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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!!

Hey Alex! Been following you over on IG for a while! :) nice to see you here! For NCLEX... here's what helped me!! - do NOT try and study the day before. Really. By that point, you'll either know it, or you won't. Review critical values or something if you feel you really need to, but no new content, and no in-depth studying. - plan something fun for right after/the day after. I can't remember if AZ has Quick Results, but anything to pass the time between walking out and finding out the result. - don't get sucked into the PVT. Please. - be prepared to walk out having NO IDEA if you've passed. it's okay. you won't remember all the questions you knew right away, but you WILL remember the ones you stared at being like "...what?!!.." (haha). I know it happened with me - got a TON of oncology on the day. No idea why. - if it doesn't cut off at 75 questions, IT IS OKAY. Breathe. if you are still getting questions, you're still in the game. take whatever breaks they offer you to clear your head. Good luck!!!

Love this thread!! Professional/Nursey-goals: - Get off orientation in job I just started, and get involved in the unit council. - Prepare for CMSRN and PCCN and take exams when I'm eligible in November. - Keep going in MSN/DNP program. One foot in front of the other. Personal goals: - Pay off credit cards and credit score to/above target. - Put effort into that whole "dating" thing (haha). - Get set up with PCP and endocrinologist in new city to get on meds I know I need. - More active/effort into my own physical wellbeing.

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It's in the document posted above - the case that was filed.

Just read the whole thing -- couldn't look away o.O yikes.

At the end of the program you'll do a 3-day (I think) HURST review for NCLEX. This reviews core content and test-taking strategies. You schedule the NCLEX independently, so you can take as much or as little time as you are comfortable with. I personally did it as soon as I could (I had about 3/4 weeks I think) because the research shows you do better the sooner you take it - definitely a recency effect. Yes I did. I'm not sure about housing as I commuted, but the people who lived there were happy enough. The school is right on a main street and easy to get to; it's safe and there are places to walk to for lunch/coffee/dinner after classes etc. I can think of only 2 people who did not move on after the first semester, out of our cohort of I believe 41. They have both since retaken the class they needed and finished the program. For students to professors, it really depends on whether you mean class/lab/clinical. In class, we typically were all together. Lab was split into 3 sections of ~15 or so each. Clinical rotations it was usually 8-10 to one clinical instructor (until precepting where it's 1:1). The faculty are genuinely invested in seeing students succeed. I still go up and see them when I can, donate supplies I've ended up with from work (oops!), and am still close with my favourite professor and text with her regularly and get coffee when possible. It is not a cake walk, but if you have the right attitude and show them that you want to learn and are willing to put in the effort, they will go above and beyond. I also ended up working my first job and getting into a new grad program right on the unit where I did Provider V (the last clinical rotation/preceptorship) which was amazing. I genuinely feel the program prepares you well to be an entry-level RN, both clinically and in didactic knowledge. I honestly don't know what you mean here -- "some case"--? You can easily Google and find official published NCLEX pass rates for all NH programs here: https://www.oplc.nh.gov/nursing/documents/nclex-2006-2016.pdf -- MCPHS had a pass rate of 92.65% in 2016 (above both the national average of 84.56% and NH average of 90.31%). (Also just be careful using effect vs. affect! :-) sorry haha, pet peeve!) Hope that helps!

Congrats on being accepted!! I loved the program. Feel free to PM me with any questions and good luck!!!

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Hi NYCRN92, Another from (religiously observant) RN here, haha. I hear you. There was a thread a while back where I gave a run-down of what being in the hospital on shabbat/chagim (holy days) looks like. It came up for me when I was precepting/orienting and had no control over my schedule. I had a LONG conversation with my Rav, who called HIS Rav for advice on how to pasken (make decisions about/within Jewish law) for me (his wife is a pediatrician so he gets it - his outlook has always been "you're doing a good thing and let's figure out ways to minimize the damage" haha. Yes, there are issues - logistical mostly as I had to get there and back well outside of walking distance - but I totally understand that it's hard to reconcile. It also made a difference that it wasn't long-term but was just while on orientation. What's hard to explain to people (both here and in person) with little to no experience or exposure (and trust me, I get that -- giyoret (convert) here who had no idea pre-20s what a Jew even was, let alone an observant one!) is how intricate it gets and the minute details to think about. For anyone interested in some of the minutiae, when I was at the hospital on shabbat, I couldn't badge into the break room (because it would be using electronics not directly related to patient care). I didn't write in pen (so that it wouldn't be permanent), and I would answer the phone or dial with some kind of alteration (wrong hand etc.). In an emergency, yes, all bets are off and ALL shabbat rules are suspended, but defining an emergency is tricky. To get into the med room, I wouldn't directly take my badge and badge in, but rather would lean against the wall and, oh look! the door opened as an indirect result of where I happened to be standing..! And that's the tip of the iceberg. For me, it worked out that there was another RN who did regular Saturdays, and if I took regular Sundays it would mean a full weekend covered between us, which was amazing and NOT something I took for granted. I personally think you did the right thing in being up-front about your availability - though if it hadn't specifically come up in the interview I don't know that you're required to volunteer it. I think, have a conversation with your Rav now before the next opportunity comes along, and see what advice they have. (Incidentally, I was once asked by the beit din (rabbinical court) I converted with whether it was okay for a nurse to work on shabbat and was told unequivocally that, overall yes, but there are many considerations!). Wishing you much hatzlacha (luck) in your next opportunity, it should be smooth and a great fit for both your schedule and your professional development. (Translations in parentheses for any curious readers!).

I have to confess I cringed when she told the patient she was going to go ahead and "take your pulse and assess your respirations" -- but then she said in an aside NOT to tell the patient..!