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  1. christvs

    what is wrong with this advisor? Power trip?

    christvs replied to lannisz's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wow, he really does sound way too harsh. Has he done this to other students besides you? How is everything going for you now? Have you been able to talk to other professors or the dean about
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    How hard are the NP boards to pass?

    christvs replied to yellow finch's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I also heard good things about the Fitzgerald review courses and am taking the ACNP one in Burlington, Mass this May. I can't believe I'll be taking that test in just about 4
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    Need advice for upcoming NP interview!!!

    christvs replied to christvs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks everyone for all the advice. :) I had two different interviews this week, for two different NP jobs-both turned out to be very interesting...although I do hope I get one a bit more. I had a...
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    Need advice for upcoming NP interview!!!

    christvs posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am graduating from my Adult Acute Care NP program this June and have been busy with school, work, and also trying to figure out where I will be working as an NP once I graduate and pass my exam. I...
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    what made you decide to be a NP?

    christvs replied to celclt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am a graduating NP student-3 months to go!!! Woo hooo! While I do enjoy working as an RN, I wanted to be an NP so I could take on a different sort of role, and have more independence, autonomy, and...
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    Need advice for upcoming NP interview!!!

    christvs replied to christvs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ok, I feel a little better now, thanks! :) And is it normal/usual to meet with 5 people within the dept. on your interview?! They sent me a schedule for my interview! That freaked me out a little, I...
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    How hard are the NP boards to pass?

    christvs replied to yellow finch's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Congrats Porkchop!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I graduate this June and will hopefully be taking my ACNP exam in July. Congrats again!!!! Do you know where you want to
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    Anyone call way after their shift to tell just one more thing? :)

    christvs posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I worked 3-11 PM last night. I didn't fall asleep until 3 AM cuz I was studying for the GRE test I'll take next month. Anyhow, I woke up at 6:30 AM cuz I realized I forgot to tell the 11-7 nurse I...
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    New Grad trying to decide on some job opportunities...

    christvs replied to np2b's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Congrats on graduating from your FNP program!! :balloons::balloons::balloons:: Good luck studying for your exam. As for jobs, what about the facilities you did your clinical rotations in? Could you...
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    Are there any official ACNP journals?

    christvs posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know of a couple different great journals geared towards primary care NPs such as The Nurse Practitioner Journal and JNP or The Journal for Nurse Practitioners (which I actually subscribe to) by the...
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    Are there any official ACNP journals?

    christvs replied to christvs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    not a bad idea at all! :) hey daisy tell us about what you're doing in your cardiac job so far. i'm dying to hear all about it, since cardiology is my sub-specialty area in school! :)
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    Is anyone here a Hospitalist NP?

    christvs posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sorry if there has already been another thread on this, but I am very interested in the role of the Hospitalist in general internal medicine, and was wondering if any of you are Hospitalist NPs? If...
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    Is anyone here a Hospitalist NP?

    christvs replied to christvs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you pinoy and yellow finch for all your advice. I really appreciate it. :) I did one of my clinicals in a small ER (my preceptor let me handle some of the urgent care cases myself with help) so...
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    Difference b/w PROTOCOL and SUPERVISORY AGREEMENT

    christvs replied to DaisyRN, ACNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi, I'd be really interested to hear about how you like your job once you start it. Cardiology is a definite area of interest of mine. Let us know how your job is going and also what you do on a...
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    Is anyone here a Hospitalist NP?

    christvs replied to christvs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi Yellow finch. I am still in my NP program (6 months to go!!!!!!) so I do have access to my medical library and have read some articles on Hospitalist NPs. Thanks. :) I just don't think there are...
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    Imposter Syndrome/ Phenomenon

    christvs replied to joyrochelle's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That is so funny-I graduate from my ACNP program in 6 months too and I also feel like that! I feel weird when I go to do my focused H & Ps on patients-I feel I know what to do, but feel...
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    Anyone else feeling antsy during their winter break from NP school???

    christvs posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think I am seriously crazy. I have a month off from my NP program for the winter, and on my days off from work, I really don't know what to do with myself. Sure, I clean the house and relax and read...
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    Moms in NP school - FT or PT?

    christvs replied to MommyandRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm not a mom yet but am an ACNP student. I have friends in the program who are moms who are full time students, work 32 hours per week, have 3 kids and are doing fine...yet others who have all that...
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    Why did you do NP?? Instead of Nurse Specialty?

    christvs replied to RN28MD's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I chose to go into NP school because I wanted to take on a different role with my patients. I want more autonomy, responsibility, and be more involved in decision making in all aspects of my patients'...
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    Anyone else feeling antsy during their winter break from NP school???

    christvs replied to christvs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No, we don't have any kids yet. :) I know I must sound crazy-I think I was really just so used to constantly being on the go and having to be somewhere every second of the day, that I feel so strange...
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    Abdominal pain

    christvs replied to dory2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I just had a young female patient in with LLQ abd. pain and she ended up having a teratoma, which was located by a translady partsl ultrasound. I'm not giving medical advice, just telling you about my...
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    Meds you hate to give....

    christvs replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate giving Go Lightly (and really, it should be called "Go Heavily!!") because my patients always give me a dirty look as if I was the one who ordered it! lol Also, I hate giving the huge Potassium...
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    Delegation

    christvs replied to PTfua's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had a hard time with delegation too at the beginning. I think you should just tell yourself what you wrote here in your response: that since there are certain things only you as an RN must do (and...
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    Anyone call way after their shift to tell just one more thing? :)

    christvs replied to christvs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is so funny, because I'm the one who was the new grad over 2 years ago who first started this thread, and now I've been an RN for 2.5 years, and just the other day I called the 11-7 nurse and...
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    FRIED: 6 months to FNP and feeling down

    christvs replied to lannisz's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I can totally relate to you! I graduate from my ACNP program in 6 months as well, and I feel like I'm constantly thinking about what I'm doing next-classes, clinicals, labs, work, homework, family,...