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My work is developing a preceptor training course. Here are the resources I am reviewing right now to see if they can help us to have better preceptorships and orientations. Core Concepts for Clinical Preceptors and Faculty - John Hopkins School of...

I did an ABSN/MSN program. The lack of experience had it challenges with no nursing experience when you are applying for NP jobs. A lot of large corporate employers will automatically kick you application out because they want some form of experienc...

Every 5 years is with HPV DNA testing for over 30 years. Cytology alone is different.

The current guidelines are slowly being accepted. At this point insurances are still paying for annual pap smear, so some offices continue to do them annually for money and patient preference. The reason that guidelines are do not reccomend younger t...

Some states require you to have a BSN to participate in MSN programs. An example would the GA. I am not sure how this would affect your job prospects though.

I have struggled with a similar problem. One of my friends in an FNP program chose to attend several of the WHNP lecture to expand her knowledge but I don't know if your current school has that option. Depending on your school, you could try to arran...

I have been struggling in clinicals with a lack of confidence. I feel that even if we went over the information in class I have trouble remembering it until we do it in a case study or I have a patient with the condition. I can remember most informat...

My specialty is women and adult health, but I really would prefer to practice women's health. I will only be working in primary care. Many of the local hospital refuse to hire full time students and they require a two year contract full time (most li...

Hello, I am graduating with my B.S.N on friday and start my NP program two weeks later. My program is acclelerated so this spring semester we had to take 18 credit hours, which was almost too much for me. This past month (part of summer semester) I ...

Thank you so much for your comments. The school had us take the graduate level research, ethics, and health policy classes, so there might be a few less papers. We have to take elective to make those credit hours up though. I have talked to the progr...

The National Association of Nurse Practitioner's in Women's Health lists all the programs available and you should be able to filter by state. I am am about to start WHNP/ANP program and have yet to find any type of ranking. It is such a specialized ...

I do live in very backward state when it comes to nursing that does require a BSN to pursue an MSN in Advance Practice (NP, CMN, ect). If i had gone to the CNL program, I would have had to move to another state to pursue my MSN. Just be sure to look ...

Thanks for clarifying the certification thing. I did not mean to imply that certification was needed to bill. I was trying to highlight possible business economic reasons for using a PA or NP as first assist rather than an a RN. Is there any evidence...

We had someone talk about this in a lecture. FNP can train as first assist with training. If I remember correctly, there are programs to get certified as a first assist. It is actually a financial benefit, because the FNP can bill for their time as c...

I looked at doing a CNL program, but ended up in ABSN/MSN due to my career goals. Making it a Master's changes your federal financial status to graduate student. If you already have a bachleor's, you are not eligible for certain federal aid programs....

We have had two recruiters talk about listing your previous work. Although they focus on school, clinicals, ect , having work experience of any kind or health related can be used to differentiate you from other candidates. Potentially just listing/ta...

I was wondering how the McMance book worked out. We are using it for the bsn portion of our program. I guess we might be using for the graduate portion too. Most people don't read it because it is so intense, but I like all the details. I feel withou...

hello, I wanted to let you know that at my school we have several pregnant undergraduate and graduate students. Everyone is really supportive. While some were in labor, they were updating our pediatrics class via text messages. Others are finishing u...

Hello, I managed the facebook group for the ABSN 2010 group. I know you talked to some of my classmates at the admitted students day. We had the idea of a program group so all the classes can have a common website and also have a separate one for eac...

If you have been accepted into the program, we have a facebook group for the entire program "Emory ABSN/MSN Program". Good luck!

Originally post by newguy8 "I'm still excited about the opportunities but I'm planning to augment the regimented education with pre-medical science courses and as much clinical as I can manage to stuff in." Hello, I am a student in the second half ...

Hello, I am currently a B.S.N student in an accelerated programs and am half way done. When I applied I was also accepted in the school's Women's Health and Adult Health Master's Program. In the Fall 2011, I will be starting my Master's which takes f...

Here is a link to the course schedule for the fall and the spring. Emory | Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing | Students Guide The schedule for ABSN students are listed on the third page of the pdf schedules. Nursing school pretty much consumes...

Hello, I am a student in the ABSN/MSN, and I kept a record of all the expenses. I spent about $1350 on ATI , book, supplies, certification/titres/vaccines. There are also several expenses that came during the term so far. Online sites have the best p...

My degree will be a B.S. in Biology. As long as you don't have a B.S.N. and complete the pre-reqs, it doesn't matter. I took my pre-reqs at Georgia State (for classes not offered at GT) and Georgia Tech (as part of my degree). I also applied as a tr...