phillycpnp-pc MSN, RN, NP

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    Pediatric NP students

    phillycpnp-pc replied to phillycpnp-pc's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Wow that's crazy they have to repeat that patho class. I would be so ******. Yea my assessment, pharm, and patho were all general aka adult based. I'm half way through my clinical rotations now and...
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    Has anyone obtained their degree for FNP/PNP but never practiced?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to sweetvi's topic in Advanced Practice

    I also had a friend that became a PNP and took her boards and passed a few years ago and she still does bedside nursing and never practiced as a NP. She loves bedside nursing and won't be leaving it...
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    NPs: How did you learn clinical skills??

    phillycpnp-pc replied to IcySageNurse's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That's horrible that all those students get to do is shadow. How are they suppose to learn? That's really messed
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    How do you figure out what specialty to pick?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to HeartNursing3's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I work with kids and doing PNP. Like the other poster said I don't mind limiting myself to pediatrics and could never do adults even though i agree that FNPs are more marketable and versatile...
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    NPs: How did you learn clinical skills??

    phillycpnp-pc replied to IcySageNurse's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Are you looking at Acute Care or Primary Care Programs? In class we learned and practiced suturing, PAP smears/GYN exams, Testicular exams, I &Ds and local anesthesia. I have also have done this...
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    Clinical hours

    phillycpnp-pc replied to Helen Crump's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    They still let us do rotations in the Pediatric ED. This ED has different zones. Zone A is for traumas and more acute care stuff, zone B was strictly primary care issues/fast track and Zone C was...
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    Clinical hours

    phillycpnp-pc replied to Helen Crump's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    They still let us do rotations in the Pediatric ED. This ED has different zones. Zone A is for traumas and more acute care stuff, zone B was strictly primary care issues/fast track and Zone C was a...
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    FNP, pediatric rotation preparation

    phillycpnp-pc replied to moonischasingme1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm doing pediatric np primary care. Ive always been a pediatric nurse so I'm Comfortable with kids. I would say get a copy of bright futures spiral pocket guide to help familiarize ur self with...
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    Clinical hours

    phillycpnp-pc replied to Helen Crump's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm doing primary and I did about 20 hrs a week In the spring and 1 day was during the day and the other day was a 12 night shift in the er. During the summer I'm doing about 8-10 hrs a
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    Pediatric endocrinology nurse practicioner...

    phillycpnp-pc replied to ~Melissa~'s topic in Post Graduate Students

    You are not going to find a specific peds NP program with endo. You have to do acute care peds np or primary care peds np. With acute care you can work in a hospital setting and primary care in can...
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    Advanced Pharm-Tests or Papers

    phillycpnp-pc replied to megank5183's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    my class also had exams. made up of drawing diagrams, multiple choice, fill in the blank and short answer
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    what gift to give your NP preceptor

    phillycpnp-pc posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What are some gift ideas to get a NP preceptor? I have one more day at my spring site and i wanted to get my preceptor something and the small office staff (5 ladies including the MD who owns the...
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    Best Smart Phones/Apps?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to CreoleMystic's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have a iphone 4s and use harriet lane's handbook app and i use epocrates which was given to us by the
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    NP clinical hours

    phillycpnp-pc replied to mrmike's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I just had a clinical rotation in a peds ER and i did one 12 hour shift a week. I had to do 240 hours in one semester so i did 120 in this ER and 120 in primary care office ( 8 hours a weeK) and...
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    what gift to give your NP preceptor

    phillycpnp-pc replied to phillycpnp-pc's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    thanks guys you gave me some good
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    Are there any African American NNP students here?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to GreenVeggieRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Congrats
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    Has anyone ever NOT been accepted to frontier?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to SnowboardRN's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    In my current grad program the gpa to get in is 3.5. For my bsn i graduated with a 3.1. I was accepted into program if i agreed to taking one grad class per semester x 2 semesters on a trial bases. If...
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    Using MDs for clinical rotation preceptors?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to megank5183's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I haven't followed any MDs in clinicals but many of my classmates have. It should be
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    NP program with clinicals and preceptors

    phillycpnp-pc replied to Kitty's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Villanova University sets up clinical for
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    Spring 2014 Graduates

    phillycpnp-pc replied to moonischasingme1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    that's a good question when do we start to look for jobs? I have friends that graduated from my program last dec and just got their first NP jobs a couple of weeks ago. So i guess around the time we...
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    Spring 2014 Graduates

    phillycpnp-pc replied to moonischasingme1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I do not graduate in 2014 but this December of 2013. I just wanted to say the last year will go really fast. It didn't feel that way when my semester started in Jan but now the year is half over and...
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    Making progress in reaching my goal

    phillycpnp-pc replied to sth90's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    that's awesome....Good
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    Np vs Rn

    phillycpnp-pc replied to Nurseinthemaking20's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have 1 semester left of NP school. Although im not a NP yet I do work as a staff RN. Hands down i like the NP role better...being a staff RN makes me miserable. I am counting down the days to when...
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    UAB online... Clinicals per week?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to %63theend's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    i work 24 hours a week and do 20 hours of clinical an 8 hours of classroom time a
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    Is Becoming A NP Worth It?

    phillycpnp-pc replied to 8mpg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I graduate this winter from my NP program and i think it is worth it. The pay increase will be nice but my reason for going back to school was to get away from staff nursing. I work in peds and...