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    Should I take a job that pays less in order to be home at night with my child?

    zmansc replied to kathrn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think there are far too many personal issues to dig through for us to give relevant advice on what the OP should do as far as career choice. Certainly if the difference in salary is minimal and the...
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    Practicing Assessments on Fellow Students?

    zmansc replied to MallysMama's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't see anything wrong with it. You expect others to be ok with you performing a physical exam on them in the healthcare setting, so why not in this setting as well? And vice versa? I'm assuming...
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    Transition of Care - how are you doing it??

    zmansc replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well first off, I'm still a student so take anything I say with that.... Our local hospital has had several issues with this and a couple of recent failed attempts to improve the situation. The...
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    CNA vs. PCT (ER)

    zmansc replied to EricD's topic in Emergency

    We have both CNAs and EMTs as techs in our ED. I don't know what a PCT is. Pacific Crest Trail is a nice trail
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    Online FNP Lectures

    zmansc replied to jeremiah10's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There are many youtube videos on much of the material, you just have to search for the right thing. Many of the professors in my program give links to various videos they find will be good for...
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    NP Salary

    zmansc replied to Surface's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I believe the difference in pay is also based on the fact that they can be reimbursed at a higher rate, thus all other things being equal, they can generate more
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    Where can FNP's work?

    zmansc replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My local hospital has had NP/PA providers 12hr/day and physician providers 24hr/day. All of the NPs are FNPs, they looked into hiring an ACNP and didn't. I know the age limit was an issue, but I think...
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    PNP contract wording??

    zmansc replied to amalay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would probably cross out Family & replace it with pediatric or just leave it crossed out and initial each change. That would make the document correct. I would add a note that since I am a...
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    Starting clinical tomorrow... Tips?

    zmansc replied to vregino36's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Did clinicals many years ago. Many of my classmates tried to avoid working during clinicals, they would hide out, whatever, just to not do anything more than the minimum. I looked at it the other way....
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    So how does it feel like to be a male nurse

    zmansc replied to panjeremy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Male ER nurse here. Sometimes we have all male crews, that sucks because we can't accommodate the female patient that wants a female nurse. But, it tells you how far men in nursing have come. Male...
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    Is a FNP working for a Psychiatrist legal ??

    zmansc replied to lmonet82's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you have interest in treating psych, maybe a post masters in PMHNP would be in order? Quite possibly you could offer to treat the primary care issues during the time your getting your post
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    Emergency room RN minimums in Texas

    zmansc replied to starsky3501's topic in Emergency

    OP - Just for clarification: Your asking if TX has any law or regulation that states: an ED must have at minimum 2 RNs dedicated to the ED at all times, irregardless of the number of patients in the...
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    Broke and unemployed

    zmansc replied to Brokeand unemploye's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    All of the items mentioned above apply. Networking is a big key to getting your first job in any field. In addition, you might look at the national health servicecorps website, they have a list of...
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    pharmacology and pathophysiology for FNP program

    zmansc replied to gonetocarolina's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That should be a requirement for all programs as it is outlined in the consensus model if I remember
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    Do Med Surg / Tele RNs still get hired into ER?

    zmansc replied to PacoUSA's topic in Emergency

    What the job ad wants and what they hire are often two totally different things. Our ads say 2 yr er exp minimum, we have hired new grads, ltc nurses, you name it. When the director is staring at...
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    Frontier Nursing University Clinical placements

    zmansc replied to blueindigo79's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    OP - While FNU is very helpful, they will not do the work for you. Any way you cut it, in the long run you will have to be the one networking with providers to identify one or more preceptors who will...
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    Recommendation letter

    zmansc replied to Katrina84's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would assume that question would be specific to the school/committee... I had a recommendation from an MD in my application, apparently it didn't hold me back!
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    Is it a smart move to become an FNP at this point in my life?

    zmansc replied to RNWV's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Your #1 and #2 dilemmas are both hot topics on this forum, and I'm sure you can find numerous threads where these topics are hotly debated. My background was as an ER RN with only a few years of RN...
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    Nursing@Simmons- end of term 2, update

    zmansc replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Great to hear it is going so well for you Tasha. Keep up the good
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    Discouraged NP student

    zmansc replied to Bornleader-NP-C's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    As was mentioned above, finding a preceptor is something that often (usually) effort over time. The best option is to build a network of providers who know you and are willing to help you over time,...
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    New Grad in the ED

    zmansc replied to EDnurse0310's topic in Emergency

    First, congratulation on getting through RN school, passing your exam and getting your license. Enjoy that! Second, more congrats on getting a new grad ER job. Someone told me, now that you have your...
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    EKG tips and tricks in the ER?

    zmansc replied to alliecatrn10's topic in Emergency

    Slightly off topic... The monitors in our ED are really crappy at detecting this stuff. They frequently seem to think they see v-tach, yet continue to report a rate of 56, or whatever slow rate the...
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    NP programs that do not require RN Experience/LOR's?

    zmansc replied to prettyboyswag's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    So should the school test prospective students ability to read EKGs then? I know many a 20+ year RN who couldn't tell you if the EKG was right side up, let alone read it. I'm just saying "requiring x...
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    MSN in Education or DNP

    zmansc replied to jujubeee's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    My local university has a BSN/RN program, and almost all of the professors have MSN in nursing education. Several have or are going on to get their DNP in nursing education. In my MSN/DNP program all...
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    Full-time Frontier Students

    zmansc replied to Cococure's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have many cohorts who work part or full time while going to school at FNU full time. I also have several who have dropped to part time in school, or stopped working to continue their schooling. It...