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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 with a notebook of everything covered. They made a ve...

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 the first try with this horrible test. It was like ...

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 am still concerned about that but it has gone on ...

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 nothing else to be able to take care of my family. I...

Had a job where we had monthly staff meetings. They were always scheduled at 1PM. They were mandatory. So if you worked night shift you had to get up, clean up and be there by 1pm usually half asleep and then go to work that night. I suggested that o...

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 only started at 9 and hour! Crazy!

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 annually.

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 acuse me of forging my preceptors signature! My pr...

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 school only required a C to pass non-nursing classes...

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 hours in so that was nice. The last year I pretty much...

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 doable.

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 this almost makes my whole payment. Pay is good t...

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. I work for a FQHC in rural Mo located about an hou...

what part of Missouri do you live in?

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 nurses.

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. There are several tests and you never know which on...

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

my clinic's score was 19

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 to stop doing that as in my case I feel I got scamm...

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 awarded the money. I applied three years in a row.Neve...

In Missouri you can. I was on probation the whole time I was in NP school. As a matter of fact, the BON released me from probation a year early so my license would be clear when I took state boards. I am a highly sought after NP in the area I live. ...

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 couple of days we had a study guide for the test!

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 about.

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 year. I was so amazed at how knowledgable she was...

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. The urgent care is looking to hire a full time NP as...