Spacklehead

Spacklehead MSN, NP

Emergency, Cardiac, PAT/SPU, Urgent Care

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  1. Experience

    Spacklehead replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    I guess what I find interesting in all of this discussion is the fact that both medical schools and PA schools want their applicants to have so many patient care hours (varies among the schools)...

  2. Experience

    Spacklehead replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    Oh, and just to add - your JHU FNP program prefers applicants with nursing experience as listed on their Web site. ETA:...

  3. Experience

    Spacklehead replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    Wow, you really put a lot of words in my mouth. I never implied that NPs without RN experience were the ones specifically sending patients to the ER. That is totally on you if you took it that way....

  4. Experience

    Spacklehead replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    They don't necessarily need 3000, but as much as possible helps. I'm well aware of the PA process, my dd is going through it now. Alas, you missed the point of my

  5. Experience

    Spacklehead replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    ...and just like your anecdotal interview experiences on here and in previous threads where you've posted about this, my anecdotal experience is that employers LOVED the fact that I was a former ER...

  6. Experience

    Spacklehead replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    Many of the schools don't agree because they saw the DE NP programs as cash cows. They realize how much money students are willing to pay and used that to their advantage to be able to churn out...

  7. Experience

    Spacklehead replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    I am well aware that ER nurses are not providers, no one is saying they are - but they do work off of protocols based upon a "presumed diagnosis" or presenting complaint. They have to use their...

  8. Experience

    Spacklehead replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    With regards to point #1, you essentially did what ER nurses who work in small, remote, community hospitals do on a daily basis, minus making the "official" diagnosis. At least you had other staff to...

  9. Experience

    Spacklehead replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    I don't know who is/was sending the patients to the ER from the PCP office, for I don't find it necessary to keep a tally of who sent who where be it an NP with nursing experience vs one without vs...

  10. Experience

    Spacklehead replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    The difference is I shared how my RN experience was extremely beneficial to my career as an NP without being negative regarding NP's who had no RN experience. I didn't have to share those stories to...

  11. Experience

    Spacklehead replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

  12. Experience

    Spacklehead replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    Yeah - once people need to throw in how great they are or toot their own horn is where they lose credibility to

  13. Experience

    Spacklehead replied to MoLo's topic in Advanced Practice

    I worked as an RN for about 7 years before going back to school to become a NP - mostly ER experience. I have stated this many times in the past on here - my nursing experience taught me that sixth...

  14. FNP school with a busy family?

    Spacklehead replied to alconnor's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    When I started and it was just lectures I went to school twice per week - each class was one 4 hour lecture. Once clinicals started, it was class once per week but clinicals at least 3 days per week....

  15. FNP school with a busy family?

    Spacklehead replied to alconnor's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    When I decided to return to school to become a FNP my kids were 6 mos and almost 2 years old. I went PT and completed my degree in 4.5 years. The one thing I have to say that I feel helped me the most...

  16. Travel RN to New FNP - Is it worth it?

    Spacklehead replied to SublimeEMTP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Somewhat of a similar scenario but involves moving from one very well-paid NP job to another, lower-paying NP job. I did it because I needed something different. I needed a change of scenery. I took a...

  17. Wilkes University - BEWARE!

    Spacklehead replied to jennifer2021's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This sounds very similar to my state school B&M program. Admission requirements were 3.0 minimum in a BSN program, GRE exam, pre-admission interview, essay, and two years of experience working as...

  18. What can I do with my MSN-FNP that doesn't require much patient contact

    Spacklehead replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Consider working for a pharmaceutical company. They are typically always looking for RNs and NPs to work clinical trials or become drug reps. Some handle post-market issues (adverse reactions,

  19. Teaching students to write in APA format

    Spacklehead replied to Sam_Rabbit's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    When I was in school many moons ago we just bought an APA guide which was sold in the college bookstore. Had examples of how to cite everything and

  20. For-Profit, Nonselective NP Schools are Hurting Our Reputation and Credibility

    Spacklehead replied to DNPgrad2022's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You can definitely voice your concerns but there is a much more tactful and classy way to do it. ……and there it

  21. For-Profit, Nonselective NP Schools are Hurting Our Reputation and Credibility

    Spacklehead replied to DNPgrad2022's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you've read my posts now and over the years you'd know the answer to

  22. For-Profit, Nonselective NP Schools are Hurting Our Reputation and Credibility

    Spacklehead replied to DNPgrad2022's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just go back to the last page and you will see it. Just look through several other NP threads and you will see it. Same game, different players year after year. It's petty and it gets

  23. For-Profit, Nonselective NP Schools are Hurting Our Reputation and Credibility

    Spacklehead replied to DNPgrad2022's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As long as the criticism is constructive, I'm all for it. Speaking negatively about a profession in general is just extremely condescending. It has no place

  24. For-Profit, Nonselective NP Schools are Hurting Our Reputation and Credibility

    Spacklehead replied to DNPgrad2022's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What is very sad to me is that I will disappear from this board for months to a year or so at a time and will eventually come back to find there is always some cavalier poster (typically not in the...

  25. For-Profit, Nonselective NP Schools are Hurting Our Reputation and Credibility

    Spacklehead replied to DNPgrad2022's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What I find odd is how frequently a current medical resident has time in their day to post in a nursing