zmansc ASN, RN

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    FNP vs ACNP in PA

    zmansc replied to cordeliakane's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have no doubt that transition to practice will be another game, it's what keeps me studying when I want to do something
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    Pharmacist to PMHNP

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

    I'm not sure that the PA path would be that much shorter after doing a deeper analysis of the two paths. Most PA schools required the pre-reqs to be completed in the past 5-7 yrs when I looked into...
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    FNP vs ACNP in PA

    zmansc replied to cordeliakane's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Boston - From your experience is 50% in acute settings higher than normal? I think the most I'll be able to do is about 25-30% in acute
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    Seeing adults when "slow"?

    zmansc replied to Pednurse3's topic in Emergency

    Sounds like a misguided decisions to me, as you have obviously seen that it's not working well. Have these points been brought up? Has there been an explanation of the reasons/thinking on these...
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    Why are preceptors not provided in MSN programs?

    zmansc replied to Lajimolala's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Can we get back to the subject
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    Am I not cut out for this?

    zmansc replied to Atownshend's topic in Emergency

    The hard part about answering questions like this is there usually are two sides to every story, and we only have one. I don't mean to suggest that you are intentionally attempting to give us 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

    I'd be surprised if accreditation was retroactive, but I've been surprised before! As for the schools, I have not been in that situation, so I don't have any that I know would take someone in your...
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    Frontier Nursing University

    zmansc replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I could be wrong, but I think frontier asks for specific references. I used an MD whom I work with, a NP who I have a history with (all the way back to my ADN program days) and a PhD science professor...
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    What is/was your job going through grad school?

    zmansc replied to 403RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'd say that in my cohort, there were as many different answers to this as there were students. A few were able to go without working. one worked two full time jobs and went to school full time, I'm...
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    Frontier Nursing University

    zmansc replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    lol. It actually wasn't that long ago that they stopped performing exams on each other. So, no, you will not have to perform exams on another student or have one perform exams on you. There were some...
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    Why are preceptors not provided in MSN programs?

    zmansc replied to Lajimolala's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Several years ago, I started talking to my State BON president about the ADN/BSN entry level requirement. I posed the question, if we want to migrate to a BSN for entry level, why are there 13 ADN...
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    Why are preceptors not provided in MSN programs?

    zmansc replied to Lajimolala's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Juan's comments above, shed some interesting light on the subject for me. I did not realize that the accreditation of NP programs was so weak. As long as there is no strong oversight many schools will...
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    MSN to Medical School

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

    Yea, I agree with KariZayBSN, your path seems longer than it would need to be if you want to end up being a MD. Is there a reason why you want to get the MSN in the
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    Hyperkalemia and order of meds

    zmansc replied to RoyalNurse's topic in Emergency

    I think the take home point should be that the calcium is the critical med, it's the one that provides the temporary protection to the heart for the increased extracellular K+. Once it is given, you...
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    FNU-FNP and CNM

    zmansc replied to 84ashley's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The title says FNP + CNM, but the questions asks FNP + WHNP, so I'm a bit confused as to what you are asking. I have a colleague who was a Midwife, got her BSN, went to FNU to get her MSN/FNP, then...
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    Likelihood of getting into FNP program with non-accredited ADN but accredited BSN?

    zmansc replied to NewNurse321's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Have you asked the admissions people at Simmons and Georgetown? I would think that would be the best place to find out if this will be an issue for admission to those institutions and if so, what if...
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    Frontier Nursing University

    zmansc replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Q1: Doable while working FT? I'm assuming you are discussing the FNP/DNP program. My standard answer to you is that it depends on the rest of your life commitments, and your priorities. However, that...
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    Online NP schools

    zmansc replied to nightnurse279's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    FNU does give you access to their preceptor database, so if there have been past FNU students in your area, that is a start to finding good preceptors. They also have a suggested process for how you...
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    Orthopedic Nurse Practitioners?

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

    Have you checked on the PA seminars to see if they would allow NPs to attend? You may not get the same "credits" for attending, but the knowledge I think would be
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    Study time FNP

    zmansc replied to adamRn79's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think it depends on the class. I study alot more for the science and patho/pharm type classes than I do for theory, research, community health, aka paper writing classes. Those get almost no study...
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    How long was your orientation

    zmansc replied to porkey2's topic in Emergency

    I don't know the exact numbers for our ER , but they are very similar to RN-Cardiac's numbers. I think we tell the new grads either 3 or 4 months, but if they need a bit longer we will deal with them...
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    DNP

    zmansc replied to janinequinlan's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'm with you meanmaryjean, although I'm not 58 (yet!), I plan on going to work for several more decades, pretty much until they tell me I'm not wanted there anymore. Of course, I might start my own...
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    Pediatric psych

    zmansc replied to JenniferG rN's topic in Emergency

    I think the "trauma" is having to be in an ER room for hours on end, not having to wear a gown and pj pants! We have the same process for all ages. I'm a bit more accommodating to all my MH patients...
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    Deciding on a NP program

    zmansc replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Funny, I get orders from several FNPs in my ER on a regular basis, and I'm fairly sure that were still in the hospital :) I also know several hospitalists who are FNPs in the local area. Of course I...
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    Pediatric NP Experience

    zmansc replied to chipmunkRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think it would be, but that's really not relevant. The question is how do the folks at the placement and admissions offices of the programs you want to get into think. The only way to find that out...