I am leaning heavily towards becoming a nurse practitioner; however, people have suggested becoming a physician assistant. What are some of the advantages of being a nurse practitioner vs being a...
Thank you NomadMomma! lots of good advice in there. I am also a little concerned about the talk of Nurse Practitioners being required to get a doctorate....I figured if i got into an accelerated...
Thanks ChristineN. I agree with you. The question remains, why do schools like Vanderbilt even offer a bridge program that requires no RN experience, if it strongly encouraged to have RN experience?...
Besides Vanderbilt's bridge program, does anyone else know of any accelerated programs? What are you thoughts concerning on-line nursing education? ....I am not necessarily in favor of it, but I know...
Thanks for all of the comments so far. I do agree that it would be ideal to get some actual RN experience first. However, ideal is out of the window for me, as ideally I would have realized that...
I use to live in Abilene, TX. Everyone that i met while in Texas that was from Austin loved it...I hear it is the hippie city of Texas, as it is a big music town. Not sure about the current working...
My question: What is the best and/or fastest way to become a Family Nurse Practitioner? I have applied to Vanderbilt's bridge program, which takes two years. If I do not get accepted, what is...