CCRNDiva BSN, RN

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    What do ER's hire more: PA-C, FNP or ACNP ?

    CCRNDiva replied to treejay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Does someone really have to attend both med. school and a NP program to tell that medical school is more in depth than graduate nursing school? Can anyone really argue that the programs are...
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    Hospital paying for NTI? Really?

    CCRNDiva replied to NightAngelle's topic in Critical Care

    I work at a nonprofit hospital and I contribute via payroll deduction to a club that promotes staff development and improvement of our facility. As long as we sign up for that we are eligible to...
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    Vanderbilt Fall 2010 ACNP

    CCRNDiva replied to celclt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Congratulations:yeah::yeah::yeah:RICU! I'm so happy for you. Thank you so much for the encouragement, I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed, . I actually live in IN but I want to move to Nashville...
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    Considering career as NP

    CCRNDiva replied to UnbrokenRN09's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm sorry, but I have no desire to compete with physicians when I become an ACNP. I am looking forward to working with a team of intensivists. I believe we serve patients best when we collaborate....
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    Considering career as NP

    CCRNDiva replied to UnbrokenRN09's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Most schools are now separating their curriculum for FNP and ACNP. All of the schools I'm applying to have said their FNP programs will focus totally on health promotion and prevention in the...
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    Vanderbilt Fall 2010 ACNP

    CCRNDiva replied to celclt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I received an email from Vanderbilt admissions in response to my concerns. He said I should be a competitive applicant and he would not recommend retaking the GRE. I feel so much better now! I have...
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    Vanderbilt Fall 2010 ACNP

    CCRNDiva replied to celclt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I received an email back from Vanderbilt admissions and he said they still have ACNP openings. He also said that I seem like a competitive applicant and he would not recommend retaking the GRE. I...
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    Do FNP's really make 80k to 90k a year?

    CCRNDiva replied to mariposabella's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You're kidding,
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    Do FNP's really make 80k to 90k a year?

    CCRNDiva replied to mariposabella's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Do you mind revealing what area you live in? I live in northern IN and I a little over half that with 7yrs ICU
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    Vanderbilt Fall 2010 ACNP

    CCRNDiva replied to celclt's topic in Post Graduate Students

    That's so good to hear. I put something about losing my brother in my application too. I really want to get into this program. I did the GRE today. The time ran out on me while on #24 on the math....
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    Palliative Care NP program Vandy?

    CCRNDiva replied to Nole's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Their website says they require a combined score of at least 1000 and 4.5 on the writing analysis. I don't know if I'll have time to retake it for Fall admission. They told me I was cutting it...
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    Palliative Care NP program Vandy?

    CCRNDiva replied to Nole's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Mammac5, I did the GRE today. I totally bombed the math portion. I ran out of time on #24. I ended up with a 430 in Math, total 1000. I feel so sick I could vomit. I usually get As/B+s in math...
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    Palliative Care NP program Vandy?

    CCRNDiva replied to Nole's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thanks so much, Mammac5! Thankfully, I've been fully immersed in APA format and scholarly writing this year while completing my RN-BSN. I appreciate your point about research as well. If you can't...
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    Looking for a clinically focused ACNP program

    CCRNDiva replied to CCRNDiva's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks so much Juan. I had initially looked at UCSF when I began my ACNP search. It looks amazing but I'm a single parent living in IN. I'm willing to relocate but I felt that would be too far away...
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    Palliative Care NP program Vandy?

    CCRNDiva replied to Nole's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Mammac5, I'm applying to the ACNP program @ Vandy (I have 7 yrs RN experience). I noticed you said many scholarly papers are required. Do you mind explaining what kind of papers are required, ie...
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    Abusive and Cruel Clinical Instructors: Why??

    CCRNDiva replied to sallber's topic in General Students

    I feel so bad for you. Unfortunately, some nurses still like to eat their young, so to speak. Please hang in there. Don't let this horrible person deter you from fulfilling your goals. I would...
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    Will DNPs be chosen over MSNs?

    CCRNDiva replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The DNP is not mandated, it is a recommendation. The credentialing boards and state boards of nursing are the only agencies that can mandate anything and so far they have yet to require the DNP for...
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    What do ER's hire more: PA-C, FNP or ACNP ?

    CCRNDiva replied to treejay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    all i can say is my 7 yrs as a rn in the icu have given me a strong foundation to build my future career as an acnp. i am very fortunate to work with great docs who trust our judgement, enjoy...
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    Leveling art line to tragus for cpp???

    CCRNDiva replied to jimmy_hat's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I'm in a level II trauma center and we level ABP at the tragus when they have an ICP to calculate CPP. I've been there 7 yrs and thats how I was trained to do
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    Nurses Who Took CCRN in 2010

    CCRNDiva replied to oregonnurse2007's topic in Critical Care

    I took the test in Nov. of 2010 after studying Laura's DVDs. I too scored in the low 100s/upper 90s using the pretests on the DVDs. I am happy to say that I passed with flying colors. Oddly enough...
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    Will DNPs be chosen over MSNs?

    CCRNDiva replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I hope I didn't give you the impression that I don't support you or any other nurse in the pursuit of the DNP. I was simply stating that I haven't found a program that has the strong clinical...
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    Will DNPs be chosen over MSNs?

    CCRNDiva replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I apologize for hi-jacking your thread. It was not my intention. I was trying to make the point that the DNP programs that I have investigated do not truly address clinical practice as expected and...
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    Abundant Opportunities

    CCRNDiva replied to chuckster's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Chuckster, I have to agree with you. I live in the midwest and we have 4 colleges churning out nursing students (with another program opening this year) within 15 miles of each other in a 2 hospital...
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    Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    CCRNDiva replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thank you so much for the words of encouragement! Much
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    Will DNPs be chosen over MSNs?

    CCRNDiva replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    You're right, it's just some not all of