KCEG

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1. Seattle U - APNI 2013

   KCEG replied to Calinca's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Thank you, Calinca! I'm still considering track options, trying to decide between FNP and Psych. I've got a strong interest in psych which led to a lot of undergrad hours, but right now I'm leaning...

2. Seattle U - APNI 2013

   KCEG replied to Calinca's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Hello, Calinca. Good luck in your application. I'm sorry to hear you weren't accepted this cycle. I will be applying in 2013 to a few of the direct entry programs, as well. I'm getting ready to...

3. FNP doing procedures

   KCEG replied to ArkansasFan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Thank you for the responses, Nomad, BlueDevil and Diva. I sincerely appreciate it. I'm not sure exactly where I want to practice geographically, which complicates things. I may practice in Texas,...

4. FNP doing procedures

   KCEG replied to ArkansasFan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   This is a very interesting topic to me personally. I am getting ready to apply to Vanderbilt's PreSpecialty FNP Program, and was told at their open house that they are working with the TN BON to...

5. Any danger of masters NP from AACN's 2015 mandate?

   KCEG replied to MIRN923's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I recently went to Vanderbilt's Open House, and this situation was discussed early in the presentation. As elkpark said, the AACN can't mandate anything. There is a recommendation that NP's move...

6. Best route to NP?

   KCEG replied to MIRN923's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I don't know if anyone read my above post, but I learned today at Vanderbilt's Open House that FNP's who choose to work as a hospitalist in TN are working outside their scope of practice, which will...

7. Best route to NP?

   KCEG replied to MIRN923's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Hi Sam, it's nice to see your post. My brother-in-law is a PA, formerly a respiratory therapist, and he and I have been talking about the pros and cons of PA vs NP, as well. As a PA, he was very well...

8. Starting my Excelsior Tests

   KCEG replied to butterbye04's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Good luck, butterbye04! I hope you do well on the exam. I'm scheduling Transitions for Monday, Jan. 4th, if it's available. Regards,

9. Warning - excelsior students

   KCEG replied to robertjankowski's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Maryland is, of course, one of the states my wife would like to return to after having worked there as a traveling respiratory therapist a couple of years ago. I believe they are a compact state,...

10. What study Material do you use for studying EC Nsg??

    KCEG replied to dslpninla's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi Diana, I bought the textbooks for Transitions, as well, but I'm not sure if I will continue to buy them as I progress. I also ordered the StudyGroup 101 notes. Good luck on your exams!

11. Any RT's going for RN?

    KCEG replied to GCmomRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Congratulations, rttobern. I wish you well in getting your RCP salary matched. I recently talked with one of the local health systems in Dallas-Fort Worth about coming to work for them when I...

12. Any RT's going for RN?

    KCEG replied to GCmomRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi Meg, I'm an RT also, and I'm just starting the program. It's nice to see all of the other RT's who are going this route. I'm studying for Transitions as my first exam. I've looked at Excelsior...

13. Yay! Passed Transitions

    KCEG replied to pebbles57's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi Pebbles, thanks for the post. I have just started to study for Transitions, and it will be my first Excelsior exam.

14. Warning - excelsior students

    KCEG replied to robertjankowski's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hello everyone, My wife and I recently enrolled in Excelsior after working as respiratory therapists for many years, and I contacted the CA Board of Nursing just to hear for myself what their...

15. Online BSN with no RN?

    KCEG replied to mommy2three2's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hello Mommy2three, Here is some info I just found from a link posted in another forum. It appears that the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh has a program that may be of interest to you. It looks like...