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  1. NPs- USI or EKU for PMHNP??

    BirkieGirl posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hello NPs, I am looking at both USI and EKU for PMHNP program. I will be a post MSN student so it will be post grad certificate. Both programs look equal as far as required credits. I will be student...

  2. MSN to gerontological NP

    BirkieGirl replied to melindaHS2's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just speaking from experience, you may be better served to find an online NP program that is exactly what you are looking for and going into that after your BSN. Getting my MSN (non-NP) took me just...

  3. Any admins later switch gears?

    BirkieGirl posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I am currently finishing my MSN in a dual concentration of Administration and Education, and have only 2 semesters left. I really want to eventually find a nice faculty position in one of the four or...

  4. MSN

    BirkieGirl replied to Ashtimus Prime's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I agree. I was actually pursuing a NP plan when I took a supervision role that I absolutely LOVE and decided to go after MSN in Administration and Education after all. Sometimes you have to try out...

  5. Recommendations for online FNP-30k range

    BirkieGirl posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi everyone- I hope anyone here can PLEASE give me some recommendations for some online FNP programs??? I am currently enrolled in a B/M program and it is EXTREMELY challenging. I am required to have...

  6. Top ethical concerns to RNs

    BirkieGirl replied to BirkieGirl's topic in General Nursing

    WOW. NOT homework, but thanks

  7. Taking job in area you don't know about

    BirkieGirl posted a topic in Nursing Career

    i recently returned to bedside nursing after almost 20 years in outpatient long-term management of cardiology patients. I loved the job itself but it was time for a change. I was really burning out...

  8. Nursing career at insurance company

    BirkieGirl replied to gnirest_tsomo's topic in Nursing Career

    sounds like it is probably a coordination of care type position. those are pretty nice. the job is to make sure that patients are getting the services they need, but not being billed for stuff they...

  9. Don't like nursing at all, what can I do with my BSN?

    BirkieGirl replied to lostrnugh's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i worked in a very non traditional nursing job in a cardiac specific industry for many many years and LOVED it. there are a TON of non traditional jobs out there that don't involve direct bedside...

  10. RN Research Career Path?

    BirkieGirl replied to NurseGuy30's topic in Nursing Career

    I once worked in a very large outpatient practice that had a GIANT research division and most of those nurses had only BSNs. They ran anywhere from 15-20 research studies each year and that place...

  11. Pescatarian, Vegetarian, Vegan diets in nursing school?

    BirkieGirl replied to chris21sn's topic in General Students

    Eat mostly plants, love it, DO NOT have any problems with the cafeteria...in the teaching facility I work in, there are hoards of residents and medical students, many of whom are other cultures, and...

  12. I'm a little lost (maybe a lot lost)

    BirkieGirl replied to Bs'n's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    agree.i too had some difficulties with writing the first few papers in grad school. it's just a different way of thinking overall. i had a professor early on who taught me to use the following...

  13. PRN during FNP School?

    BirkieGirl replied to MexicanFNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    i would love the option of per diem or even part time, but i actually provide the benefits for my family so it's not an option... i know that FNP school is quite do-able even working full time. it's...

  14. New NP Student Tips...Please help!!

    BirkieGirl replied to MayMSN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    i agree with the above. i am about 2/3 done and the program is hybrid, half online and half on campus. it is TOUGH. i too feel like i am only given half the info and have to spend time i don't have...

  15. when to give up trying to pass

    BirkieGirl replied to avidhunter3's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i too have SEVERE text anxiety. so much so, that i'm not quite making grade in my current NP program just due to testing alone...that said: I took my NCLEX twice, took the ACLS test twice, dysrhythmia...

  16. Recommendations for online FNP-30k range

    BirkieGirl replied to BirkieGirl's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    cherub- is it a huge issue to find preceptors? i know at least 5-6 FNPs in my area that would give me hours, plus a few PAs and several docs (if hours are allowed with docs). how many different...

  17. Recommendations for online FNP-30k range

    BirkieGirl replied to BirkieGirl's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    thanks so much! I already sent an inquiry to them! the program sounds pretty nice and would not put me off time-wise too much! i appreciate your

  18. Really struggling in program-advice?

    BirkieGirl replied to BirkieGirl's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    thanks angel- that was something i have tapped into as well. i have some things that we are required to watch, but i'm also trying to find supplemental things there as well. i think this IS just a...

  19. Really struggling in program-advice?

    BirkieGirl posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi everyone! I haven't been around in a while, I have been SO busy the past several months with work and my NP program. This semester I have the advanced patho class and I am struggling pretty hard. I...

  20. Interested in Psych NP but in FNP prog

    BirkieGirl posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi all- I am currently in my FNP program and very near the end. I wouldn't want to change it at this point. I am very interested in psych NP career options. My background is in cardiology but psych is...

  21. Interested in Psych NP but in FNP prog

    BirkieGirl replied to BirkieGirl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    all great advice! I guess it totally escaped me that a post masters certificate would be an option...in my exhausted NP-student brain i was thinking an entire other degree would be required! that is...

  22. Non-Clinical Nursing Positions

    BirkieGirl replied to ChloeKnudsen's topic in Nursing Career

    I would look at rep jobs. there are a lot of big pharma jobs out there that are not patient care related but instead more of a sales pitch type job. what you ARE required to memorize is the basics of...

  23. A less stressfull career choice

    BirkieGirl replied to jherd's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i agree these are pretty standard. i left the in-pt setting almost 20 years ago to go to an out-pt setting, but recently left there to go back in-pt. there are definitely less stressful nursing jobs...

  24. Rural Texas job market?

    BirkieGirl posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am currently in the midwest and will grad next year (FNP). just kicking around ideas, nothing concrete. hubs and 2 kids to consider...but in the long term, want to eventually end up in texas, and...

  25. Likelihood of New RN getting a job at Mayo Clinic?

    BirkieGirl replied to RNdonut's topic in Nursing Career

    When I graduated nursing school almost 20 years ago, a classmate was also interested in moving to Minnesota for Mayo, applied for multiple positions there, and was hired straight out of school. i...