rnhunter

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1. PNP in the hospital

   rnhunter replied to cpsnap's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I would consider all my options before making any decisions. If you are truly wanting to end up in an ACUTE CARE setting, then you should persue the ACPNP (acute care) option. This is getting...

2. DNP's failing the test????

   rnhunter replied to physasst's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   That is very interesting. How will this work for those in other specialties? such as ACNP, PNP, NNP, CRNA, ect. we are very specialized and do not get all components that would be on the

3. ACNP Test

   rnhunter replied to nangus's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   DaisyRN I took my test and passed on 06/27. How long did it take you to get your certificate in the

4. ANCC ACNP Exam: Q&A (NO SPECIFIC TEST ?s)

   rnhunter replied to DaisyRN, ACNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Hello everyone, I graduated from Wichita State University in December 2007. I took the ANCC ACNP exam Friday and successfully passed. It took forever to get clearance to test. I prepared for the...

5. Nurse Practitioner Speciality And Job Limitations

   rnhunter replied to Dbox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   FNPs need to practice what they are trained in-------------primary care. End of discussion. ACNPs receive the specialty training. It is going to come down to lawsuits before we in the nursing...

6. Acute Care - flexible?

   rnhunter replied to raquel571's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   You guys make some very valid points. FNPs are trained in PRIMARY CARE. They recieve no training in the acute care setting. Therefore, if push comes to schove they can be held liable if they...

7. Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Programs

   rnhunter replied to glascow's topic in Post Graduate Students

   I will graduate from Wichita State university in December with my MSN/ACNP. Wichita will initiate their DNP program in the fall of 2008. I currently see no point in going beyond the MSN at this point....

8. Difference between Adult Acute NP and Adult Primary Care NP

   rnhunter replied to lrchester's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   It is because FNPs are trained for primary care. None of their training is related to caring for patients in the acute care setting. When a family practice doctor recieves their training they do...

9. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

   rnhunter replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I am currently working on my master's degree (ACNP). I believe that in all states NPs must be master prepared. A PA up until I would say the last fve years graduated with a BS degree. Now both...