lissa.the.cocoa

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1. Employer perception of online CNM programs?

   lissa.the.cocoa posted a topic in CNM

   Hello all! I am currently a PhD student in public health who wants to become a nurse. I plan to begin taking the prerequisites for nursing in the fall, and begin an accelerated BSN program or BSN/MSN program 2-3 years from now. I have about half o...

2. Nursing professor - BSN/MSN after PhD in public health?

   lissa.the.cocoa replied to lissa.the.cocoa's topic in Educators

   Well, the goal would be to be at one of those "big, important schools." I'm doing my PhD at one now. And, I never claimed to want to go into a nursing research career to ignore students. I work with undergrads now and I love interact with students...

3. Nursing professor - BSN/MSN after PhD in public health?

   lissa.the.cocoa posted a topic in Educators

   Hi all! I am currently a fourth-year PhD student. I'm getting my PhD in sociomedical sciences (public health) with a focus in psychology. I should be finishing up next spring or summer, and I intend to enter into a research career. My next step wo...

4. Becoming a psych NP... no psych experience

   lissa.the.cocoa replied to Girlygirl69's topic in Psychiatric

   Oh well than that would surely qualify someone to write prescriptions for psychiatric medication after only 4 semesters. You do realize that actual psychiatrists only have medical school and their internship before they are qualified to write any pr...

5. Becoming a psych NP... no psych experience

   lissa.the.cocoa replied to Girlygirl69's topic in Psychiatric

   She said she was a mental health worker beforehand - she didn't say that she's never spent time observing and working with the pts. Just not as an RN.

6. Stay at home mom...scared to go back to school

   lissa.the.cocoa replied to learningmom's topic in Pre-Nursing

   My mom is an LPN (in the U.S.). She was a stay at home mom for 8 years. She went back to school in an ADN program when I was ~8 years old, and she didn't finish - she only had two semesters left, but she couldn't do it with an 8, 6, and 4 year old ...

7. What would you do? need advice

   lissa.the.cocoa replied to hello sammi's topic in Pre-Nursing

   This is a big reason I am going into nursing in the first place - my fiance is in the Air Force and I want the flexibility that comes with nursing, along with want to take care of people. That said, I would personally wait until you move. You can pr...

8. Biology Teacher Career Change to Nursing...Help!

   lissa.the.cocoa replied to simply8o8's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Since you are willing to come out here, check out Yale's program and Vanderbilt's. Both have programs similar to the ETP and Yale has no pre-reqs, although they encourage you to have A&P and micro first.

9. Hi Ya'll! Any new pre-nursing students?

   lissa.the.cocoa replied to loulou55's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Is anyone taking the prerequisites while working full time or juggling other obligations? Like I said I am in a PhD program and I estimate that all of my term-time commitments take 60-70 hours a week. I only want to take one pre-req at a time becau...

10. Why go into nursing? is it for the money or for other reasons

    lissa.the.cocoa replied to love7777's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I'm in a PhD program in public health and I do research on HIV and AIDS. Some of my research projects involve interviewing and other interactions with study participants who are living with HIV and I get to talking with them because I like people. ...

11. Hi Ya'll! Any new pre-nursing students?

    lissa.the.cocoa replied to loulou55's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I'm in a somewhat similar position to katoswife. I already finished my BA in psychology and am currently working on a PhD in public health & psychology, but I decided that I want a clinical career. I still want to do public health research and ...

12. WHNP programs?

    lissa.the.cocoa replied to iridium54's topic in NP Students

    WHNP programs in the northeast: Yale Penn Rutgers UMDNJ Drexel Sure there are more.

13. Taking GREs in a few days, need insight!

    lissa.the.cocoa replied to Nishas22's topic in Post Graduate

    My score was higher, but that's because I took the PowerPREP test at the beginning of my studying. I wanted to see where I was. If you are using non-ETS materials to study (Princeton Review, Kaplan, Barron's, etc.) I've read that they make their qu...

14. Columbia ETP Program 2012 entry

    lissa.the.cocoa replied to melevang's topic in Post Graduate

    Hi guys, someone referred me to this forum. I'm just going to lurk and watch you guys - I'm planning on applying to the ETP program for summer 2013, heh. I'm currently getting my PhD in public health & psychology at Columbia. I have to take th...