Dodongo

Dodongo APRN, NP

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  1. Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    Dodongo replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    No, NP programs are not teaching the process by which glucocorticoids induce down regulation of epithelial cell adhesion molecule, CD62L and other selectins on the surface of lymphocytes and...

  2. Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    Dodongo replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Biochem is actually a class given in medical school, and not required by any school as a pre-req (at least not any school I'm aware of and I looked at A LOT when I was researching in undergrad). It's...

  3. Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    Dodongo replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I listened to Dr. Goljan's lectures over the past couple months and he addresses both of these! Things that med students taking step 1 are expected to

  4. FNP who wants to work ICU

    Dodongo replied to anthhuang's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Google "post masters acnp" and the first 4 that come up are Vanderbilt, Drexel, U Penn and U Pitt. All good programs. A post master's certificate ACNP will put you on the same level as any other...

  5. ACNP or DNP?

    Dodongo replied to mrcleanscrubs's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If your goal is to work in the OR then you should get an ACNP (whether at the master's level or doctorate) and the RNFA certificate to go along with it. The hospital system I work for, and the...

  6. FNP who wants to work ICU

    Dodongo replied to anthhuang's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Many schools have post-master's certificates for FNPs or AGPNPs to get the ACNP credential and for ACNPs to get the FNP or AGPNP. A quick google search should turn up a lot of information. They're...

  7. For-Profit NP admissions... I thought they were joking!

    Dodongo replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I know this is anecdotal, but when I was looking into schools, I was talking with the physicians from the group I work with, and we were discussing me possibly coming to work with them when I...

  8. Kaplan FNP

    Dodongo replied to Zuskie's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Just make sure to do your research about for profit education! Here's a recent thread discussing just that. https://allnurses.com/advanced-practice-nursing/for-profit-np-1116562.html Good luck with...

  9. For-Profit NP admissions... I thought they were joking!

    Dodongo replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I think we all know Walden is a joke and should be avoided, but I honestly had no idea it was this bad. No references? No admission essay? No CV? How in the world can a student "apply" to this...

  10. Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    Dodongo replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I asked before I applied. I was told the minimum requirement is just that - a minimum. Students are able to do more should they desire to do

  11. Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    Dodongo replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    In his/her defense, Drexel does has a truly part-time option for their PA

  12. Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    Dodongo replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    He is her family medicine physician and also a family friend... so it sounds like a HUGE (maybe begrudging)

  13. Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    Dodongo replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Right. I think my experiences would be better than what the school could have come up with. Part of it being that I know these physicians and they were excited to have me, in particular, to come...

  14. Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    Dodongo replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    I have mixed feelings about being required to finding your own preceptors. In my own, personal, unique situation, I viewed this as a positive. My school had rules of course- must be board certified,...

  15. Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    Dodongo replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Absolutely

  16. Misconceptions in NP/PA/MD education: experiential requirements, online, and for-profits

    Dodongo replied to SummitRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    This is correct. Caribbean schools are considered foreign and are not accredited, however, their graduates, if they desire to practice in the US must pass the USMLE step exams and complete a...

  17. EKG Resources

    Dodongo replied to MJC2118's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, knowing that there are NP programs that don't cover that in their programs, maybe (unfortunately) this may be a good thing... I'm just incredulous at some of these programs. Very

  18. EKG Resources

    Dodongo replied to MJC2118's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Your program didn't require you to learn to read EKGs? This is a basic skill. There is so much more I want to say about this but I will refrain... "Rapid Interpretation of EKGs" by Dale Dubin is...

  19. Help with understanding a pain management situation

    Dodongo replied to Runnergirl84's topic in Pain Management

    Have you taken an ethics course? I'll risk explaining something you may already understand, but there is something called the "Principle of Double Effect". This idea helps explain the licitness of...

  20. Any Thoughts on why Orthopedics Hire PA more than APN

    Dodongo replied to Sandybear's topic in Advanced Practice

    I absolutely agree with this. People who are interested in working in OR/surgery attend PA programs so that they can receive training in it, versus an NP program that has no surgical training...

  21. Any Thoughts on why Orthopedics Hire PA more than APN

    Dodongo replied to Sandybear's topic in Advanced Practice

    I suppose I'm just not following your logic on this. Is 6 or 8 weeks long enough to learn to be a first assist? I think it's the difference between understanding the basics and having no...

  22. Any Thoughts on why Orthopedics Hire PA more than APN

    Dodongo replied to Sandybear's topic in Advanced Practice

    ?? Every PA program in the country has a didactic component for surgical skills and at least 1 clinical rotation first assisting in the OR as a requirement of their accrediting body. There is 1 NP...

  23. Hyperglycemia-induced Hyponatremia

    Dodongo replied to Catticus11's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    The patient with T1DM has abnormal glucose metabolism resulting from an absolute deficiency in insulin (destruction of islet cells). As their cells starve from lack of glucose metabolism shifts to...

  24. Any Thoughts on why Orthopedics Hire PA more than APN

    Dodongo replied to Sandybear's topic in Advanced Practice

    My guess would be that a lot of orthopedic surgeons want a first assist in the OR. NPs by and large are not trained/qualified in that role, whereas PAs

  25. How much did NP school prepare you?

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

    ALSO, the "Made Ridiculously Simple" series. So far I've read the Clinical Anatomy, Clinical Physiology, Clinical Pathophysiology, Clinical Pharmacology and Clinical Radiology books in the series....