MurseJJ

MurseJJ

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  1. NCLEX Tuesday... Any last advice?

    MurseJJ replied to OB-wan's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I completely agree with this. I was pretty nervous when I walked in, the person checking me in was like it'll be okay (my hands were shaking when I was doing the palm scan), haha. And yeah, a lot of...

  2. NCLEX Tuesday... Any last advice?

    MurseJJ replied to OB-wan's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hey, I took it on Tuesday, found out this morning I passed (75Q)! Do the 35 page guide at least twice (if you don't have it you can search this site for it, I'll see if I can find the thread that has...

  3. DNP Fluff

    MurseJJ replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    This sounds like the CNAs that claim they know more than the RN. How would you know what they know in basic science? Are you an

  4. Preparing for NCLEX

    MurseJJ replied to arussell29's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm currently using the ATI Virtual Review. So far it seems good. I'm also using UWorld (will do all the questions), NCLEX Mastery app (also will do all questions), the LaCharity PDA book, and...

  5. MD to NP

    MurseJJ replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In looking at those programs, the pre-requisite courses for the direct entry NP programs are basically the same as the pre-requisite courses I've typically seen for traditional BSN programs....

  6. MD to NP

    MurseJJ replied to Malenurse1235954's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm curious as to an example or two of

  7. 32 years old and ready to switch my career to become a nurse! Am I too old?

    MurseJJ replied to Kaytee12's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There were a good number of 30+ people in my nursing class (I just finished a week after I turned 30). My preceptor for my last semester finished school at 35. You can do it, you/we're still young...

  8. NYC Nursing Students - a little lost

    MurseJJ replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in New York Nursing

    I say take the pre-reqs left and apply to multiple BSN programs. If your goal is to work in a hospital in NYC, most strongly prefer, if not require, a BSN. Generally a school will accept transfer...

  9. What direction in APRN

    MurseJJ replied to somethingwitty's topic in Advanced Practice

    Also, from what I understand, ACNP's are not limited to hospital settings. They also work in specialty

  10. What direction in APRN

    MurseJJ replied to somethingwitty's topic in Advanced Practice

    Sounds like you want the Acute Care NP (adult vs. peds?) program. Hopefully one of the ACNP's here will comment, but if you search prior threads, you'll read many of their roles including placing...

  11. NP Programs w/o (or with less) Fluff/Theory?

    MurseJJ replied to cocoa_puff's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Georgetown's ACNP program is online (with on-campus visits, plus the clinicals of course): [h=3]Semester 1[/h]N548 Principles of Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology (4) N518 Health Care Ethics...

  12. NP Programs w/o (or with less) Fluff/Theory?

    MurseJJ replied to cocoa_puff's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm hoping to apply to Columbia's ACNP program down the road (the below is in addition to Normal Physiology and Pathophysiology I and II): [TABLE=class: views-table cols-4, width: 100%] [TR=class: odd...

  13. NP Programs w/o (or with less) Fluff/Theory?

    MurseJJ replied to cocoa_puff's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Penn's ACNP MSN program: Core Courses (4 course units) NURS607 - Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology NURS608 - Advanced Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Nursing Practice NURS657 - Advanced...

  14. To the APRN Curriculum Critics

    MurseJJ replied to Psychcns's topic in Advanced Practice

    I've noticed a number of NP programs now include a course in genetics/genomics. One thing I've always wondered about is what about an advanced anatomy

  15. Calling all acute NPs

    MurseJJ replied to Rocknurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm curious, what was you role as a cardiothoracic transplant

  16. How to learn telemetry?

    MurseJJ replied to northmississippi's topic in Cardiac

    I agree, that course is great. I did it in June, and am about to finish my preceptorship clinical on a tele unit, and it honestly helped me a lot in interpreting strips. I tried doing it on my own...

  17. CCRN

    MurseJJ replied to cardiacxo's topic in Critical Care

    Not sure if things have changed in the years since I worked in an ED (around 2007-2009), but I remember one of the nurses I worked with did obtain

  18. Do crnas deserve that much salary?

    MurseJJ replied to jasy's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Funny, this poster posted the same thing found in the OP over at SDN, yet his status over there says "attending

  19. NYP Columbia

    MurseJJ replied to FreestylePete's topic in New York Nursing

    Congrats! What unit did you get (you could PM me that if you don't want to announce it

  20. Mental Health HESI. My Tips

    MurseJJ replied to JNcCole15's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    I took it today and I definitely agree, focus on the HESI book, especially the HESI

  21. New York Presbyterian/Columbia (NYP Email) New Grad

    MurseJJ replied to jlc128's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    From what I understand most hospitals have you take a pharm exam, and depending on the specialty (i.e. telemetry, ICU, ED, etc) you'd also have to take a dysrhythmia exam as well. I'm curious about...

  22. New York Presbyterian/Columbia (NYP Email) New Grad

    MurseJJ replied to jlc128's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm going on the 20th at

  23. New York Presbyterian Nursing Attendant

    MurseJJ replied to gem22's topic in New York Nursing

    FYI, you work a minimum of 2 shifts a week, and at least 4 weekend shifts per schedule (each schedule is around a month

  24. New York Presbyterian/Columbia (NYP Email) New Grad

    MurseJJ replied to jlc128's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Looks like they are, I just received an email. Good

  25. North shore-LIJ Critical care fellowship 2015 oct

    MurseJJ replied to bluepeachez36's topic in New York Nursing

    When do they normally post the fellowships? Is it usually about a month or so in advance of the start date (so in September for October