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I graduated NP school at 44 after years of being an RN. My advice-- do it now, don't wait.

I used to get asked too frequently if I were pregnant... Even though I was 5'6" and about 140# when I was in my early thirties. I think it was because I was a 36DD cup. Hahaha. Now that I'm older and plumper all over I don't get asked that question a...

May be meralgia parasthetica. A numbness and tingling in the outer thigh sometimes caused by wearing a tight belt like a heavy tool belt around the waist.

Mammiogram. Usually an LOL that says it.

Twozer, when I applied for my NP grad school, yes I was aware that we were required to find our own preceptors but I never realized how hard it would be. We had an assignment to shadow an area of interest for one day during our second semester and I ...

Hi all nurses! I just passed my ANCC FNP exam! I promised to let you know what helped me the most from what I studied and I have to say the Exam Edge practice tests were most helpful and most like the real test. The Leik book was slightly helpful wi...

Very difficult. NPs are supposed to be "advanced" practitioners but the more advanced I have become, the further away from my basic education I have become. I have been in mostly specialty areas and it's true that if you don't use it you lose it. Som...

Same thing happened in my WV hospital during the blizzard of '93. Guess things haven't changed much. After it was all over we all got coupons for a free "blizzard" ice cream from Dairy Queen. That seems like fair enough compensation right???? Lol

Anyone have any experience with coolsculpting?

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Clean your house very very good because you will not have time to clean once you start the clinical portion of your program. Also start saving money now because it is almost impossible (for me anyway) to continue working very many hours when doing cl...

I have not taken my cert exam yet but plan to in January 2016. I am going to take ANCC instead of the AANP. I am studying the Leik book which I think is easy to follow and I have scored about 85% on the questions in the back of the book by taking 10...

Turtle in scrubs, I wish I had heard of this a year ago. My husband had a temporary ileostomy and it was very frustrating to change his wafer while fighting constant draining stool. Would have saved us a lot of time and frustration. I think it's a gr...

I think it depends on your personal situation. If you are motivated, not married and don't have kids yet, I say go for it. If you have to devote time to a relationship or children it will probably be too much especially when you start clinicals. Good...

It's better than inpatient nursing but I think it depends on what job you end up getting. I have worked for a doc that was very needy and had a patient load that was needy as well. I was swamped all the time. In comparison I have worked for docs tha...

Try Proliability. I had to get private insurance as an RN and it was only about $120 for the whole year. Covers me as NP student as well.

Hey wait a minute! That crusty old bat got a tuft of cool whip on her red jello! I'm going to have to file a grievance about this.......this is sooooooo not fair!

I like Brooks sneakers. I have a high arch and cannot just wear anything. I went to a nursing shoe store and Tried on an Algeria and Dansko shoes and couldn't believe how uncomfortable they were. It seems like everyone raves about these shoes but I ...

I love it when the little old blue haired ladies tell me it's time for their MAMMIOgram and they need their quumullin (Coumadin) refilled. Also had a patient write on their history form once that they had a history of THROIDS. For the life of me I c...

Wow sorry to hear your grandmother had such a bad experience. My husband was admitted from ER one night with severe abdominal pain. I left him for the night because I thought he would get care being in a hospital. He laid in agony all night with an r...

Go for it! When you retire you don't want to be saying "I wish I had........"

I think it sounds like she is showing passive aggressive behavior toward you. Maybe you just rub her the wrong way or maybe she just doesn't like the extra burden of precepting or perhaps she's jealous of you. Whatever it is she will deny that anythi...

Oceanside California. Was just there for a week and if I were twenty years younger I wouldn't have got on the plane to come home! Absolutely perfect weather and beautiful communities. I can't wait to go back. I came back to 90 degrees and enough sti...

I see you are from ohio. Have you looked into ohio university? The cost is similar (a little under 30,000) and is completely online except two visits to the college over two and a half years. I am finishing up my first year this summer and will start...

To the OP, I was in a job and had this exact same experience. I was actually warned before I took the position to "watch my back" by a nurse that knew the toxic environment. My response was " oh I can get along with anybody". Well I'll never say tha...