mursej ADN, BSN, DNP, LPN, CNS

mursej has 14 years experience as a ADN, BSN, DNP, LPN, CNS and specializes in Nursing Admin & Advanced Practice.

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1. NPs in Minnesota/Minneapolis

   mursej replied to midwstrn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I'm not sure the DNP is the limiting factor for open positions or clinical placement as a masters degree & licensure is all that is required to practice per the MN board of nursing. This is stated...

2. Which is better to start a MSN or DNP?

   mursej replied to akharvey's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   Winona State University offers a BSN-DNP with two different leadership tracks: Nursing Leadership Program: Nursing and Organizational Leadership Or Nursing Leadership Program: Practice and Leadership...

3. Going from ANCC certification to AACN cert? Anyone?

   mursej replied to traumaRUs's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

   Trauma where are you going for your FNP? Was there any wait list / application hoops to jump

4. Which CNS certification?

   mursej replied to mursej's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

   Thank you both TraumaRUs & Whispera for your insight. I agree all the acronyms are confusing if you don't know what they are which I often feel creates confusion for the public and healthcare...

5. Which CNS certification?

   mursej posted a topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

   Which certifying body did you choose for your CNS certification? ANCC and their ACNS-BC, AGCNS-BC, etc or AACN with their CCNS or the new ACCNS(-AG,P,N)? Are there any other organizations that...

6. Family/Individual across the Lifespan CNS?

   mursej replied to mursej's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

   Even if going back to school were an option for you I can't imagine peds CNS programs are that easy to find. Do they want you to get your FNP

7. Family/Individual across the Lifespan CNS?

   mursej replied to mursej's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

   I haven't heard anything further about the development of the family/lifespan CNS certification. I know Winona State University (http://www.winona.edu) has an RN to MS professional pathway for...

8. New Facebook group for CNS

   mursej replied to pilgrim192's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

   Oh gotcha. You're hoping to be filling more the traditional advance practice prescriber role. Many a CNS on here has encouraged those wanting to be an APN to do an NP program over a CNS

9. Anybody still doing or just did or thinking about doing CNS?

   mursej replied to stepbystep12's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

   I'm in Wisconsin. My program is in

10. New Facebook group for CNS

    mursej replied to pilgrim192's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Why do you now wish you had completed an NP track? Availability of job? Pay scale for traditional

11. Anybody still doing or just did or thinking about doing CNS?

    mursej replied to stepbystep12's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I'm in an adult-gero CNS program. Our co-hort is kinda small, the big hospitals in my area are all looking at Magnet so there hiring CNS's for the traditional

12. Family/Individual across the Lifespan CNS?

    mursej replied to mursej's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    @Melina Is you school working on developing a "Lifespan" or "Family" scope of practice preparation CNS? I too am in a Adult-Gero CNS program so I understand the APRN consensus model and the transition...

13. Family/Individual across the Lifespan CNS?

    mursej posted a topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I was browsing on the NACNS website and came across an area describing current initiatives with one of the following being "Population-based CNS Competency development underway - Women's...

14. CNS questions

    mursej replied to Traumanurse11's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Do you feel you would have had the training if you had completed an NP program and not a CNS

15. CNS questions

    mursej replied to Traumanurse11's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    What was so character building about your first year as an APRN? I have just finished my first semester in my AGCNS program. I am hoping to be in the nursing patient education / staff development,...