pattyweb

pattyweb has 5 years experience and specializes in Medical/Oncology, Family Practice.

Latest Activity

1. Do you as an FNP see newborns?

   pattyweb replied to GoodNP's topic in Advanced Practice

   I'm an FNP in a rural health clinic and do occasionally see newborn babies of less than 1-2 wks old. I have a few babies that I follow routinely for their well visits, but also cover for 2 of my...

2. Changing from Victoza to Bydureon

   pattyweb replied to TennesseeNP123's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Do you have a byderon (sp) drug rep? The last time I talked to one they did have a method, but I can't remember what it was. I do know the blood sugars were a little higher at the beginning of the...

3. AANP FNP Certification Exam ---urgent HELP needed pleaseeeee

   pattyweb replied to Lilly12's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I took and passed the AANP in fall 2012. I did the live Fitzgerald course and also found a set of audio CDs from apea to listen to. I listened to these while driving during my last semester, as I had...

4. Looking for a short NP program- less than 2 years

   pattyweb replied to Barinbass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Trauma is a CNS, not an NP. I have heard that Georgetown has an 18month program, but is very expensive and rigorous. I went through Graceland, which was 3yrs full time, but I feel if it had been...

5. AANP FNP Exam on Wed. Failed APEA's Practice Test after taking THEIR review course!!!

   pattyweb replied to APN Under Construction's topic in Advanced Practice

   Have you done the practice test on the AANP website? You have to pay like $50, but I thought it gave me a good understanding of the real test and helped me see how I was

6. Loan Repayment-National Health Service Corps

   pattyweb replied to midwestFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I got the loan repayment program this year. I found out about 10days ago that I had been accepted. About a month before that they asked me for my info for direct deposit into my checking. They told me...

7. Night shift and school

   pattyweb replied to secretagent2011's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Pray that your schedule is consistent, if you have a day off in the middle of your 3 12hr shifts, that's when your sleep gets really screwed up. I agree with the above posters,

8. Passed ANCC & AANP...and these are the resources that I would recommend

   pattyweb replied to MLGDNP12's topic in Advanced Practice

   I thought the FamilyNP Prep site, even though was supposed to be AANP, seemed more like ANCCs test plan. AANP sells a practice test that you can do online , I thought it was much more similar to the...

9. Supplies a new grad ER Nurse should carry

   pattyweb replied to Belle2013's topic in Emergency

   Shoes to wear and keep at hospital. While I never worked ED, the STUFF on the units was bad enough. Definitely did not like to wear my work shoes home, no matter where I left them when I got

10. AANP website 92% Fitzgerald 75-80% am I ready?

    pattyweb replied to laree22225's topic in Advanced Practice

    I did about the same on the AANP practice as I did the test. I felt so much better after the practice than I had after my other practice tests I did. Just relax, you will be

11. AANP certification question

    pattyweb replied to gladys105's topic in Advanced Practice

    I was able to narrow it down to 2 answers on all questions then was able to answer from there. I highly recommend going to the AANP certification website and paying for the practice test, as it helped...

12. Project topic-Advanced Nurse Practitioner Student

    pattyweb replied to karlazz83's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I did asthma education for school personnel. I had a hard time coming up with a topic too, but I found this one as my nephew had recently been dx with asthma and had no action plan, and my mom, a...

13. Time between graduation & NP job

    pattyweb replied to luv2yoga's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have all of my licenses, but am waiting on some credentialing and my NPI number. I am working in a rural health clinic, and since the plan is that I will take over the other NPs place when she...

14. CA NP needs help transferring license to IL

    pattyweb replied to JoshANP's topic in Advanced Practice

    Can't answer your question, but from experience you can finally get ahold of the state of IL by calling multiple times (be prepared, each time I got ahold of someone I dialed like 20 times each time...

15. AANP scores weighted?

    pattyweb replied to MERCEDES674's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm pretty sure the AANP is