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  1. AANP Certification Exam

    Dixiecup posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Well, I took the AANP certification exam today and failed. It was the most horrible feeling in the world. I took the Barkley live review seminar. It was three jam packed days and they sent us home...

  2. I failed my FNP boards...help.

    Dixiecup replied to nik6's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't think it has anything to do with the way you study it's the test you get dealt. there are several versions. I believe there is one test that very few pass and only by luck. I failed the AANP...

  3. Learning EMR

    Dixiecup posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Made it through one week of my new job! It's going great. Everyone is so nice and I'm getting to go super slow to learn everything. My biggest fear was being inadequate at assessing and diagnosing. I...

  4. Looking back, would you obtain NP credential??

    Dixiecup replied to Cindy-20's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Would absolutely do it again. Just wish I had done it a little quicker. Started out as an LPN at 30. Worked, went to school and repeat. I am now 57 and have been an NP 5 years. It's worth it if for...

  5. LPN Starting pay in your area?

    Dixiecup replied to mfigueroa22's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I live in rural MO. Not an LPN but I was a ADON at a skilled nursing facility a few years ago. Starting salary with no experience about 15 an hour. But at the hospital medical clinic, Dr office LPN...

  6. Productivity Bonus

    Dixiecup replied to new_horizons555's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I worked family practice for about three years. I got five dollars extra for every pt I saw over 12 per day. It was paid

  7. How does your program verify clinical hrs?

    Dixiecup replied to TheDude77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Most of my clinicals were in very rural areas. Some days we would see 25 pts, other days 3! I still got to claim eight hours of clinical time if I was there eight hours. I had one instructor actually...

  8. Anyone in Advanced Patho?

    Dixiecup replied to HikingEDRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Most difficult course in the whole program! Some people love that stuff, I am not one of them! Thankfully my instructor also offered a study guide for tests. Otherwise I would have flunked. Also my...

  9. What is/was your job going through grad school?

    Dixiecup replied to 403RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    i was in a totally online program. Took two classes per semester including summers. I worked as an ADON at a skilled nursing facility. I could flex my hours to fit my needs as long as I got my 40...

  10. online np program

    Dixiecup replied to lmarti10's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I could not have got my degree without it. I worked fulltime during the whole program! Couldn't afford to quit. It was tough but

  11. Negotiating the new job

    Dixiecup replied to BostonRN13's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The deciding factor in my job now (it's a convenient care walk-in clinic. similar to urgent care) was a monthly stipend of $650 a month for student loan repayment. I have a large student loan debt and...

  12. Job opening for FNP in Missouri

    Dixiecup posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've noticed that there are a lot of areas where NP's are having trouble getting jobs. In Missouri nurse practitioners are in demand and do not usually have any trouble finding employment in my area....

  13. Job opening for FNP in Missouri

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

    what part of Missouri do you live

  14. Job Openings

    Dixiecup posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know a lot of people can't re-locate, but if you can.......check out dailyjournalonline.com ITs in the Farmington/Park Hills Missouri are and almost the whole help wanted section is for

  15. Failed AANP

    Dixiecup replied to ENP1987's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just register and take the test again. Unless you get the same test again, you will pass. I was in the same boat as you are about 3 years ago. I have come to the conclusion it's a money making scam....

  16. The raw truth about what NPs really do

    Dixiecup replied to ccuevas12's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I refuse to work for salary. I get paid an hourly wage and time and a half for every hour over

  17. NHSC-Anyone with experience??

    Dixiecup replied to megank5183's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    my clinic's score was

  18. NHSC-Anyone with experience??

    Dixiecup replied to megank5183's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I coulde neverget them to give me a clear cut answer as to why I wans'nt awarded the money. The clinic I worked for really played this up as a big marketing tool. When I left I told them they needed...

  19. NHSC-Anyone with experience??

    Dixiecup replied to megank5183's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I worked for an FQHC rural clinic for 3 years for the specific reason of the loan repayment. I was told when I was hired that in the over 20years the clinic had been open no one had ever not been...

  20. Advanced Pathophysiology

    Dixiecup replied to goodinrn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree. Talk to your instructor if you think you are drowning. I was having a lot of trouble with it and talked to her and told I was really worried I wasn't going to pass. Lo and behold in the next...

  21. when is it ok to bring up....

    Dixiecup replied to nitasarn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It's the first thing I ask. IF the salary isn't right, there is no use in even wasting my time going to the interview. In these current financial times, at least for me, salary is what it is all...

  22. Interesting Physician Perspective On NPs

    Dixiecup replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work at a federally funded rural clinic. There is one physician on site and me (I am a NP) The physician had a PA student doing clinical with her for 8 weeks. The student was at the end of her first...

  23. Anybody else in hiring limbo?

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

    I don't know where you live but I work in southeast missouri. A little town called Farmington. NP jobs are plentiful. I work full time at a rural health clinic and part time at a local urgent care....

  24. Rx cough medicine in pediatrics

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

    I am at a loss of what to give kids 5 and under for cough. I work full time in family practice and don't see that many there, but I work part time at a urgent care and see several. I used to give...

  25. Too old to become a NP?

    Dixiecup replied to viragoablaze's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    AS long as you are breathing you are not too old! I was 53 when I got my FNP and I'm going