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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    zmansc replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Than I guess you wouldn't feel comfortable with NPs who went through direct entry programs either, as they are designed to take a non-nurse college graduate through RN and NP training. Some do require...
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    Books

    zmansc replied to klhmom's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I usually check for kindle versions of my books, most come that way, a few don't. Then if I actually need them (usually about 50% of required books are actually necessary), I can buy them in real...
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    CNM vs WHNP

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

    FNU also has a CNM/FNP dual
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    question to NPs

    zmansc replied to Cindy-20's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    First let me say that your question is a highly personal question, and I think we all struggle with it at some point in our career. Hopefully, through introspection you will find the right answer for...
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    Starting your own practice

    zmansc replied to nursenurse24's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Starting your own practice is no different than starting any new business. You have to identify a market, why people would buy your product vs the product that is offered by your competitors, etc. You...
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    why do nurses hate medics?

    zmansc replied to loboracer's topic in Emergency

    Hopefully, that will be the end of the 'my anatomical object is bigger than yours' discussion.... I disagree with the basic premise of the original post, at least I haven't seen it in my facility. The...
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    What types of NPs are in higher demand?

    zmansc replied to Metalchild's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    While I will agree their are patients who need mental health services, I don't believe the fact that the local mental health providers have for whatever reason chosen to not employ or actively seek to...
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    NP Student

    zmansc replied to sherin12's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The purpose of having students answer these kinds of questions is to teach them how to research and formulate these answers themselves. Although it may seem like alot of work and it is time consuming...
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    "Holiday/year end" gift

    zmansc replied to BonhamsGhost's topic in Emergency

    Our providers group threw a party for all staff. I don't believe the hospital had anything to do with
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    ED vs other department pay

    zmansc replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in Emergency

    I don't think ER nurses are better or the ER is better than other nurses. I do think we have more experience and training with critical skills, and that we utilize a wider variety of our skills more...
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    Salary info

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

    1) BLS stats give national, state, and regional numbers for various professions including NPs. 2) There are a couple NP & PA annual salary reviews, most of the numbers are broken down by state (I...
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    What types of NPs are in higher demand?

    zmansc replied to Metalchild's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I live in a rural area, I don't know of a single PMHNP, other than those that post on this board. However, we have lots of FNPs & ACNPs working in primary care. We also have a few FNPs working...
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    How Does Your ED Flow? Need Suggestions

    zmansc replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Emergency

    OP - You talk about issues with the flow through triage, and with the admissions process, but then your questions are about nurse/provider communication, good documentation, and managing high acuity...
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    Decent new grad pay

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

    Jobs with pensions often pay substantially less than jobs without them. However, if you work till you qualify for the pension, the benefits are substantial. Comparing the base salary between the two...
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    Not working as an np

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

    There is a personal trainer at the local gym who is a PA. She practiced for less than 2 yrs, then quit. I also know one NP who recently graduated, passed his boards and is in the job search process...
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    DNP or no?! HELP

    zmansc replied to LPaigeRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I know of many students at my school (Frontier) in the WHNP program who are doing full time school, full time jobs (even some with more than one job) and family. I also know some who would not...
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    ANP wants to get credentialed as FNP

    zmansc replied to kitty9898's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    16 months vs 14 weeks.... Let me do the math on that, I'll get back to you in a bit! lol Personally I don't know enough about the differences in the curricula of the two paths to be able to determine...
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    starting NP school

    zmansc replied to Cindy-20's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Take a vacation, your in for a long road of
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    PNP to DNP

    zmansc replied to TexasNP14's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This is a common question about DNP degrees. A post masters DNP degree (like you are talking about) does not change your base APRN (NP) degree, or augment it, to do that you would want a post-masters...
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    ANP wants to get credentialed as FNP

    zmansc replied to kitty9898's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm sure there are many programs that have post masters certs for this, I know Frontier has one. Good
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    Infection Control

    zmansc replied to Nishad.M's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What google is too hard for you? Back in my day, we actually had to read the book and try to find the answers on written pages that had no search feature, but you try to tell the kids that these days...
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    New to Emergency Nursing

    zmansc replied to jnav115's topic in Emergency

    The ED follows the 80/20 or 90/10 rule whichever you like. 90% of your patients will be 10% of the diseases.... You will get good at these rather fast and put them on cruise control. The trick with...
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    Do you believe that socioeconomics and educations are biggest factors?

    zmansc replied to tarotale's topic in Emergency

    OP - Now look up perception and see how your biased view against low education/socioeconomic level people is altering your perception of your interactions with them. One of the most difficult things...
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    Dermatology CAREER

    zmansc replied to pat1581's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Have you talked to any NPs who specialize in derm? Any Derm providers? I would suggest getting involved with derm providers in your area, and doing some of your clinicals with one/some. Then you will...
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    Formatting programs for papers?

    zmansc replied to BirkieGirl's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't use any, formatting in APA is not really that difficult. I do use a reference generator that is attached to the school library, so it generates all the references for journal articles. Web...