Dodongo

Dodongo APRN, NP

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  1. Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    Dodongo replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    IDGAF why someone chose to become a nurse - or a physician, NP, RT, barber, grocery clerk, or car mechanic. As long as they are competent and hard working. It's super if you feel like you had a...

  2. Good online NP Program

    Dodongo replied to desertrose501's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm glad you now know

  3. MSN vs DNP Choice

    Dodongo replied to jaynakim34's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Most NPs have, and continue to graduate with their master's. As far as I'm aware, no institution is requiring (or really even preferring) hiring NPs who have the DNP. And no, the DNP is completely...

  4. Good online NP Program

    Dodongo replied to desertrose501's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You should be looking for a school that does not have a 100% acceptance rate, has live lectures (or at least recorded... bare minimum), multiple on campus visits to assess your abilities and teach you...

  5. Good online NP Program

    Dodongo replied to desertrose501's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    First of all, it makes NPs look poorly trained to MD/DO and PAs. Which is a big deal considering, for the most part, physicians are highly involved in the hiring process for most groups. Second of...

  6. Good online NP Program

    Dodongo replied to desertrose501's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think it's a terrible idea, especially for an AGACNP, to attend any program that is 100% online. You need to be trained to do procedures; hands on training. Programs like this give NPs a bad...

  7. Oncology specialized NP... FNP or ACNP?

    Dodongo replied to Justinenix's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    ACNPs, here in Pennsylvania, can work in outpatient specialty clinics. I work in a surgical specialty and have a clinic day every week. I have an ACNP friend who is in clinic every other

  8. Interview Attire for NP Position

    Dodongo replied to OncRN2015's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For a male - always a suit and tie. So whatever the female equivalent would

  9. Any advantage that AGNP has over FNP?

    Dodongo replied to alexamasan's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Perhaps I should have been more specific when saying women's health. No, I wouldn't expect an AGNP to turn away a female patient, clearly. I meant obstetric patient or "care of emerging family"...

  10. Any advantage that AGNP has over FNP?

    Dodongo replied to alexamasan's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I fail to see how a NP that devotes 1/3 of their didactic and clinical training to the primary care of adults, is just as well trained as a NP that spends the entirety of their didactic and clinical...

  11. Any advantage that AGNP has over FNP?

    Dodongo replied to alexamasan's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There are plenty of primary care clinics that only see adult patients, or their population has limited pediatrics. These practices have no problems hiring an AGPNP. The AGPNP is better trained in...

  12. Adult Acute care NP vs family NP

    Dodongo replied to Crrnbsn's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Find a combined FNP/ACNP or ENP program. Or bite the bullet and decide if you want to be in the hospital or out. If you aren't sure what you want to do as a NP, maybe you should take some time and...

  13. Florida FNP

    Dodongo replied to pocovan's topic in Advanced Practice

    It includes independent practice for PAs as well so expect it to

  14. NP Fellowship experience

    Dodongo replied to NPfellow123's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Can you provide more details about how this residency is structured? Is this a true NP residency, or actually an orientation that they call a residency (I've seen a few of these). One has time...

  15. NP still working as a bedside nurse on the side...

    Dodongo replied to LM NY's topic in Advanced Practice

    Do you want to be a NP or a RN? Who cares if you don't put in foleys, or IVs, or pass meds anymore? That's not the point of being a NP. Physicians and NPs have a more cerebral role vs the RN who...

  16. Walden online University

    Dodongo replied to AMShultz's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Please do not give your money to this joke of a

  17. Nurse Practitioner Residencies

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

    Not the one in my area. UPMC requires ACNP for their CCM and surgical residency

  18. Why don't more NPs advocate for better training?

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

    Probably a couple weeks worth at least. My program had 4 on campus intensives. We had real, live patients/actors that we would do workups on, ultrasound, central lines and a-line insertions,...

  19. Medical marijuana

    Dodongo replied to momofm1998's topic in Advanced Practice

    I attended a lecture about this last year. In Pennsylvania there is a list of diagnosis that one must have in order to qualify for MM (17, IIRC). That patient must see a provider qualified to...

  20. To do an NP residency or not?

    Dodongo replied to johnnyRN9851's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    AH, how I love the endless posts of new grads who feel incompetent and unready for practice. NP schools are doing SUCH a great job... Thank you CCNE! You do realize that PAs and Physicians read...

  21. Why don't more NPs advocate for better training?

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

    There are a handful of online PA programs - not 100% online, but still mostly. But they are still more stringent and difficult. It's not necessarily the online component that's the problem. It's...

  22. This MD culture

    Dodongo replied to darren_callcareer18's topic in General Nursing

    That's part of call. I've gotten my fair share of silly calls, but at the end of the day, it's part of my job, I'm getting paid (as little as it is), and I'd never discourage a nurse from calling,...

  23. Can ANP works as PMHNP?

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

    But the remarks are mostly true, you admit. It makes us all look bad when NPs decide to practice outside of their training and education. I don't care for

  24. Can ANP works as PMHNP?

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

    Why in the world would you want to? You weren't trained to practice psychiatry. That should scare you away from it. Stay in your lane. It's bad enough we have FNPs thinking they can do whatever...

  25. Practicing NP, keep CCRN?

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

    Let it lapse. It's extra money with no extra purpose. Your colleagues, physicians and PAs, don't know what it is. It's geared towards RNs, not NPs. It lends nothing to your salary nor your scope of...