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    Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing-FNP Program

    zmansc replied to ms_sheesh's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Frontier has an excellent program, and yes they still have the dual program you are interested in. I think "best place" is a personal decision as it has to take into account many personal issues that...
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    UNM acnp program

    zmansc replied to Rnsrock87's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't have first hand experience with it, but I know of three recent graduates and all seem very happy with it. Two went from my town (about 4 hr by car) to UNM, and are now back living here...
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    Pmhnp online programs

    zmansc replied to RN1485's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Fairly accurate description of Frontier, current offerings are CNM (which they call CNEP I think), WHNP, and FNP. I know when I was last on campus, four months ago, I talked with the Dean of Nursing...
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    Big bad bullies

    zmansc replied to ljrn135's topic in Emergency

    Personally, I don't think you can have a program for this. It is something that you have to deal with on an individual basis. Not all Senior Nurses eat their young, at least in my facility it is very...
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    How to remember everything, when giving report?

    zmansc replied to SeaH20RN's topic in Emergency

    We use a SBAR form. I think the acronym is Stupid Beyond All Reproach, my nurse supervisor tells me it is Situation Background, Assessment, Recommendations. It's got alot of minutia on the form, that...
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    Please Help! Best way to become a FNP/CNM?

    zmansc replied to futurenpwa's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    A&P and Micro are the core knowledge that all your education will be built upon. Understanding them gives you the background to understand the pathophysiology that is occurring. Without it, you...
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    Family practice offices

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

    Good advice above. You can never discount the value of networking, it does wonders for you now and in the future. I have noticed that HRSA has a list of facilities that are qualified and open...
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    Just a vent!!!

    zmansc replied to nursefin's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Wow, that is very discouraging. I get nothing but positive feedback and support from my coworkers. Places have cultures, and it's always good to find one with a supportive, family
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    I/O in ER

    zmansc replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Emergency

    I/O gives you good information over time. ER patients should be somewhere else long before that information is very valuable. Sometimes we do collect I/O information, typically it's when we are...
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    PMHNP entering student loan repayment! What to do?

    zmansc replied to bpu-psych's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Nope. Their site explains the process fairly
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    Road to FNP (nontraditional route)

    zmansc replied to WGHRN14's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't see anything wrong with going that route. I would suggest you make sure you get as close to a 4.0 as possible in this program so that you can offset your lower undergrad GPA for your...
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    What's the appropriate response?

    zmansc replied to thekrazykook's topic in Emergency

    There is a very thin line between what the pt thinks in innocent, harmless, flirting and inappropriate sexual advancements and what side of that line this is on makes all the difference in the world...
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    How are people securing preceptors?

    zmansc replied to mtg0884's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My experience is like Riburn3's. I think the key is starting to network early so that you have good connections in the provider community. Honestly, if I was to take up all the providers who have...
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    How crucial is a degree w/ distinction for nursing graduate school?

    zmansc replied to msrxchef's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Every little bit helps. I have no clue what each application committee will assess as their priorities during their admissions process, that is totally school dependent, but it certainly can't hurt to...
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    Interesting times in psych

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

    Sorry it didn't pan
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    NP to DNP, but in a different discipline.

    zmansc replied to nursetim's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    My university has both programs that take BSN prepared nurses and post master's certs in their fields, each of them allow the student to stop once they finish the "masters portion" or continue on to...
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    Paramedic to ED RN

    zmansc replied to Eric_Medic's topic in Emergency

    No one said he did, and no one was trying to turn it into a argument/debate, until you
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    NP to DNP, but in a different discipline.

    zmansc replied to nursetim's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    A quick google search on post master's certificate pmhnp came up with literally dozens of programs, not sure which also offer a
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    Protocol for resigning

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

    What did you decide and do? How did it work
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    ED techs to start IVs?

    zmansc replied to montecarlo64's topic in Emergency

    We have some techs that are trained to do so, and some that are not. It's great when you have a tech that is good at starting IVs, makes my job so much easier when I can concentrate on doing the...
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    Anyone Else with Pay/Benefits Cuts?

    zmansc replied to mammac5's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Is the timing right? The first business I started was during a recession. My partner and I were talking about it, what would differentiate our product, etc., and I brought up was the timing right to...
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    Loan Repayment

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

    Many get loan repayment through HRSA, they have a website of gazillions of jobs available throughout the US. The repayment is not guaranteed, you have to apply for it once you are at a site, etc. You...
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    Paramedic to ED RN

    zmansc replied to Eric_Medic's topic in Emergency

    OP - I know I didn't intend to suggest you were coming across as arrogant, it's just something we all have seen and it doesn't work out for anyone. Sorry if I came across that way. As I said, and...
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    Nurse Practitioner

    zmansc replied to jessco88's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    DNP required: Not yet. At one point there was a recommendation of such by 2015... That flat out didn't occur. The AACN had a study done and recently released talking points...
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    Prison Provider

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

    OP - Where have you worked before? I work in the ER, we get a small number of prisoners from the local county jail in for everything from incarceritis to chest pain, anxiety, hypo/hyperglycemia, etc....