Palliative Care, DNP

Palliative Care, DNP

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  1. Failing. Help!!!

    Buy an NCLEX review book. Whatever subject you are studying read and answer that topic's questions in the book. You never know you may see familiar material on your
  2. Would you want your child to become a Nurse???

    No, in fact I tell them to be anything other than a nurse if they decide to go into health care. The nurse is the person standing at the bottom of the hill with arms wide open.....and we all know what...
  3. Why did you become a nurse?

    Because I was wait listed for dental hygiene and didn't want to wait a
  4. Failed A&P twice!!

    I took A&P during the summer as well. Part 1 followed by part 2. Ended up with a C in both sections because of it. My grade did not slow my progression from RN to BSN. Now I'm in a BSN to DNP...
  5. Do you think ADN programs will really be phased out?

    In my opinion the LPN will become a associates and the RN will become the BSN. Nursing really needs to streamline education if we are to be taking seriously and respected
  6. If hospitals require 85% BSN...

    I can only think of 1 diploma school in my
  7. Our exams are proctored at Loyola University New Orleans via the camera on the computer. Faculty makes a site visit to each student each semester for clinical evaluation. There is no free ride...
  8. Retail settings like Walgreens, Walmart, and CVS. The health departments here use NPs. Also, many occupational health or college student health
  9. Do you "tell" Facebook where you work?

    No do not list your place of employment and do not "Friend" co-workers. That stuff can come bite you in the
  10. Rehashing the 2015 DNP Requirement Debate

    I am in a BSN to DNP program. Out of 40 people that began this cohort only 11 were left this summer. We are scheduled to graduate May 2015 but I'm not thinking 11 of us will be
  11. is anyone else being laid off, reduced hours, etc?

    Hospital that I used to work at prior to grad school closed one unit and laid off the staff. Also, each unit downsized. My old unit lost 5 RNs and coincidentally all 5 were ADNs and their experience...
  12. 4th attempt at NCLEX - need advice please!.

    Does your state require remediation after 3 attempts? Some do and it may be
  13. Always on the border of failing... need some help

    You can have an 80%? We have to have a minimum of
  14. Staffing Issues. (rant)

    Staffing issues is one of the reasons I stopped floor nursing and went back to grad school. Burn out party of
  15. How long will it take to become a nurse practitioner?

    I'm in a BSN to DNP program and it is 3 years. Some schools offer it in 4 years. So total of 7-8 years depending on where you
  16. PharmD to NP

    I will never make more than him. Ever especially now that he owns his own
  17. PharmD to NP

    That's what I'm wondering too. When my husband left retail a year ago he made $65/hr. That is 6 figures without OT. When he wanted to work extra it was more. He did tire of retail and has opened his...
  18. PharmD to NP

    There goes all the money your education would earn you. My husband is a pharmacist and even when I am an NP I will not make what he does. No way in he double hockey sticks I would ever go to nursing...
  19. Do you think you have ever encountered an angel?

    No but if I do I would like them to look like Castiel from the show Supernatural. That's my type of
  20. We should make our own online FNP program

    You forgot the part of this new program providing
  21. My stack of books was taller in RN school than in NP school

    I stopped buying the books. Now, in grad school I just rent them through Chegg. Send them back at the end of the
  22. Discouraged

    I'm not sure why you couldn't proceed with an MSN program. It is completely separate roles and there are many folks that make that transition every day. Technically, you are no longer a new grad and...
  23. Low GPA..

    Jobs won't care about GPAs and patients won't either. Graduate programs on the hand may give you
  24. Have bad attitude- RN to BSN programs

    I agree it's really about money. However, the lay offs were the best time to say it was based on education and not money. It's a move to save face by the
  25. Have bad attitude- RN to BSN programs

    Our hospital began with ADNs can keep their positions but not move up and we are only hiring BSNs now. Then it became everyone that has an ADN needs a BSN by 2020 or will need to look for other...