nurselyfe4115

nurselyfe4115 has 5 years experience and specializes in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care.

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1. Nurse Practitioner vs Physician Assistant

   nurselyfe4115 posted a topic in General Nursing

   There is this myth that still seems to be circulating around that Physician Assistants (PAs) can do more than Nurse Practitioners (NPs). For example, if you want to have a role that involves more invasive procedures like central line or chest tube pl...

2. Surgical Nurse Practitioner best route

   nurselyfe4115 replied to blancas56's topic in Advanced

   NPs can do whatever PAs can do, so there really would be no reason to go the PA route, unless she wants to completely get out of a nursing foundation...which sometimes people do.

3. What Nobody Told You About Graduate School

   nurselyfe4115 replied to nurselyfe4115's topic in General Nursing

   Since the program I just finished was an Acute Care NP program, a majority of it was in class. We had class 1-2 times/wk and sometimes even clinical at the same time.

4. What Nobody Told You About Graduate School

   nurselyfe4115 posted a topic in General Nursing

   As I finish my ACNP program (in literally days) I'm reflecting back in my journey. I realized that although I got want I needed and much more from grad school, the process to obtaining this degree was not what I expected so I wanted to give a little ...

5. Do DNPs get compensated more

   nurselyfe4115 posted a topic in Doctoral

   I'm just curious if DNPs get paid more than masters level practitioners. I read somewhere that they didn't and then another article, that they did. I am currently in a masters program and contemplating going on to get my DNP once I graduate but am ju...

6. Cardiology Nurse Practitioner Outlook

   nurselyfe4115 replied to nurselyfe4115's topic in NP Students

   Thanks so much for your responses! ghillbert, that sounds awesome and so like my dream job! My only concern (and fear) is that i'm in Missouri and we tend to "jump on the band wagon" a little later than other states. Where I work now, we have very li...

7. Cardiology Nurse Practitioner Outlook

   nurselyfe4115 posted a topic in NP Students

   I just got accepted to an ACNP program so I'm already trying to plan out possible career options when I graduate. I work in a cardiac icu and would love to get a job in acute care cardiology when I graduate, but I'm just curious if anyone could give ...

8. UTHSC at Houston FNP MSN Interview vs Acceptance

   nurselyfe4115 replied to pink.ele's topic in NP Students

   Does anybody know how many ACNP students they take??

9. UCLA NP program Fall 2013

   nurselyfe4115 replied to mnmary's topic in Post Graduate

   murse89 are you from Cali?

10. UCLA NP program Fall 2013

    nurselyfe4115 replied to mnmary's topic in Post Graduate

    Anybody hear anything yet???

11. UCLA NP program Fall 2013

    nurselyfe4115 replied to mnmary's topic in Post Graduate

    mnmary mine also says no decision yet

12. UCLA NP program Fall 2013

    nurselyfe4115 replied to mnmary's topic in Post Graduate

    mnmary, did you click on the Fall-2013 part under application term? I also thought my just said submitted until I actually clicked the term and then it had me type in my password to get to my "letter"

13. UCLA NP program Fall 2013

    nurselyfe4115 replied to mnmary's topic in Post Graduate

    https://www.gradadmissions.ucla.edu/newapp/Login.asp?topage=AdmissionStatus.asp Type in you email, click the Fall-2013 button, type in your password, press continue, then it should tell you your status (so far it's just been telling people they've ei...

14. UCLA NP program Fall 2013

    nurselyfe4115 replied to mnmary's topic in Post Graduate

    Hi mnmary! I too applied to UCLA's ACNP program! Have you checked your decision status online yet? I heard that they've already sent out some rejection letters and just sent out acceptance/wait list letters on March 1. Where are you from? I'm from Il...

15. Vanderbilt Grad Entry 2013

    nurselyfe4115 replied to LetsChill's topic in NP Students

    Congrats!!!!