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i looked through the first several pages w/ no finds. i will look further. thanks.

Hi, I hope no one minds that I am not a nurse practitioner. I am just very interested and I thought this is the place to find you :) Where do you work? Doc's Office, ED, clinic? I wonder how everyone likes their current position? Have you been able to choose your ideal setting? How's the job market? My fear (in becoming an NP) is that I can no longer do bedside nursing (due to the added liability). And I wonder if I could find a good fit elsewhere. I need to know what opportunities are out there! Thanks all!

i really doubt that. i think it would be a positive thing that you have specialized in psych for a long span of time. My psych professor in college was a psychiatric NP and she did not do "staff" nursing. Psych all the way. I would consult a program that you like and ask them what the requirements for admission are, and then consult your board of nursing to make sure there are no requirements to practice. I doubt it though. Good luck!

oh thank you both so much!! extremely helpful answers. I tried to find the NJ BON laws on this, but I thought maybe they didn't have any. Now I know that they must and I will contact them if I can't find it online. That's an exciting possibility. Annaiya, also very helpful. You're right, I have looked into CNS and CNL. I did read some descriptions about them being very educated "bedside nurses", sometimes in an educator/supervisor role, but each MSN program describes the role differently! And I'm worried about them becoming "dead" fields because half of the schools I look at don't offer it. I will continue to research. It's hard making a decision. But I definitely appreciate the info. Thanks!!

Alright, sorry if this is dumb but I have googled and searched many times w/ no definitive results. I am dying to go to grad school because I loved it and did very well for undergrad- but I can't pick a major! On my cardiac floor I constantly read the charts and my goal is to really understand each clinical case. I'm fascinated w/ the disease process side of things. Basically I'm a nerd. I love it and I would love a challenging education. I am very attracted to the education that NPs get. I want the knowledge but idk about the job itself. I just don't know if I want to leave bedside nursing forever. I am worried that if allowed- I would be liable for a physician error that went unnoticed. Can I become a staff nurse and continue working as a floor RN?

is it finding the vein that's the problem, or physically starting the IV? maybe we can give you some advice

hello again to everybody on here. I just want to say that I took it today and I passed w/ 86 correct. I used david woodruff's cds which were shockingly close to the test format. I also did a practice test on the aacn website, which was expensive ($50 for 50 questions) but worth it. Very similar content. I studied exact topics from that and they showed up again on the actual test. Another thing that helped me a lot was I read the research on their website, especially the "practice alerts" which were on the exam too. lastly, I just followed their test outline and made sure I could check off everything that they said would be on it. With complete disregard to GI and some other things that I didn't care about lol. And it was fine. Focus on cardiovascular (esp. hemodynamics and EKGs), pulmonary, and ethics, just like they say. Remember their emphasis on research and being independent and a leader. thought this may help others who are searching the internet for advice, as I did for weeks prior to my test date. good luck!

Thank you both so much !! Very good info. I am gathering my paperwork to see if I am eligible due to a migraine history and I am going to proceed from there. Thanks for your time and thank you for your service !

This is really interesting. I'm a BSN nurse, but I work w/ mostly ADN nurses. And they are great! They have to learn the same things that we do and take the same NCLEX. I think it's just a preference of learning styles, in my opinion. and theprincessbride, you are right- in my state I'm already seeing it- you need to become a doctor of nursing to work as an NP (Rutgers for example).

Thank you so much. You're right I have seen it on 12-leads. I'm going to look up more about it. Thanks !

Just keep in mind the QT varies w the rate. I always use this formula. R to R divided by 2. That value must be less than or equal to the QT. I'm not familiar w QTc- what's that one ? A ratio? Thanks :)

@BorgQueen1701 I've been looking into this a lot lately. Here is your answer: http://www.ocs.navy.mil/pt.asp GoNavy up there describes DCO school. and this is the website for it. Includes- 60 minutes of PT daily, weighing in on arrival, passing some physical fitness tests. If not passed, the 2 week officer school adds on an additional 3 weeks. I got this all from the website. I found the website via the navy reserve website. Very useful info to find out what we would do those initial two weeks in Rhode Island. GoNavy, thanks for your extremely helpful post. I actually bookmarked it

This is an amazing post. I skimmed through all of it just now. But navyman7, I noticed that you had said that RNs in the navy reserve are deployed more often than active-duty nurses. I am more interested in the reserves b/c I assumed they were deployed LESS. I don't mind up to 3 months/year, but I'm sure you understand why I would prefer to limit time away from my family and full time job. I know you are active-duty, but I wonder if you have any insight on how much time a nurse in the reserves could expect to be on active-duty. Thanks so much in advance!

Hi Navy Nurses :) Would anyone be willing to take a few minutes to tell me about their experience as a nurse in the navy reserve? I have been interested in joining the navy for a few years, and I still feel the call. Now I think the reserve may suit me better. I have several questions, but the most important to me is this- what do you DO when you drill one weekend a month? When I report for duty each month, I haven't been able to determine what my roles would be. Is it physical training, classroom training? Filling in at a VA clinic for an active-duty RN? I am waiting to hear back from a recruiter, but I would love to get more insight. Thank you all!

if she knew it was on for ten minutes she could have done something about it. she could have asked anyone for help. especially if there were onlookers while she was rude to you. i have never made my PCTs feel that way, in fact im often throwing the sheets in the hamper before they even notice what's going on. people are crazy. sorry she made you feel small, i hope she regretted it later.