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  1. Does it matter where you obtain your master degree for NP?

    coast2coast replied to panpan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Agree with most of this. I know of some outright discrimination against for-profit graduates (kaplan, UoP) at more selective practices on the east coast. i also get the general impression that...

  2. Your thoughts on specialty clinical sites.....

    coast2coast replied to studentANP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Agree with the suggestions to do derm, ortho, and women's health. I would encourage you to choose fewer specialties and spend more time in them (more than 40 hours!) to get the most out of the...

  3. A proposal for the future of advance nursing practice

    coast2coast replied to hoosier guy's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm going to breeze right on past the first 10 paragraphs just to say: OP, I think your original post was an interesting contribution that prompted a good discussion (until recently ... ahem ). For...

  4. breaking into hospitalist position.

    coast2coast replied to nursetim's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Like Juan said, it's all about location. Some places use NPs as hospitalists and will consider hiring just about anybody to train for that role. You may be in a place where that isn't the norm....

  5. Baffled...

    coast2coast replied to aboucherrn's topic in General Nursing

    classic

  6. A proposal for the future of advance nursing practice

    coast2coast replied to hoosier guy's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Reading over all of your comments ... your vision for advanced practice nursing appears to be making us into doctors. That's not very helpful - most APNs could/would go to medical school if they so...

  7. Clinical hours question, how many?

    coast2coast replied to mrmike's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My program made a good effort to get us multiple clinical sites with lots of hours. There were those who chose to do closer to the minimum (or were working outside of school and couldn't), and a few...

  8. Clinical hours question, how many?

    coast2coast replied to mrmike's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The minimum number of hours required for graduation varies by specialty - i.e. as an ANP my minimum was 500, my school agreed that 500 was sufficient, but in reality most of my class completed more in...

  9. Conservative school for DNP?

    coast2coast replied to CRF250Xpert's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    There is a difference between practical education (billing and coding) and what the OP seems to label as "liberal" education - learning about the population(s) we are being prepared to treat. These...

  10. Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    coast2coast replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    First and foremost, a million THANK YOU's to the OP for being brave enough to dare defend DE-NPs on this site. There is so much hate & misunderstanding when this topic comes up on AN that I think...

  11. Accelerated and Direct Entry MSN / NP programs

    coast2coast replied to Quickowit's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    also sent you a

  12. Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

    coast2coast replied to jilljw's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think it has hurt us ... I have already heard this reaction from a number of physicians and other NPs. I was honestly at a loss as to how to defend my profession. I don't feel comfortable (or...

  13. New Grad in need of Advice =(

    coast2coast replied to >--stethoscope--o's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You haven't passed the NCLEX yet and you're using your boyfriend as a reference. Those are two application KILLERS right there. 1. Pass the NCLEX. In this economy there's no reason for employers...

  14. Adult NP or FNP?? Any Opinions??

    coast2coast replied to Gville RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    For what it is worth, nomad, I agree with you 100%. I think a fair share of us would be offended by the midlevel label, trauma. Both 'midlevel' and 'physician extender' undermine the basic concept...

  15. Advocated for PT against the on-calls orders

    coast2coast replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Korky, are you suggesting that MD's "listen better" than NP's? I'm not sure what aspect of this situation couldn't be appropriately handled by an NP. It sounds more like an individual or...

  16. Anyone like/use Epocrates or other smartphone software?

    coast2coast replied to AtomicWoman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/arup-consult/id388769174?mt=8 enjoy

  17. PSA nightmare anyone?

    coast2coast replied to CRF250Xpert's topic in Advanced Practice

    New recommendations against using PSA for prostate cancer screening d/t low reliability of current tests, for those who haven't seen them yet:...

  18. Anyone like/use Epocrates or other smartphone software?

    coast2coast replied to AtomicWoman's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Late to the party, but wanted to add that I recently tried ARUP consult on my iphone. It's free and is a great resource for disease topics and diagnostics. Highly recommend

  19. ACNP student inquiry about potential job offer

    coast2coast replied to Aymese's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    your approach sounds straightforward - go for it ! is there anyone from your program/preceptorships who could give you advice about salary and benefit packages ? this is a bit trickier. you...

  20. Support, Anyone?

    coast2coast replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have had uniformly terrible experiences in family-run (non-medical) businesses. There is always favortism, sketchy financial practices, and tons of unprofessional behavior. A similar situation is...

  21. Second guessing it all...

    coast2coast replied to mom2cka's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Have you started clinical rotations for your FNP yet? A lot of the research/theory classes can be a drag, but actually getting some hands-on experience really helped me get through the final push to...

  22. Being offered job in clinic as RN to help train as NP how to negotiate???

    coast2coast replied to lynn5707's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I wasn't clear in my first post. I meant the OP should work elsewhere and rotate through the oncology clinic as an unpaid NP student. She would learn the specialty and work (supervised of course) at...

  23. Being offered job in clinic as RN to help train as NP how to negotiate???

    coast2coast replied to lynn5707's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Could he precept you during your NP program ? That way you would be learning and working at the NP level and it would be appropriate b/c your status would be that of a student and not an

  24. Elevated WBC's after cocaine use

    coast2coast replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    the leukocytosis could have been a response to something that was used to cut the cocaine. the obvious culprit would be levamisole, which i think could cause vasculitis and

  25. Looking For a Preceptor

    coast2coast replied to Dr.Naija_Glam's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Have you checked http://www.enpnetwork.com/nurse-practitioner-preceptors ? I didn't see anything listed for Kansas City, but perhaps you could search for surrounding cities ? Good luck