delabeaux MSN

Welcome to the dumpster fire that is Healthcare in the US. Many in your shoes may think the way out is to get your MSN and flee the floor. Unfortunately, schools are pumping out MSNs in every specialty except anesthesia faster then you can say "pay...

I'm wondering if there are states that don't require residency to get licensed in that state; I've looked at a few but the info is vague beyond visiting all 50 state's Board of Nursing / Depts of health!

Thanks! This is what I"m looking for... looking to maintain my RN license for informatics but my current state requires hands on hours, which I don't get working remotely in informatics. Will look into these.

Amazing. Perhaps we spew so much therapeutic communication to our patients, we save none for our peers? I see nothing wrong with venting. You get heard, and while it likely means nothing, its gets gears turning. Some of the issues the OP poses are ...

And because of this (OP), droves or nurses are going for their NP thinking it's the way out, not realizing they're creating an NP excess. NP jobs are becoming like new grad RN jobs, hard to find, paltry pay etc.

If you REALLY have nursing as a passion, do it. You may make less, you may work more. It doesn't matter if it's your passion, because you won't be 'working'. Now. For reality. If it is not 100% what you will absolutely love, even if it means less...

I've seen a couple of posts on prepU... anyone used it and passed the NCLEX? It seemed like the posts here were by the same person, so I wanted to check that it wasn't an advertisement of sorts! I'm using Saunder's comprehensive atm and think it may...

Post graduation, post passing the NCLEX in 75 questions, I used the Hurst Review, and only studied the end-of-chapter questions in Saunders.

If anyone is willing, could you post your CRNA book list; any adjuncts online to your program? Thanks.

This is true. However, I am extrapolating from previous experiences as a CNA in a local hospital. Being a male CNA, 99% of what I did was sit with violent, aggressive, combative and abusive 1 to 1 clients... alcohol withdrawals, drug withdrawals, d...

Awesome! By the way, you can call... assuming you have Federal Loans, (and possibly with private loans), and get extended forebearance/deferments for up to a year or more! I only know that as my wife (a nurse), had to do that as well! I agree on yo...

That is heartening. However, I see so many nurses taking jobs that they will simply hate, just to get their year in. Having worked at a job I despised, I must say, that is something I cannot do... I can't see doing a job I would despise for the ul...

I'm debating on what I want to do post graduate. I love... love... love computers. Built my own. I love troubleshooting everyone's computers, recovering lost data from broken drives, reformatting, installing, debugging etc. But I also love medicine...

I'm deciding whether or not to go the PA or NP route. Yes, NP will have the doctorate level soon. So what. It really means little to me if NP programs are producing incompetent DNPs while PA programs produce competent PA-cs. My wife is an NP. She...

It is a standard admitted to by the ANA. My associate studies end in a year. Since we're getting off track and trying to quantify this conversation to my education, my Bachelor studies finished 2 years ago, in microbiology, my 1st associates in biolo...

Lol. Now this is getting silly. Let's just be frank and admidt that there are $hit NP programs out there. Furthermore, one CAN go straight from BSN to MSN-FNP. Schools are slowly changing it, but it's a fact. An NP SHOULD out-preform a PA as an EN...

I'm using, Saunder's Comprehensive 5th ed, Just ordered PREPU NCLEN-10,000 and LaCharity's delegation 2nd ed. I graduate in December (10th). Our school has a Kaplan course... some student swear by it. I personally HATE kRaplan. Their texts are rid...

I studied Kaplan for the NET (Nurse Entrance Test). I found 40 errors, typos, things that were plain wrong. While it had minimally good information, the fact that I paid for it, and it seemed not to be edited was beyond amazing. I've started the Ka...

If you're talking about Duke: http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-health-schools/physician-assistant-rankings Then no, they don't overtly require organic chemistry 1 and 2... they imply it though: http://papr...

Please, enlighten me!

I didn't say, 'Take credits until you get your GPA up'... I said RETAKE the credits you did crap in. Most colleges have 'grade' forgiveness and will replace and factor in an appropriate grade in it's place. An F can become an A. The impact is much...

... You should retake the classes where you earned your 2.8 and bump that sucker up...

Wow... ya'll went to my nursing school... I graduate and December and am only semi-confident thanks to my month-long preceptorship. Other than that, in my two years I have NEVER been with a nurse one on one. This is why no one wants new grads. Empl...

Dang it... I hate when my quick replies are lost . There is a difference between nursing theory and scientific theory... does it matter? Obviously not, based on so many papers showing that NP care is as competent... experienced NP care... is as com...

I'm done in two months. I really dis-liked it. It was sub-par, at best. Poor clinicals, poor instruction, disjointed. I've heard nursing school is supposed to be the hardest education of your life. Not at mine. I could write a novel, but I beli...