IcySageNurse

To all NPs out there: I'm still up in the air about NP vs PA. I feel NP makes more sense as I'm an RN and would need no additional coursework. PA, however, definitely has a stronger curriculum and more clinical hours, which I would prefer. One thing ...

Hello everyone! I'm very interested in becoming an NP soon (FNP or PMHNP), but I want to go to a very rigorous program. I'm very concerned with always providing the best care for my patients and so I want to go to a program where I will learn the mos...

Any go to University of Southern Indiana? I'm looking at their online PMHNP program, but it's fairly new and doesn't seem to have a lot of theory based courses necessary for mental health care. The only diff. between this program and their FNP progra...

Anyone else think the powers that be wasted a great opportunity with the DNP recommended curriculum? I seems to be mainly research focused, with little (if any) advanced clinical knowledge. What's the point? It would have been a wonderful way to incr...

Hello all! Pre-NP Student here. I'm excited to attend NP school soon, but I'm worried about curriculum/rigor, etc. I was wondering what the textbooks are like, specifically for the more science/medical classes. Are the patho and pharm books higher le...

So here's the deal: I started in a hospital straight out of nursing school. Left after a VERY short amount of time (like 4 weeks) because I couldn't deal with 12 hour shifts, weekends, etc. I then moved to working into a primary care office, where I'...

I apologize if I insulted you - that was not my intention. There are definitely many, many NP programs out there that do a WONDERFUL job preparing their students. Most of the reputable schools, especially those attached to large academic medical cent...

Unfortunately, I think part of the problem is that it's really easy to be a bad nurse - and bad nurses still make money. It seems every school in the country has a nursing program, including accelerated ones for people coming from a different career,...

Thank you! Very helpful

This is the reality. THERE IS NO NURSING SHORTAGE! Every school in the US has cashed in on the nursing thing, spreading lies about the shortage to get more and more students. Hundreds of nursing schools seem to pop up overnight. They know there are n...

I left my first job due to the long commute with the hours...I didn't leave my second job due to dissatisfaction. I quite enjoyed working there, but I HAD to move. It was a relocation issue.

Well: 1. My previous hospital switched people from days to nights to evenings - all in the same week! I was a zombie, I can't switch that fast, and it was unsafe for me. I'm hoping in my new area, it won't be like that. I'm in a whole different state...

Don't forget insane taxes in north vs south eats a lot of your take home pay! Sales tax is higher, property tax is higher, tolls are higher, state income tax is higher - that can amount to a 10-20% reduction in take home pay! Combined with cost of li...

I have another thread on here about trying to get back into the hospital setting, and this is sort of related. After nursing school, I quit my first hospital job after about 3 weeks because I couldn't deal with the scheduling. I absolutely felt like ...

Yes, states should give NPs more autonomy. The lack of planning on the part some physician-immigrants from Latin America has nothing to do with whether or not professionals such as NPs should be practicing free of limitations.

Is there an FNP/ACNP combined program?

It's not north vs south as much as rural vs urban. I know that in many parts of the RURAL north, they make less, and yet cost of living is higher. You guys are using Boston, NYC, etc as comparison. Example: I know someone living in Charlotte, NC who ...

There's nothing wrong with using nursing as a stepping stone for other things. It just so happens a BSN is required to be an NP or CRNA, just like a BS is required to go on to graduate school. I know very few people who go to undergrad planning to st...

I was thinking of things like this: 12-lead ECG interpretation Chest x-ray interpretation Hemodynamic monitoring Suturing Spirometry & peak flowassessment Local anesthesia application Papanicolaou smear test Central venous line insertion Arterial...

The Joint Commission has revised the definition of physi- cian and, as a result of this change, several elements of per- formance (EPs). These changes apply to the hospital program and are effective July 1, 2009. Previously, the Comprehensive Accredi...

Um, I don't think "physician" has anything to do with doctoral level education...nor have I ever heard of a pharmacist calling themselves a physician. I think, in fact, that only MDs and DOs may call themselves physicians. It is in fact a protected t...

Hello all,I'm considering applying to a psych NP program in the next few years, and will be living nowhere near a program. My only option then is online. Anyone have experience with a program, good or bad? Things I'm looking for are, in order of impo...

Your welcome. I was going to suggest OHSU but couldn't find the curriculum. NP schools on the West Coast tend to be great though IMHO. Every curriculum I've looked at looks really good - OHSU, UW, UC Davis, etc. The curriculum for the FNP program at ...

Women are very jealous creatures, especially nurses (from my experience). If you have something they want but can't have, they tend to use relationship violence to retaliate.