Palliative Care, DNP

Palliative Care, DNP

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  1. Is becoming a Nurse hard?

    No you do not need the same education as a physician or you would be a physician. I would recommend going straight into a BSN program. Many places are beginning to only look at BSN applicants. My...
  2. Loyola BSN to DNP 2012

    Had my interview and I think it went well. They are only excepting 25 people. She said it would take 2 weeks to hear about acceptance I hope I can wait that
  3. Could be some truth to that. For many years nursing was pushed as a good paying job where you only need a 2 year education. People flocked and now we overload and folks in nursing for all kinds of...
  4. Loyola univ 2012

    Just fund out I am going to be interviewed! Fingers crossed that it all works
  5. It's not always about you - a mini rant

    Personally, if it doesn't interest me I move on. I definitely do not linger on whether or not someone else is adding their woe is me to a
  6. Loyola univ 2012

    Any word yet for you? Nothing here still
  7. Loyola univ 2012

    I'm in the same boat. I also work nights. I really hope I don't miss a call either but the waiting is terrible. Hopefully, soon we will hear something. They were accepting applications until November...
  8. Loyola univ 2012

    How did you find out? I emailed the contact person and never heard back about when the interviews would begin. I hope to hear something soon. Good
  9. BSN new grad can't find a job, should I just go for FP?

    My advice is to keep applying but by all means expand your education. It can only help in the long run. I am waiting to hear about acceptance into a BSN to DNP program now. Good Luck to you and I am...
  10. What's the task you like doing most on the job?

    My absolute least favorite thing is anything in the way of trach maintenance:banghead: The smells, sounds, & secretions etc just are hard for my stomach to handle. Give me the sick chemo patients,...
  11. Pharmacists giving injections!?!

    My husband is the specially trained pharmacist of whom you speak. He has a Doctorate in Pharmacy and trust and believe in all of his education he received way more than an hour on injections and...
  12. Spring/Summer 2012 NP Programs

    Loyola University New Orleans is accepting applications for the DNP program through November 1 and it begins next summer.....I am waiting to
  13. lets hear from Nurses who started with No nursing experience at all!

    Count me amongst the ranks! I went from SAHM of 4 kids to nursing school to working. Absolutely zero medical/hospital experience. I had no desire to be a CNA while I was in school. I have never...
  14. What does an RN REALLY do?

    Don't do the dirty work? Well I have been in my fair share of stool, urine, NG fluid, JP drainage, wound drainage, etc. Bedside nursing is not always pretty it is HARD work. Our job is to take an ill...
  15. How well does misogyny work out in your facility?

    Hey you out of the gene pool! Seriously hope this man never represents our
  16. How'd you know when you were ready to get your MSN?

    You are ready when you are done making excuses as to why you can't. For me once I decide to do something I just jump in and don't look back. I know bedside is not for me and there is only one way to...
  17. Now MS Certified

    I am now an officially certified Med Surg RN! :yeah:The test was not nearly as difficult as I expected it to be but I studied for it like the NCLEX so maybe that helped. Now I just need the oncology...
  18. Now MS Certified

    Thanks Kaye! I was just thinking about
  19. advice request from seasoned nurses please

    I have actually told people before "we don't ever have to have dinner or go to the movies. We just need to work together." Do your job and that is
  20. first patient fall

    Accept the learning experience and move on. Luckily, he is ok and without serious
  21. Good on-line adn-bsn program?

    Carin3, You can finish in 1 year if you go full time Fall, Spring, and Summer. I went two years because I went part time. Tests and classwork is completely online. There are virtual class meeting so...
  22. On campus only DNP

    ODU has a BSN to DNP program that is on campus only in Norfolk, VA. I live close to it but need distance programs lol. Any way you could look into that. They also have the DNP post masters if that is...
  23. How do employers view RN to BSN online completion programs?

    I completed a RN to BSN online program through ODU. The only thing my job cares about is that I have a BSN:twocents: I am now working on an MSN program online through Liberty University and looking to...
  24. Med Surg certification

    Just wanted to share that I earned my certification in Med/Surg
  25. Med Surg certification

    :twocents:I felt it helped me because i definitely did not think the certification test was nearly as hard as the NCLEX