carachel2

carachel2

Member

  • Content

    1,116

  • Visitors

    15,819

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    11

All Content by carachel2

  1. FNP with little inpatient/hospital experience

    carachel2 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Then you definitely need to put UTA high on your list of schools. At least 3-4 of the instructors also work in those school-based clinic and it seems they regularly hire FNP or PNP grads directly from...

  2. FNP with little inpatient/hospital experience

    carachel2 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    We had quite a few pedi nurses in our NP program who had mostly worked in an outpatient clinic type setting. Also, I meant to tell you on your last string of posts that Ft.Worth has great school based...

  3. Curious...using the title "Doctor" for a DNP...

    carachel2 replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I completely agree. PhD training, no matter how rigorous, still pales in comparison.I watched my brother go through MD training in the 90's and watching the grueling hours and the intense level of...

  4. NP Salary vs. RN salary

    carachel2 replied to Health-Nut's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    ITA. You just simply have to know how you are wired. I have a family member who is an anesthesiologist and he totally is bewildered that I didn't want to be a CRNA. I love patient interaction,...

  5. NP Salary vs. RN salary

    carachel2 replied to Health-Nut's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I totally know you didn't mean this like this sounds and to be honest, I kind of thought this way before I started NP school but once you take an Advanced Pharm class you will eat.these.words. Right...

  6. NP Salary vs. RN salary

    carachel2 replied to Health-Nut's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I posted this below, but the most I ever made as an RN was 32.00/hr (this is in Texas) which is the equivalent of $66K I believe. That is without shift diff or weekends or whatever. I have no idea...

  7. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    carachel2 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    PT, OT and Pharmacy are now pretty much required to have a PhD. I have't read all of these posts, but I would say if they make it heavy on the clinical hours it will be a worthy degree. Now if it is...

  8. Don't like being a nurse...Will I like being an NP?

    carachel2 replied to gogatsby's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think the key phrase here is you don't like med-surg nursing. You haven't tried any other types, so you don't know if you don't like pediatrics, rehab nursing, phone triage, ER, home health,...

  9. FNP graduating today...thoughts on jobs, salary, school, etc.

    carachel2 replied to carachel2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I will be working in a family practice clinic 2.5-3 days per week. I will have set hours so when I say flexible I don't mean I can just come and go when I want. You know, these offers just started...

  10. JOB OFFER

    carachel2 replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Awesome! I think that sounds

  11. A Few Choice Words......

    carachel2 replied to TX RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Which position did you

  12. What are good area's of RN experience for FNP??

    carachel2 replied to USN2UNC's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hmmm...one thing I liked about the ER was how much autonomy you can have. If you bring a patient back with a cough, SOB and a fever the docs EXPECT you to hook them up and be thinking about what...

  13. What are good area's of RN experience for FNP??

    carachel2 replied to USN2UNC's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I forced myself to switch from CCU and cardiac rehab to the ER just to see how things like abdominal pain and lady partsl bleeding and derm issues were assessed and treated. None of that ever happened...

  14. Please Help, please help!!

    carachel2 replied to raindrop's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Gosh, if your passion is geriatrics then I would say go for it! I can't tell you how many docs I've done rotations with who are constantly searching for a Geri NP to take over at least part of their...

  15. Is it possible to document too much?

    carachel2 replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    You'll never regret over documentation that one time ou are brought in under a sweeping lawsuit and are forced to give a deposition that goes over every.single. minute of patient care you provided. I...

  16. Who was in NP school forever?

    carachel2 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You can do your first 4 or so core classes on line at UTA, in fact I would recommend you do it that way for those classes. The rest of the classes have a very doable schedule for those work. Most of...

  17. Who was in NP school forever?

    carachel2 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Which program are you considering for your

  18. PA vs. ACNP

    carachel2 replied to ILoveIceCream's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Also, I would be willing to bet it is because more PA's are male and more experienced and more hard line when it comes to

  19. Who was in NP school forever?

    carachel2 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just curious...with your username being "purple scrubs" are you perhaps a TCU grad in Texas? Those are the only ones I know of who wear purple

  20. Who was in NP school forever?

    carachel2 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    :::Waving hands in the air:::::: ME ME ME ME ! I took 2 classes my first semester and then one class per semester thereafter. It took me four years altogether. Did I forget some stuff? Oh yeah! Was I...

  21. salary

    carachel2 replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you have greater than 25K in student loans then HECK yeah I would take that job! That is essentially $95K a

  22. salary

    carachel2 replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Student loan reimbursement is HUGE. Huge! What is the length of your contract

  23. salary

    carachel2 replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    $36.00 an hour is right at $75,000.00 a year. Add in student loan payback, benefits, 3 weeks vacation, CME and your total package probably approaches $90K. I would definitely try to come back to them...

  24. Can NPS write prescriptions for themselves and Family?

    carachel2 replied to diapason05's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The very nature of the disease of hypothyroidism is such that often you lack insight into your own symptoms: slowed verbal response, slowed thinking, fatigue, etc. I wouldn't want to treat my own...

  25. South Florida Nurse Practitioners

    carachel2 replied to jem4dixie's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm pretty sure you can't specialize in "plastic surgery" as an NP. Most NP schools do not have any type or surgical rotation or specialization. Slicing off a few moles and putting in a few sutures is...