mschelee MSN, RN

I have an interview August 5 for entrance into Grand Canyon University's online acute-care nurse practitioner program. Has anybody else interviewed for this program, started this program, or is planning on starting this program? Can you tell me about...

This is a good discussion. I'm getting ready to enter into a contract as a nurse practitioner that would make me an independent contractor. The company I'm working for would pay me and I would have a 1099, and be responsible for my own taxes my own M...

For nurse practitioners I don't think the question really is about what you can order, it is more about what you should order. Meaning the less expensive test that works is the most appropriate one if you could order a CT, why order an MRI...

Does anyone know the medicare rules on how soon after an admission the social worker has to visit a home patient? At IDG someone said that t medicare requires the social worker to visit a patient within 24 hours of a patients admit, but we couldnt ...

It is year-round. Each class is 8 to 12 weeks depending on which class it is. I don't think we're allowed to double up on classes like I did back in the BSN portion, but I haven't asked. The entire program will take three years full-time.

I jay started using grammarly along with my PERRLA, together they work nicely.

Depends on where you want to work. FNP's are trending towards working out in the community , like family practice doctors offices and clinics. ACNp's, are designed to work in the hospitals in an acute care. What do you want to do?

PERRLA has made my Gcu experience so much easier. I recommend it!

Our protocol calls for PO Amiodorone to start approximately three hours before the gtts is discontinued, this is due to the PO 3-9 hour peak time. The resident may have been concerned because amiodarone is hepatotoxic.

yes IM. I actually finished my RN to BSN, and started into the acute care nurse practitioner program. For the capstone I did mine on cardiac rehab. I picked that, because it is something that I dealt with at work all the time, and I was able to see h...

Some of the best objectives that my precepts have handed over to me are things like "become comfortable talking to doctors", "understand labs better", organize, prioritize, become more comfortable delegating to the CNA, and one of my favorite do mor...

hi, I just thought it jump in here for a second and say a few things. I started the RN-BSN program in August 2012 and completed it in July 2013. I doubled up one class and that was during spirituality I took the ethics class and the spirituality cla...

I am also in my 3rd course of the ACNP at GCU (online), so far it isn't too bad. Lots of paper writing, and group projects that span over the whole 8 week course. I have not had a hard time juggling school and 3 12 hour shifts. Right now I'm in an et...

I am starting the online ACNP Program on August 28. How did you guys like your first classes?

In 2010 when I took the NCLEX, I tried the Pearson view trick. It worked for me. I went home I got online I tried to read register for the NCLEX again and it said that I couldn't so I figured it meant I passed. It was right I did.

I'm so happy, I just got the phone call today. Somebody decided not to start their nurse practitioner program for fall 2013 which begins next week, and I was first on the waiting list. That means I'm in I'm starting school next week for my acute care...

Yes, I was excepted into the Spring 2014 acute-care nurse practitioner program. I'm happy I got accepted, but I'm bum that I wasn't accepted into the fall classes and that I have to wait six months to be able to start.

You do not have to implement your Caplin study at work, while you're in your BSN program. I did because my manager heard about it and thought it would be a good idea. And education form is simply the form that you would use to teach people. So let's ...

I have a question for the nurses who work ICU step down. In your facility, our patients allowed to have family members bring food into them? Let's say your patient has a renal diet, Or cardiac diet, or even a diabetic diet. Are those patients be al...

The implementation plan is how you would implement your new idea. I went to my CNS and asked her what the process would be ( who we would need approval from first) this might be your floor manager or a hospital patient care committee. You need to mak...

What is the general rule on the GRE? As in I hear a lot of people talking about having to take one, but I have not been told that I need to do this. I've applied to Grand Canyon University acute-care nurse practitioner program and have my interview t...

The capstone was much easier than I expected it to be. It's divided over the five-week period, so each week you do a little bit more of the capstone and in the fifth week you compile it all into one project. As long as each week you get a good grade ...

Hello, I just completed GCU's RN-BSN program. I started the program in July 2013, and I just finished my last class this past Sunday July 28 2013. I graduated five weeks early because I doubled up on classes a few months ago. I found this program ex...