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    positive advice about Walden University NP program

    hik9258 replied to babyboys's topic in Advanced Practice

    Obviously you have hang ups about it being Walden. I know nothing about the program or its curriculum, but a for profit online school (diploma mill).... If I was a patient I would look elsewhere. I...
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    Traditional Textbooks or eBooks (iPad)

    hik9258 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What style of book did you use? What do you recommend? I like the idea of books on the iPad, d/t ease of being able to have all your books with you inside one little tablet (for studying at work,...
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    University of Arizona BSN-DNP

    hik9258 replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Who are you even talking
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    University of Arizona BSN-DNP

    hik9258 replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Although I'm not a new nurse, I will say, there are plenty of new grads who know leaps and bounds over veteran nurses stuck in their ways. Critical thinking is developed in undergrad studies. But hey,...
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    University of Arizona BSN-DNP

    hik9258 replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Obviously an insult was not implied, so strap on your big girl panties and toughen up. How do you know for a fact over 200 applied? Website says 100. But we all know programs say whatever they want to...
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    University of Arizona BSN-DNP

    hik9258 replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Is this a program that pretty much accepts everyone? Just reading around, it seems like they accepted everyone who
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    University of Arizona BSN-DNP

    hik9258 replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I applied for FNP but I do not see any mention of specialties in the letter. All mine says is
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    University of Arizona BSN-DNP

    hik9258 replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm kind of confused. All it says is acceptance to the DNP program. It doesn't label which specialty (Acute Care, Family
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    Looking for some feedback on my FNP personal statement:

    hik9258 replied to ktann87's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    To start, nothing i mention is meant for offense. I think it has a lot of good elements, but overall I felt like the writing style is not congruent with that of a personal statement. For example,...
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    University of Arizona BSN-DNP

    hik9258 replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Has anyone heard anything back on this program at all for the fall 2013
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    Any Emergency Room NPs in Utah?

    hik9258 replied to grett42's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know of two that did FNP, and work in a rural hospital. They run their freestanding clinics and do ER call every so often in the physician
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    University of Arizona BSN-DNP

    hik9258 replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Does anyone know the stats (Gpa, experience, etc) of last years class, or of any of this years
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    University of Arizona BSN-DNP

    hik9258 replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Finally figured it out. Turns out I wasn't supposed to select specialties on the grad school application. They were a lot of help on the phone and email. Did they mention what the statistics are? Such...
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    Where am I competitive?

    hik9258 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Can't seem to get anyone to reply in the other forum, so I will ask here. I know all schools vary, and I'm in particular looking at the University of Utah Primary Care DNP. 25 yo white male BSN -...
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    University of Arizona BSN-DNP

    hik9258 replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Sarrah, how did you apply to this? I am looking to apply to the same program, but when I go on the application, it says that they aren't accepting
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    Where am I competitive?

    hik9258 replied to hik9258's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I didn't post this to show off. I have been told that most DNP schools have a lot of very high cumulative GPA candidates that also have many years of experience. I have been told that the cumulative 2...
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    Where am I competitive?

    hik9258 replied to hik9258's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What?
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    Likely to get waitlisted or denied?

    hik9258 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Disclaimer: I know every University is different. I tried asking this type of question earlier, but I didn't receive many opinions. 25 yo white male 2 years ER/Cardiac/Stepdown Unit RN/Code Team...
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    DNP Chances

    hik9258 replied to hik9258's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Do most schools unofficially show more preference to male or
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    DNP Chances

    hik9258 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Looking at University of Utah FNP, but I can't seem to find any statistics on acceptance here. So my question, is in general for any DNP programs. 25 yo male cGPA: 3.60 GPA of last 60 credits 3.82...
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    Suggestions on Career Pathways

    hik9258 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi everyone. This may sound like a rant/vent type ordeal, but I'm just looking at possible options for the future. I went through school not knowing what I really wanted to do with my life. I...