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  1. Just got accepted to DNP program--need helpful tips!

    LiLoRN posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I just got accepted to a DNP program for the fall. For those of you in a program, even at a Master's level, could you please give me some suggestions on helpful study guides/books/websites/anything...

  2. Loan Forgiveness Help

    LiLoRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello. I'm a new NP, been working in urgent care for a couple months now. I am drowning in student loan debt. I am really considering moving somewhere that I can get guaranteed loan forgiveness. I've...

  3. Loan Forgiveness Help

    LiLoRN replied to LiLoRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Those are all great ideas...but none will work for us. We already operate on the bare minimum, although I suppose everyone has *something* they can cut back on...but not enough. We are a family of 5...

  4. 2015 DNP Requirement for APNs

    LiLoRN replied to IcanHealYou's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't know if this point has been brought up as I just read the "last" page of this thread, but scwolf, my school no longer has just a MSN program so I am in the DNP program. They give us the option...

  5. Home based RN business

    LiLoRN replied to DavinaRN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Kevin Ross, can you please describe your business?

  6. Are Nurse Practitioners' in demand?

    LiLoRN replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I live in FL and everyone I know who's graduated found a job easily. Look at indeed.com to get a feel for

  7. American Academy of Family Physicians thoughts on NPs

    LiLoRN replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Oh dear! You do realize you posted this in a NP forum, right? And you're a NURSE who's thinking about becoming a (gasp) lowly NP? Yikes. I'm trying hard not to take offense to this post. Maybe some...

  8. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    LiLoRN replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I live in Fl also and have had to work thru hurricanes. Believe me, it's AWFUL. I've been on both teams. It was pretty much one of the worst experiences of my life. Let's see...we had no water and no...

  9. SO mad...and not sure I should be.

    LiLoRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sorry, have to play devil's advocate from someone who is 100% pro choice. It's not your place to judge her. Whether you like it or not, people have abortions every day for all sorts of reasons. And...

  10. Loans just for living expenses

    LiLoRN replied to Doyelfamily75's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Chuckster, trust me, if those of us who have student loans *could* get by without them we WOULD. Unfortunately, lots of people don't have that kind of disposable income to pay for school. Hence, the...

  11. Feeling insulted but not inferior

    LiLoRN replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't blame you for being angry. If you didn't need a referral it would have been a moot point, you could have just gone to UC. But unfortunately he has the CYA mentality. And yes, I agree that he...

  12. Second child while in school

    LiLoRN replied to OhioRN1234's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hello! Yep, I had baby #2 my first semester of FNP school and will be having #3 at the end of my 2nd to last semester. I am fortunate in that I am not working (I go to school FT and have accumulated...

  13. Your opinion of the DNP

    LiLoRN replied to kayceeACNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Hmmmm...free would definately make me think more about it. But if I'm getting a free education, I'd probably enroll in a post-master's program that actually could get me a different job/pay...

  14. Your opinion of the DNP

    LiLoRN replied to kayceeACNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    1. In your area are the nursing schools transitioning the NP from an MSN to a required DNP? Yes; my school "got rid" of the MSN a couple years ago, requiring everybody to enter as a DNP candidate....

  15. Switching careers and interested in psychiatric NP

    LiLoRN replied to Mkim680's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Under normal circumstances I would say work as a RN first, but since you already know what you want to do and have worked in the field, I would look into direct entry programs and once you get your RN...

  16. Do nurses have a responsibility to keep their Facebook professional?

    LiLoRN replied to Bortaz's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Do nurses have a responsibility to keep their fb 'professional'? Does anyone? What people post on their fb pages is THEIR business. Whether or not they keep them public or private is again, their...

  17. Career choice - Please Help

    LiLoRN replied to diniz's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree with the suggestion about getting your FNP then a post master's in psych...as a matter of fact, that's my own plan! Good luck in your

  18. universal healthcare

    LiLoRN replied to taytay05's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yep, I agree with that. Sure there will be more opportunities, but will we be working for peanuts? I'm in Fl too and unless the FMA backs off their bulldogs and allows us to be more autonomous it's...

  19. Advice about accumulating debt or waiting a year to go to a cheaper NP program

    LiLoRN replied to danceluver's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Unless it's an Ivy League school and having a diploma from such a school matters to you, I wouldn't do it. I attend a state university and I am swimming in debt already. I shudder to think about...

  20. Obamacare and Mark of Beast... wrong time to be a nurse?

    LiLoRN replied to tarotale's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Excuse me for laughing, but this post is Hilarious!! I can't wait to read more! A chip! hahahahahhahahaha!! Thank you so much for making my

  21. Stress in grad school

    LiLoRN replied to MillieT's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm in NP school now, just finished my first semester of clinicals. I agree with the above posters who said the stress really comes from time management as opposed to the difficulty in courses. I'm...

  22. ARNP or Administration?

    LiLoRN replied to angel549's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Definately the NP job IMO. My friend is an administrator of a hospital nursing unit and guess what she's doing? She's in NP school right along with me. Use the skills and knowledge you worked so hard...

  23. FNP doing procedures

    LiLoRN replied to ArkansasFan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties: Consensus Model for APRN Regulation If you look here, you can see what the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties has to say about...

  24. Primary Care Pediatric NP - Current Job Market?

    LiLoRN replied to t_heart's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm taking peds now and my preceptor makes about $65k in the south. I've heard it's one of the lowest payed, even for

  25. Uti guidelines

    LiLoRN replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm aware of the guideline change. Sure, catheterizing an infant/toddler may be a horrible experience for all involved, but I'm confident that getting a reliable sample and being able to treat...