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    Petition to Force NP Programs to Provide Preceptors

    zmansc replied to futureeastcoastNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Exactly. It's not how the preceptors are identified, it how they are vetted and the clinical setting is managed by the school. Furthermore, there are schools that run the gamut, on one end they...
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    Petition to Force NP Programs to Provide Preceptors

    zmansc replied to futureeastcoastNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Nope, not ND.
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    Petition to Force NP Programs to Provide Preceptors

    zmansc replied to futureeastcoastNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I never said any school is "forcing" students to do so. Dranger said that med schools would not allow students to help in selecting their sites, well I know of one in my state that does. So your BS is...
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    Trinitas ER Residency program

    zmansc replied to Kelly2008's topic in Emergency

    I doubt it would put your resume on the top of the stack at our facility.... However, with the number of open recs we have, I'm not sure you would have to get to the top of the stack to get noticed...
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    Petition to Force NP Programs to Provide Preceptors

    zmansc replied to futureeastcoastNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I know of a med school and PA school that have done just that, in fact the site the students setup with is one I will be doing my precepting with. I don't watch the national news, but I'm sure if they...
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    FNP and Public health

    zmansc replied to JoAnnaSkewlRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    All of the above and none of the above. What is important to me is probably not what is important to you. First, we most likely have very different life situations which I know had a major impact on...
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    Having trouble finding a preceptor? Let's see what we can do

    zmansc replied to BeautynBrains_RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Your school doesn't have a database of past and currently credentialed sites and preceptors? Did you ask your credentialing office about this? Does your school have a list of alumni that they can help...
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    RN experience helpful and essential to be a NP

    zmansc replied to apostolic4eva's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Which one, the CHF or the mad
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    Disappointment trying not to be discouraged (very long post)

    zmansc replied to jaznia15's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It sounds like you have several offers and different practices to work with. I would suggest you research the issues that are major with each, write notes, identify potential solutions to these major...
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    What is a reasonable new grad offer?

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

    Or increase demand. Or increase income generation capabilities (100% reimbursement). I agree with the basic lecture, that it's not about fair, it's about what the market will drive. This is why I...
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    Looking back, would you obtain NP credential??

    zmansc replied to Cindy-20's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Last time I checked future had not even been accepted into a
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    Petition to Force NP Programs to Provide Preceptors

    zmansc replied to futureeastcoastNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Finding one's own preceptor is not bad for the profession. Nor is doing your education online. Show me one actual study that shows that either of these are tied to poor outcomes. I would love to see...
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    Petition to Force NP Programs to Provide Preceptors

    zmansc replied to futureeastcoastNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Actually future, it makes alot of sense. If they have to find a preceptor in my small town, they would have to develop a connection with those practitioners and compete with other schools that are...
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    12 Month BSN or 15 Month MSN?

    zmansc replied to sciencerer's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What are your future goals? I know you said you aren't sure, but do you have any particular interests? Do you think you would want to be a NP at some point in time? Administration? Education? There...
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    Anyone getting their NP certification through Kaplan University?

    zmansc replied to taurus099's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You will find a variety of answers about "how people feel about getting your NP online" as well as other hot-button questions. I find the answers tend to be very vocal and very black and white when in...
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    Know How to Improvise a Tourniquet

    zmansc replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    I've used a BP cuff the two times I've needed them. Manual cuffs work great for arms or
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    To Zenman - please reply!

    zmansc replied to andy25's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Zenmen and his merry band of zen-lites.....
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    Which online FNP program is the best?

    zmansc replied to t.victoria18's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You have to identify potential preceptors, the administration will negotiate the contract with the facility and preceptor (if one doesn't already exist). FNU does pay a small honorarium to preceptors....
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    Which online FNP program is the best?

    zmansc replied to t.victoria18's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    In my opinion no one program is ideal for all. Frontier's program is an excellent match for me. You will find people who say the same thing for Duke and Georgetown, and Simmons and .... You have to...
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    Frontier FNP - DNP program

    zmansc replied to PrayeRNurse's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Well, it's a competitive admissions process, as many who have ******* about not getting in on this site can attest to. I don't believe they publish the numbers of applicants to acceptances. From what...
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    Combined DNP and WHNP?

    zmansc replied to joyrochelle's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I know Frontier has a WHNP, I believe it's a DNP. That's not my specialty, so I could be
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    PharmD to NP

    zmansc replied to thefinestwhoever's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm not sure the PA would be a better route is true. It might be a shorter route in years, but I'm not sure what else would make it advantageous. I think that may be a personal decision based on a...
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    MSN FNP program that does not require accredited BSN program

    zmansc replied to KennyHubbell's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    For the OP, your wife might try talking to schools that offer a RN -> MSN bridge program or schools that have an RN -> BSN -> MSN program and see how much they would be able to take from her...
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    HELP! New ED RN Off of Orientation Soon

    zmansc replied to meghanlyn's topic in Emergency

    Interesting post Knitwhich, reminded me that one of the things I picked up that helped me greatly early on in my ER career was going to TNCC. Not because we get alot of traumas, we almost never get...
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    need help with ER resume

    zmansc replied to tarotale's topic in Emergency

    OP - My hospital also allows people to cross train from the floors to the ED once they get experience. The best way to do this is to get to know and be known by the ED nurses, clinical coordinator,...