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I am curious what the minimum amount of compensation the nurse practitioners here would have accepted for paying more money for education, spending massive amounts of time getting educated, and then taking on more responsibility/liability. Obviously,...

These are the kinds of responses I was hoping for. You are suggesting that quality of life and increased pay will come from being a NP, would you be willing to go through everything it takes to become a np, including increased liability in the role i...

yes but what is the minimum you would take for the increased role/responsibility? Would it be worth a pay cut because you love the role so much? Would you do it for 25$/hour? 20$? 30$? 15$? At what point would it be worth it to you?

Florida does not have a state income tax

That score would not make it in the last couple years of applicants... Sorry to break it to you but the absolute minimum I would recommend is 356, and even then you may not get in. Also, you honestly dont want to bank on a 50/50, many people with per...

I would like to suggest to all who are admitted, you will definitely want to take supervised practice regardless of if you need the credits or not. The other extra classes are all 1 credit courses, and even though they are nursing school specific, ar...

Ill give an example from this (3rd) term. Monday was a check off, this is where you prove you can do skills you have been taught this term correctly. Check offs are scheduled to each individual and was 1.5 hours. Tuesday was care day, which started a...

Not to hijack this thread but I was hoping to get zenmans attention in a thread at some point to ask for some advice. Zenman! I am fairly certain I want to persue pmhnp. I am currently in a 2 year associate degree nursing program, my plan is to attem...

Thought I should let you all know I did not get my acceptance e-mail until June 7th. Good luck everyone!

I thought I might elaborate on what I meant before I went off on my tangent. The first few weeks of each term is straight lecture which simply put, is brutal. After that Thursday/Fridays are clinicals which for me is much more manageable than lecture...

@mae for me, when clinicals begin it is a relief. The first 2 weeks of the program I had major growing pains. There are many people in the program who have families and bills. It is definitely doable but it is hard and time consuming. You will quickl...

How about I mix this up a bit to get a different question answered, which of the two provides for a better quality of life in general? Holidays, set schedule, family/life balance ect..

I have surfed this forum and read pretty much every thread on both of these APRN specialties. I would like some help brain-storming if you don't mind. This has nothing to do with pay and everything to do with where I can see myself in the future (eit...

I am currently finishing my first year in the chemeketa program, I know for a fact the lowest score was not 346 because someone I know who applied with me got a 354 and did not get in. However I should also add last year we had around 192ish people w...

That is great to hear steel, I'll try that!

I was under the impression it is fairly difficult to shadow psych providers because of HIPAA and how secretive people are about psych.

Anyone who got in mind sharing their stats and past experience?

I can also say from what I have heard, this year is less competitive then the previous 5 years at chemeketa (last year had around 200 applicants for 56 spots) when just 2 years ago it was >400 applicants for 48 spots.

@mae, I got in with a "B" in one elective, and "C" in A&P 231 (considered a tie breaker) and 50/50 on the essay, if i remember correctly my total score was 258.15/260. Since you will not apply until next year, my advice is to focus on the most im...

My advice is when you get your essay topics to write them up, get them corrected (I did this at the writing center), memorize them when you feel they are perfect, then during the proctored essay all you need to do is regurgitate. I know people who di...