Dodongo

Dodongo APRN, NP

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  1. You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    Ah, it's in the email! Nothing on the thread/page itself, oddly

  2. You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    Look, I enjoy watching you crash and burn as much as the next anonymous internet troll, but I keep getting email after email alerting me to this nonsense and it's become a little too cringe-worthy. Is...

  3. You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    Can we drag this thread out back and put it out of its misery

  4. Chemistry and FNP program

    Dodongo replied to lcgivz12's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Is it absolutely necessary - no. Plenty of NPs practice and couldn't even tell you what you get when you mix an acid and a base together. But if you want to understand/know a broader range of...

  5. Regret Becoming an NP

    Dodongo replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    It's been said a thousand times but I'll say it once more - you should become an NP because you want to do the JOB. Not for schedule, or pay, or respect, etc. Examples like the one above are great...

  6. Your advice, please!

    Dodongo replied to royaso's topic in Advanced Practice

    If you are an NP, then I would say working as a NP >>>>>>>>>> working as a RN.

  7. Regret Becoming an NP

    Dodongo replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    Why not get a post-master's in psych? You, unfortunately, made the mistake that so many people do, of getting the FNP to appear more marketable, at the expense of pursuing what you were actually...

  8. What NP Specialty Should I Choose?

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

    It really irritates me when people become a FNP because they think they can do whatever they want with it. Go be trained to do what you want to do. Being trained in primary care won't help you get a...

  9. What are some of the "easier" NP programs to get accepted to?

    Dodongo replied to brinksta's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Either take some new classes to boost your GPA or retake the classes you did poorly in. You want to be an NP, show that you do. Put in a bit of effort. You can wait a year or

  10. Need some encouragement

    Dodongo replied to Scarlet33's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    1) Your school has done you a horrible disservice here. But, people choose to go to these schools. 2) I would stop this nonsense of a "rotation" and contact your clinical coordinator (if you have...

  11. Great NP Programs

    Dodongo replied to Britesmyle's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'll PM

  12. Any Interventional Radiology NPs?

    Dodongo replied to LKell's topic in Advanced Practice

    Did you ever work in a surgical specialty as a NP? You're an FNP so I'm guessing you didn't have any surgical training or rotations in your program... The notes will all be pre-op, post-op and...

  13. You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    Take 5 minutes on this forum to see a plethora of would be NPs who "really want to work in such-and-such specialty" but "are afraid of limiting themselves" by choosing a program that prepares them to...

  14. Great NP Programs

    Dodongo replied to Britesmyle's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My strategy was to set minimum criteria for me to apply for each school. I was only looking at ACNP programs, NO for-profits, must have "X" amount of clinical hours, must have on campus requirements,...

  15. You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    And to drive my point home, everyone here is saying FNPs and AGNPs don't need RN experience because they're primary care. Except, how many FNP and AGNP graduates go to work in an inpatient...

  16. You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    I think this is extraordinarily prevalent in FNP programs in particular. It has been said by many posters on this forum, that many FNPs think they can practice anywhere. They think any area of...

  17. Great NP Programs

    Dodongo replied to Britesmyle's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I was only ever looking at ACNP programs but Pitt, Vanderbilt, Georgetown, Duke and Drexel were some of the programs on my

  18. PNP-AC or FNP?

    Dodongo replied to klb17's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Haha, it's a shame people take something so plain and make it so

  19. You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    And Frontier is not the problem. Online education is not the problem. I actually prefer it now that I have experienced it. (But not everything can be done online). For-profit, 100% online programs...

  20. You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    I've asked this on here before but how would one go about making improvements? I would love to effect change in NP education but I have no idea where to begin. What entity is ultimately in charge of...

  21. Scientific Rigor of NP Programs?

    Dodongo replied to kg99's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You're not going to get in depth biochem from PA or NP. It's 2 years of training. They have to focus on clinical medicine - making you a medical provider. If you want to be a clinician scientist...

  22. The future of NP education

    Dodongo replied to ACNP2017's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Right? The only ones who really understand the complicated nature of NP educational paradigms is NPs. Hospital HR departments and physician groups hiring NPs probably don't understand that FNPs are...

  23. How can I help educate floor nurses as a Hospitalist NP?

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

    You're an NP. Not a nurse educator. Choose one or the other. You were trained to be a provider, so either do that, or go worry about issues back at the

  24. What are some of the "easier" NP programs to get accepted to?

    Dodongo replied to brinksta's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I mean, I was waiting for someone to say this. I feel like I am always the one saying stuff like this and people's feelings get hurt and I end up as the bad guys in these threads. There are some...

  25. You don't need RN experience to get an NP job

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

    So that's another problem in and of itself, right? RN training/work absolutely does not substitute for NP training - that should be obvious to everyone. But it's not obvious to everyone. And NP...