*RN123ABC*

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1. horror stories--are they true?

   *RN123ABC* replied to NPs4health's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   ugh, stop GL, you are scaring me. Seriously, these patients are the main reason I want out of the hospital. I am sure they will always be around, but at least in my area, the NPs here can...

2. What is the typical loan forgiveness commitment?

   *RN123ABC* replied to subjectgreen's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   You can look at the Health and Human services website to see if there is an area identified as high needs that you might be willing to relocate to in exchange for federal dollars toward your...

3. Fear of online NP programs..words of wisdom?

   *RN123ABC* replied to inthesky's topic in Post Graduate Students

   I guess you are referring to the regents program? I have never heard anything about it. Some buzz that it exists, but haven't heard of anyone actually going through it yet. I will tell you that...

4. If you were in NP school again, what would you do different?

   *RN123ABC* replied to NPs4health's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Do you mind sharing where you

5. Feeling the heat for not passing driver's DOT physical

   *RN123ABC* replied to TPfan24's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Thank you for failing him. Just Saturday night I took care of a commercial truck driver having his 9th AMI. He is 5'7", 308 pounds, smokes 3 packs a day, is a noncompliant insulin dependent diabetic...

6. US News Rankings

   *RN123ABC* replied to jnd1213's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I am not personally acquainted with the Vandy grads, save one. She was not a DE stuent. She had been a CCU/ED nurse for about 10 years. I was suprised to hear she didn't take to NP, b/c when I knew...

7. US News Rankings

   *RN123ABC* replied to jnd1213's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   And on another note, is there a reliable place that ranks graduate nursing programs? I've never seens one and I hope to be presented with a tough choice myself here, very

8. US News Rankings

   *RN123ABC* replied to jnd1213's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I am acquainted with a physician that is a graduate of Emory. Great school, right? He's a moron. The other docs are pretty vocal about not trusting him. He's in internal med, was on call, surgeon...

9. US News Rankings

   *RN123ABC* replied to jnd1213's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I get where you are coming from, because I have kids who have been in the same position. I do appreciate the value of an Ivy League education. If your expensive school is one of the genuine Ivy's, I...

10. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    *RN123ABC* replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Isn't is really a moot point? I know a dozen NPs and I don't know a single one that goes by a title. They are not Mr or Ms so and so. They are Sue, Joe and Mike, etc, the nurse practitioner. I really...

11. New GRE format?

    *RN123ABC* replied to mommy2three2's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Honestly, I thought the GRE was pretty easy. I didn't prep at all, other than read the NYT every day (a vocab boost). In retrospect, I wish I had practiced writing, b/c I only got a 4 and I'm not...

12. Have you heard anything about financial aid?

    *RN123ABC* replied to *RN123ABC*'s topic in Post Graduate Students

    I really appreciatre your

13. So, not everyone thinks highly of NPs.

    *RN123ABC* replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work with an ED physician who is widely known (by other docs as well) to order every available test just to cover his own incompetence, so it doesn't shock me that a NP might. I just don't think it...

14. Have you heard anything about financial aid?

    *RN123ABC* posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I saw a story in MSNBC that college financial aid is drying up and that student loans are going to be very hard to get next year. They were speaking about undergrad specifically, but I assume the same...

15. A thread for those awaiting decisions...

    *RN123ABC* replied to Sarah7781's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I think all of the program are getting many more applications this year. I was in email contact with MUSC and they said they have been inundated with applications for their brand new DNP program....