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Hi! Slight error above - AANP does NOT offer acute care NP certification. Certification is either ANCC (AGACNP-BC), or AACN (American association of critical care nurses - the same entity that administers the CCRN certification) (ACNPC-AG)

Just sent you one!

Of course, let me see if I can send you one!

There is, but it is not as well established (or well defined) as in the US.

Hi everyone! I'm starting my first (acute care) NP rotation this upcoming semester, and am a bit... um, petrified? Apprehensive? haha. I'm an RN, been working just about 2 years. Currently in stroke/tele, but paid my dues with a year of med/surg/tele too. So I've been placed in neurosurgery. EEP. (Cue the #imnoderekshepherd memes...). My question is: how best to prepare? I am obviously most familiar with the hospitalist role since that's who I have most contact and experience with. I haven't spent a lot of time in true critical care (step-down at most). I'm trying to figure out what to expect. So what would you do? I do plan on reaching out to my preceptor to ask. But, aside from that: study? Focus on neuro? Is it worth trying to float/shadow closer to critical care/perioperative care before then? Anything you wish you had known before you started your first provider-level clinical? Thanks!!

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I'd never head that, wow..!

I would think so, regardless of state...? The term refers to a level of educational preparation, and isn't exclusive to being a physician. I've never heard of this varying by state! Though, granted, there are definitely work environments (inpatient especially) where this gets especially confusing in terms of people's roles/educational background and what their discipline actually is!

Just to clarify that an NP program *is* an MSN (or DNP) program. In order to be eligible for NP licensure, you prove to the state's nursing board that you have completed study at the graduate level and passed applicable credentialing exams for your specialty/track. These are what make you eligible for advanced practice licensure. You cannot apply without completing graduate study in the form of a masters or doctorate - though it is possible to RE-specialize through a certification program in a new specialty area (CAGS- certificate of advanced graduate study) when you already are an NP. Good luck! Sorry about the situation around finals, that sounds rough.

First semester. After that, once clinical rotations start, it includes evenings/weekends/nights.

You do it/pay when it's available, so 2 days after you take the test. If it's not available exaaaactly 48 hours after you tested, don't panic. That happened to me, I kept checking back exactly 48 hours after I finished thinking I'd be able to pay and see the result, but it took another little bit (maybe until lunchtime that day). So keep checking back!!

Quick Results | NCSBN Here's the list of states that participate in Quick results!

It depends on the state. Some states participate in Pearson Vue's "Quick Results", where you sign in to your Pearson Vue account 2 days after the test, pay about $8 (I think) to view whether you passed. Sometimes, the state board posts the license in the online registry before the quick results are available. I know friends who found out they passed because they searched their names about found their licenses listed as active :-)

Yep! Search the MA board, lots of info on there. I did it. It is very intense. First semester, it's all classroom learning and lab: plan to be at school 8-5 M-F with maybe a half day or so thrown in. Clinical rotations go like this: Provider I (Med/Surg) Provider II (Mother/Baby incl. L&D, peds) Provider III (Psych) Provider IV (Community Health) Provider V (Preceptorship) Rotations may include evenings, weekends and nights. The teaching model is big on front-loading: ie. covering the didactic content before you go on rotations. But you do come out well prepared.

So the Pearson Vue Trick/PVT/popup trick is when you try and register for NCLEX again after you have taken it - there was a glitch in the system in that you could "find out" if you passed when the website would give you a message to let you know you could not register. However!!! They have worked on their system (it was a glitch) and it is NOT consistently reliable; and now you have to submit payment (you used to not have to) to run the "trick" which means you risk $200+ which is non-refundable. So you could potentially get charged for another test when you have passed the original one. As hard as it is, the best thing is to wait for PV to run their process and get your official results. You've got this!!