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It seems to me that most of the NP students I meet are going to "Walden" or "South University" which I've never heard of before now. Are these the new University of Phoenix or Southern New Hampshire schools?

Yes, the course of study should be more difficult for NPs. A minimum number of years as a RN should be required to apply to schools. Residencies should be completed as well as a higher minimum number of clinical hours. But who is going to pa...

I did one of my clinical rotations at CVS - you are entirely on your own to not miss any red flags. I believe the orientation is something like 6-8 shifts with a bit of online training for charting. If you aren't certain of your skills yet, it may ...

I used PDB Education - Pam Bartley has a great prep for the TCRN. Passed it in 2016 and re-cert this year.

The Youtube vids are OK for learning the basics behind what the machine does for you and what you're seeing. What you really need is someone who has a lot of experience with the US to show you their process and lots of practice - not with actually s...

1. Stethoscope (cheap one from an open crash cart) 2. Shears (free from vendor) 3. One black ballpoint pen Everything else is just flair.

I'm pretty sure that you need something like 1000 hours of ED time before you can sit for CEN. Maybe go TNCC, then CEN, then CCRN?

In Southern California, the flight nurses have over 20 years of experience at a minimum. There are so few of them, and they never retire, that openings are extremely rare.

I thought this was a joke. Do people in this century wear tunics outside of Renaissance festivals?

"If I wanted to spend 8 years in college, plus spend at least a couple years getting experience I would expect to make a LOT, LOT more than $100K." This is the statement to which I was referring, not the MSN NP vs. DNP. As far as salary is concerne...

Perhaps the people who are going for the NP want to do so for the increased responsibility and independence that comes with the title, or the future earning potential of the degree. I'll also go ahead and "respectfully" throw the BS flag on your hos...

It is implied in many threads in this section of Allnurses. People make statements like: "well the charge nurse is an ADN" "there are lots of supervisors who don't have even a BSN" "you'll have lots of student loans to pay off and not as much experi...

You can check to see if the state in which you'd like to work is a "compact" state (Compact meaning agreement, not stature). Compact states have an agreement to allow a nurse with a license from other compact states to work in any of the others with...

There are plenty of jobs out there for new grads, but they may not be in your area (as others have said). You have to go to where the jobs are!

1) If you want to be a nurse in any branch of the armed forces, you MUST have at least a BSN. Period. 2) Until the ANA has membership from anywhere close to a majority of nurses, it will never have any real influence over policy. You only have ...

Semper Fi. CH-46 pilot here turned ANGLICO reservist...

The biggest problem I've seen with the cheaper state schools is that there may be waiting lists. That's one of the reasons I stopped looking at the state schools.

Another good resource is the ROTC program at your college...

You cannot enter the military as a nurse unless you have a bachelor's degree, as all military nurses are officers. But you can find out more about the basic training by talking to an Officer selection office, not a recruiter.

I don't really have "a dog in this fight," so to say, but I can back up what phlegm was saying about the 206. I am commercial and instrument rated (did all of my hours in that aircraft) and can say that I am rather surprised that anyone would use t...

I'm starting University of San Diego's Master's Entry Program in Nursing in August. I can't wait to get started!

While the experiences given here are applicable to the military in general, they are not accurate accounts of life as an officer, let alone a medical specialty officer. I would never put down anyone's service for our country, I am simply trying to g...

I also got accepted. It's a huge weight off of my shoulders because I wasn't sure how competitive I was for admission. There were so many impressive people at the interview...

I felt like I was in a similar situation. I graduated with a 2.9, but nearly all of the schools said that they required a 3.0 or 3.5. When I actually talked to them, they said that those were not strictly enforced and they would also take into acco...

31 now, expect to be in an accelerated program before I'm 32!