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I will be completing my MSN ARNP program next year and I am looking to go on to get my DNP immediately following that. I am looking for a good quality online DNP program. Any suggestions?

Thank you for the explanation Ivan.

Well said jazzymom. ...except that I believe the floor skills are a little better simply because of the additional knowledge that lead to better decision making abilities.

I had a different experience. I actually learned quite a bit more about nursing, clinically speaking and otherwise. I think that what you learn may depend as much on the quality of the program as what you make yourself learn. That alone would acco...

You can't generalize a conclusion from a single datum. You are talking about a single specific test score, and I am talking about overall general knowledge and commitment to a goal in reference to most people. The only measurement of one's commitment...

And I think a diploma nurse takes the same exam as well. I guess the difference lies in the extra couple of years of education, the extra classes in pharmacology and physical assessment, the extra classes in basic management and research applicatio...

I am currently enrolled in a program to become an adult health nurse practioner. I have recently been thinking that my choice of this program could be somewhat limiting in the future. What are my options, post-graduation, should I decide that I wo...

Thanks! That sounds like great advice. :)

Switching tracks is not a possibility at my current school since adult health is the only track they offer. A post-master's certificate would be a good solution I think. Thanks for the reply.

There will ALWAYS be jobs available. Sometimes more, sometimes less. But one thing that you must never forget is that the people who are at the top of the game will never lack for a job. The trick is to present yourself as someone who is classy, ha...

I completely agree with the idea presented above where this is a non-issue in real life. People who make negative postings on the internet represent a minority of those in real life. Don't worry about it. Do what is best for you.

I've been in critical care for years. Recently I switched into the ER. So I guess I fit the stereotype. Within a year I should be full time in education. This poll would have more meaning if we could compare it to the results from a similar poll fr...

While I am not insulted by the term "murse" I feel that its really not that funny. Nor is it very relevant to my profession. Much like the term "male nurse," it differentiates between male and female nurses as if we had different job descriptions. ...

I'm not sure why you decided that I didn't want any of those things. It sounds a little bit like you are telling me what I like and don't like. Also, many of those things on your list are not publicly funded, but to go into that detail is way beyo...

Hmmm... well I have been a nurse for 6 years and I practice nursing in Florida which has a reputation for being one of the lowest paying states for nurses. After 20 years of nursing you are making approximately $62k. Last year I did not work any o...

Socialism cannot survive without raising taxes. Taxes have never been levied for the benefit of the taxed. There is no worse tyranny than to force a person to pay for what they do not want merely because you think it would be good for them. Now I ...

Sounds like a great plan there Skippy! Get out while you still know it all! I was a paramedic for several years before I went into nursing and I thought I knew a lot. I could intubate, put in cricothyrotomy airways, start central lines, EJs, IOs, ba...

Something else about Facebook that reared its ugly head at my workplace recently: two nurses were fired for discussing a patient and using the patient's name. How clueless do you have to be to forget about privacy laws? Another employee was fired f...

I'm glad I could help! If you have the personality that would enjoy flight nursing then that is what you should go for. But you will need to get some experience before an employer will consider you for a flight position. Because flight nursing requir...

I can't argue with that. One thing that I didn't get in my nursing prereqs was a chem class. I ended up teaching myself the chemistry that I needed to know for critical care, but in retrospect it would have been nice in order to better understand cer...

Thank you elkpark! That is a much more concise way of communicating what I meant. I was a bit too wordy in that post. As far as the additional education being meaningful or valuable, you are correct in that some people have differing opinions on th...

I'm not sure that becoming a physician is the best choice in the current economic environment. Ten years from now you will have a medical degree, which might be nice, but you will have also accumulated a couple hundred thousand dollars of debt that ...

I never mentioned anything about the work that an ASN or BSN does, and you never mentioned it either. We are talking about academic degrees, not the work one does as a nurse, nor obtaining a state RN license if that is what you meant by the "same ex...

This is not a good analogy. An ADN/ASN is not a different route towards getting your RN, it is a stepping stone toward obtaining your BSN. A BSN program covers everything that an ADN/ASN program does, however you have about two additional years of st...

After you complete your master's degree I would be interested to know if you feel the same disparaging way you do now about the ANA, professional standings, and educational needs. Getting an education is much more than just getting additional letters...