nikkijay

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1. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

   nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thanks for responding. Yes, this sub-speciality within nursing is small indeed. BSN programs do not allow this focus, but graduate level programs do allow for this type of training (such as UPenn, UW, UCLA), and there are fellowships that APNs can ap...

2. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

   nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Can we start off with the understanding that people unfamiliar with biomedical/biological research in nursing shouldn't have bothered to respond? I didn't actually ask for a suggestion, and given that you clearly have no knowledge of biological/bio...

3. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

   nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

   And yet, I'm not supposed to perceive condescension from your posts?

4. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

   nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

   The advice given doesn't appear to come from a place that is knowledgeable about what I'm trying to do. So, I can take the advice of the people on this board or the people I've spoken with...I'm going with those I've spoken with that are advanced pra...

5. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

   nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thanks for responding. I should back up and explain myself. When I refer to nursing as medicine, I am referring to advanced practice (nurse practitioner). In that role, one does indeed practice medicine to an extent (or, for a family NP, flat out med...

6. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

   nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thanks for responding. I lumped nurses into medicine because I think it is an extremely valuable and irreplaceable aspect of medicine, not because I think less of it. I don't believe doctors would be able to do what they do without the nurses that wo...

7. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

   nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thanks for taking the time to respond. I disagree with you, but then, I know more about myself and my goals than I've taken the time to share here. I'm not worried about time, as I'm well aware of the extensive length of time it will take for me to a...

8. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

   nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thanks for taking the time to respond :) Yes, most nursing research is geared to improving patient outcomes, community health/prevention, etc, which isn't exactly what I'm looking for...interesting, but not of particular interest to me. I've posted a...

9. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

   nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Was so excited to find the Journal of Biological Research for Nursing (http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/2678_1BRN00_.pdf). I'm feeling infinitely more hopeful now that I know that there are biological nurse researchers out there, even if the field is ...

10. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

    nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I appreciate that you all took the time to respond; I think the information that I'm looking for is best provided by advanced practitioners and researchers in the field. I realize that what I'm trying to do is virtually unheard of, and those most lik...

11. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

    nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Please read carefully: "However, in conjunction with that, I would love to work directly with patients, caring and treating them. "

12. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

    nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Nursing is medicine...I'm not really sure where you were going with that statement. I'm quite aware of the hard road ahead of me, so I don't really need to be spoken to like a child off on a wild goose chase. What I would like to do is clearly not so...

13. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

    nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Thanks for responding. I've got quite a bit of searching to do yet. So far, I'm not quite finding what I'm looking for...there was a poster here that stated that one of her nursing professors worked in basic research. She hasn't posted since, however...

14. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

    nikkijay replied to nikkijay's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Thanks for your response. My comment referred specifically to nurses that are PIs. Of the few that I've been able to find, all were leading research, but it wasn't their own work. A person can be the PI for a study without it being his/her research; ...

15. From Bedside to Bench? Maybe Bedside and Bench?

    nikkijay posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    Hi all! I'm still caught in a heavy debate with myself over going into nursing. I do want to be a medical practitioner, but I would also like to be a medical researcher. To be more specific, I'm very much interested in physiopathology and pathophysio...