zmansc ASN, RN

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    Resume

    zmansc replied to schmittdanielle's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Honesty is the best policy. If you try to deflect the blame, they will recognize that you have not learned from your mistake. However, if you own up to your mistake and being specific, identify how...
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    Future of WHNP's?

    zmansc replied to RN.amour's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would agree with this. I know of one individual who is a FNP/CNM, who works in a birth center. I asked why she went FNP vs WHNP and her reasoning was that sometimes the mom brings a family member to...
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    Advice on going to Grad school right after undergrad

    zmansc replied to casslynch5's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    All direct entry programs and several other programs are designed to take individuals with no prior nursing experience to the role of advanced practice nurses. Personally, I would not have felt like I...
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    Frontier Nursing Uni. Class 136

    zmansc replied to LuckyDevil2020's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm sorry to hear that it was only a marketing email. I have mentioned to them on several occasions how it is not only stressful for applicants but also the costs of the air travel are impacted by the...
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    ARNP or Pregnancy

    zmansc replied to 26.2, BSN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My kids were teenagers before I choose to switch to this career.... I have cohorts with as many as 7 little kids (multiple multiples in one case) of various ranges all of whom seem to be balancing...
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    Completely theoretical question

    zmansc replied to Futurenurse2020's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I didn't make this career choice for money, if I wanted to make the most money I could in my life, I would have continued to work at a career which held no new challenges for me. I quit that career...
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    Future of WHNP's?

    zmansc replied to RN.amour's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You might consider joining your state's NP organization and asking them if there are any WHNPs you could talk to. I would also suggest the Frontier Nursing University's facebook page, as I know FNU...
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    Frontier Nursing Uni. Class 136

    zmansc replied to LuckyDevil2020's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    First, good luck to all of you! Second, as someone who was where you are now a while back, your best bet for your own health is to find something else to occupy your time. The admissions folks work...
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    CNM vs WHNP

    zmansc replied to VickyCS 2001's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm not sure who your question is targeted towards. I have not found any additional information as it was merely a curiosity and I don't feel like reading my state's scope of practice for specialties...
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    ED techs to start IVs?

    zmansc replied to montecarlo64's topic in Emergency

    The statement was "IV starts are simply a monkey task", not "IV therapy is simply a monkey task". Don't confuse the overall job (IV Therapy) with doing a task (IV Start). There are many tasks we have...
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    The Emergency Department: Where pain isn't what the patient says it is.

    zmansc replied to CaptCrzy's topic in Emergency

    I certainly hope not. Both as a RN and a future NP, I would disagree that the provider orders it, the RN gives it blindly, and I'm hoping you didn't mean it that way. I'm sure you advocate for your...
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    Best school to attend for WHCNP?

    zmansc replied to KellyRN2013's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Frontier Nursing University is a very reputable school with a WHCNP program that I would suggest you
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    Frontier University as FNP

    zmansc replied to tknrosales's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm in FNU's FNP program. Yes, you have to identify the clinical sites and preceptors you wish to work with. From my experience and that of my classmates, I can tell you it is something that is much...
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    The Emergency Department: Where pain isn't what the patient says it is.

    zmansc replied to CaptCrzy's topic in Emergency

    I know several nurses and providers who go overboard on the pain seeker paranoia, and conversely I know several who are at the opposite end of the spectrum as well. Contrary to nursing school, in the...
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    New grad starting in ED in 2 months, what to review?

    zmansc replied to Nolli's topic in Emergency

    I'd suggest starting on the beach, with a cold one in hand. You've just been through a grind, recharge your batteries, give yourself a break, and get ready to hit the ground running in a couple of...
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    Article on Nurse Practitioners

    zmansc replied to swarren88's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    OP - By spreading these links you promote the websites that host them and thus indirectly promote their propaganda/smear
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    online F.N.P. programs??

    zmansc replied to nhnurse25's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Frontier expects you to find your preceptors. They work with you in coordinating the clinicals, and are very hands on in monitoring your clinical progress. They have many tools including a database of...
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    FNP in a pending acreditation University

    zmansc replied to NGYSUN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    For the kind of money I'm spending on my education both in the actual funds I spend and in the lost revenue from not being able to work those hours, I would not want to risk that investment on if they...
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    ER nursing for established nurse with recent time off

    zmansc replied to jnf7882's topic in Emergency

    I would be honest with the hiring manager, and if they can tell you a plan for how they expect to bring you up to speed and that plan alleviates your concerns then I'd go for it. You will be surprised...
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    Is it true that patho, pharm, and adv assessment are weed-out classes?

    zmansc replied to nursejl1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    They cover alot of material and require a strong effort, but I don't believe they or any class is a weed-out class in that the professors are more than willing to work with any students to help them...
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    NP School Acceptance? GPA?

    zmansc replied to GraceWilling77's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you don't apply because your worried about your gpa, then you won't get in (or rejected). If you do apply and get rejected from some, but accepted by one or more, then you will be able to continue...
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    2015 Requirements for APRN certification

    zmansc replied to Jgun359's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The short answer is your instructor was wrong, as were many, many others whom wrongly believed that a switch would be flipped in 2015 ringing in the DNP and out the MSN prepared APRNs. The 2015 move...
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    zmansc replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    We have a very experienced ED nurse, who is great at guessing the dx. He loves to do it too. He comes back to the nursing station after his initial assessment and tells anyone there, providers and...
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    Nurse Practitioner School

    zmansc replied to sashyashyRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you have 200 cr with a gpa of 2.98 per your earlier post, then one 4 cr class with an A would get you to 204 cr with a gpa of 3.0. Two easy 3 cr night or online classes would push you to 3.01. Oh,...
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    CNM vs WHNP

    zmansc replied to VickyCS 2001's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Asking because it's easier than looking up the specifics, what does a dual WHNP/CNM gain you in practice? I understand what a dual FNP/CNM gains the provider in scope of practice, and that is the...