend USA. If grad school were easy, everyone would be doing it.

Thank you!

I am waiting for the OK to take my exam... Studying Barkley’s review book and listening to his CDs. Wish me luck!

I first joined this discussion (2009, I think) as I was starting my MSN. I was not sure which track to pursue (CNS vs. NP). I just graduated 12/14/2011 with MSN, and I did the acute care nurse practitioner track. I am interviewing now and waiting for...

I am a "male nurse," and I have been nursing for "a while". I have 4 college degrees and am currently working on my MSN (acute care NP). I appreciate the ideas that we can win over patients and people in general by being genuine & doing great pat...

KateMO7, keep doing your research, until you think you've done it all. I researced for two years. I am currently enrolled in an ACNP program that is basically 100% online...might be something for you to consider. BUT, even if the program(s) looks goo...

I am an ACNP student at the University of South Alabama. Except for a week right before clinicals start, the program is entirely online. I read in a previous post that Vanderbilt's program is online. Unless there has been a recent change, some of it ...

I am an ED nurse and grad student... Where's the best ED to work for a guy going to school?

So, does she ever gossip to you? My boss is "just one of the girls," sort of wanting/trying to be everyone's friend, which I don't think is working. I've made a point, when she "goes there with gossip," to tell her that I probably don't need to be he...

I have the nicest boss, but I am not sure that "nice" = "good" and/or "effective" manager. My current manager and I have been together for several years now. While initially, like a lot of nurses probably, I was worried about producing some good resu...

I thank you for your response. There are some major issues at this particular facility, not just minor glitches. I was hoping not to go into them. Rather, I was trying to get some ideas on how to work for someone who is really very nice, but whose ma...

I recall, 20 years ago, when I was getting ready to start nursing school, and I HAD to work full-time. I figured that I would work as a nurse tech, so that I could get my foot in the door, and learn as much as I could. The big medical center, in the ...

Where do you live? Try a headhunter... Some of the level I, teaching facilities, take pride in their new grad programs, SO they are willing and prepared to take new grads... any of them around you?