Dodongo

Dodongo APRN, NP

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  1. Any NPs in EMS or the Fire Dept?

    Dodongo replied to eg1014's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree with you here. I became an NP (in part) to have other people do the "heavy lifting" so to speak. Flight nurses and PHRNs can do plenty within their algorithms and protocols that I don't see...

  2. Any NPs in EMS or the Fire Dept?

    Dodongo replied to eg1014's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Case Western University has a Post-Master's Specialty Certificate in Flight Transport for ACNPs. It's 4 courses - one is the emergency care of children to allow you to care for all

  3. NP schools now required to find clinical sites?

    Dodongo replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Many FNP programs will not allow their students to rotate within the hospital setting. My program did not allow FNP students in the hospital at all, and the ACNPs could only do a small fraction of...

  4. NP schools now required to find clinical sites?

    Dodongo replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I really hope this is enforced. I'm tired of the NP profession looking like a bunch of jokers with our abysmal educational

  5. CCNE Releases New Standards

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

    I think he is saying in light of these new, more stringent standards, the ACEN will be "second rate". We all know up to this point both accrediting bodies had essentially no standards. There were...

  6. CCNE Releases New Standards

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

    Exactly one of my main thoughts. It's like they thought they could "address our complaints" while at the same time leaving the schools enough wiggle room to not actually have to change

  7. Can an FNP...?

    Dodongo replied to eg1014's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It seems to me that most schools - FNP programs in particular - are not even mentioning the consensus model to their students. So these FNP grads think they can do whatever they want. It's amazing...

  8. Can Acute Care NPs work in Outpatient Specialty Clinics?

    Dodongo replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in Advanced Practice

    You can. Any specialty clinic where you see ages 13 and up is fair game. For what it's worth, I don't see the difference between an ACNP working primary care (not seeing children) and an FNP working...

  9. Can the NP assist in surgery?

    Dodongo replied to cassowary's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Another thing to consider is multiple surgical residencies for PAs and NPs. Almost unanimously, these residencies require the NP to be acute care certified - not

  10. FNP working in acute care

    Dodongo replied to npmm's topic in Advanced Practice

    Did your program have any specific classes in your didactic training in inpatient/acute care medicine? Did you have any clinical rotations in an inpatient

  11. Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP)

    Dodongo replied to theturk90's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My program specified 2 years of critical care experience. To my knowledge we were all ICU nurses. Best to ask the

  12. FNP and pharmacology

    Dodongo replied to weswes03's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My NP program had 2 pharmacology courses. For the first course we used Lippincott's Pharmacology. A great book for learning and understanding the science behind pharmacology. For the second course,...

  13. For Reelz

    Dodongo replied to NutmegNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    I would have been one of those people to refuse right up front. I work in an inpatient surgical specialty, so I can't comment on outpatient minutiae specifically, but if they asked me to do anything...

  14. Standardization of NP Education

    Dodongo replied to RN-dancer's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There are still a couple problems with RNFA trained NPs (of which, I am one). We don't get any graduate level or gross anatomy education. So I had to do a WHOLE LOT of extra studying in anatomy....

  15. Standardization of NP Education

    Dodongo replied to RN-dancer's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Nope, sorry. I rotated alongside PAs in general surgery and precept them now, and they are almost unanimously better prepared than the NP students. NP education relies on the preceptors, for the...

  16. Standardization of NP Education

    Dodongo replied to RN-dancer's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I mean, isn't that crazy though? That choice shouldn't even have to be made. Physicians and PAs don't have to research schools to differentiate between those that will prepare them to practice...

  17. Standardization of NP Education

    Dodongo replied to RN-dancer's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I find it humorous how everyone gets on these threads and says, "Oh, well, my school was great. It was so good. I got a great education. It was so hard and the standards were so high. I don't know...

  18. Hired, but haven't started

    Dodongo replied to FMadden's topic in Advanced Practice

    No way... there has to be more to it than this. So are you or are you not yet hired? When did you pass your boards - September 2017? We need a better timeline

  19. NPs Performing Surgical Procedures!?

    Dodongo replied to mrcleanscrubs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This is why every NP who wants to practice in surgery should do a RNFA program. An RNFA program takes months to gather the required number of hours vs 5 weeks of surgical exposure that PAs get. I...

  20. We are not saints! (just because we work hard)

    Dodongo replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, this same attitude carries over into NP programs... people think that just because they want to be NPs, they should be... Knowledge, ability and sacrifice be

  21. NPs Performing Surgical Procedures!?

    Dodongo replied to mrcleanscrubs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This is Pennsylvania. I really love general surgery. I did a RNFA program and ACNP so a hospital based surgical position is perfect for me. My group has a handful of physicians and a couple of APPs...

  22. University of Phoenix FNP program

    Dodongo replied to NurseSunshine3's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would NEVER consider going to this school. How could you not be embarrassed to attend the University of Phoenix? It has a terrible

  23. NP Programs w/o (or with less) Fluff/Theory?

    Dodongo replied to cocoa_puff's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Drexel University and the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania are pretty good as well. There is essentially no "nursing theory" in either of those programs - just a handful of classes on the...

  24. FNP vs. WHNP. How Does One Decide?

    Dodongo replied to beckm097's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think it's important to know your area as well. Where I live, we have a huge women's hospital. And there are multiple OB and Gyn groups associated with it. There are a TON of WHNPs that work for...

  25. NPs Performing Surgical Procedures!?

    Dodongo replied to mrcleanscrubs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I worked in IR as a RN, now I work in general surgery as a NP. We had a NP and PA in IR, who, quite honestly, did 80% of the procedures in any given day. The procedures which they did perform, were...