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I've been in conversation lately regarding the DNP, and I've read the position papers published by the AACN, et al. However, I do not believe they typical curricula are of merit. With the purpose of achieving "parity" amongst physicians (which will...

I feel very heavily that schools should assign preveptors. It is absolutely ludicrous to find your own trainer who isn't a university affiliate. I had to find four of them. One mediocre, one who did the job, one terrible, one awesome. I hold a grudg...

I found out today that I'm open for any board review as a psychiatric NP. Apparently, the need is so high "psych nurse practitioners are open to any board until availability is met." This makes sense as I've withheld my reference letters not wantin...

So regarding the initial training requirements, someone on Rally Point replied telling me BOLC was now in three phases. No other information.

Me: The South. 3-death? My oldest is 80+

Ideal NP master curriculum and no nothing you did in undergrad would be comparable. BSN Min cumulative GPA, min science GPA 1000 hours of RN experience as an understood intro to healthcare environment GRE Summer: anatomy, prosected Fall: cell bio, g...

Interestingly, as a RN I made substantially less than your survey and as a NP a whole other playing field more. Weird how life works. Next year, I might be working as a bouncer or something. You never know.

Annual income is all that matters at this point in life. I'm in the 28% federal tax bracket. Of note, after 118,000 you stop paying Social Security for the year. Awesome! 150,000 base salary plus productivity so far this year of about 34,000 so if ...

I just spent Thanksgiving in a rural area. Geez. Not a single decent restaurant for two hours and nowhere to to buy quality underwear. It's not like we were at a tranquil farm with granny. It was cousins who own a telecom company. I see why nobody wa...

I absolutely love Full Metal Jacket, the boot camp first half at least.

It's interesting when I see academics wanting to enter advanced practice. I'm in advanced practice and would love to get in bed, if you will, with academia. I'd make 45% of what I make now, judging by the state salary schedule as an assistant profess...

You need to get busy studying, mister. Then when you graduate, thank daddy for giving you motivation.

Well dammit. I was going to get one of those degrees in my lotto retirement.

While I haven't notched five years of experience on my prescription writing pen, I have five with nursedom combined. So my qualms are with the schools primarily. If they taught adequately, experience, competence, and "independence" would quickly bec...

I can't reply in quote. The space won't work. In the ED, I honestly can't recall ever taking a psych patient other than stapling the wrists on a woman who slashed herself to die. With the jail nursing, lol, that's a whole different ball of wax. ...

BOLC length. Two weeks, 26 days, training prior to or after. Thank you.

I don't believe there is a way to determine your gynecology NP's RN experience. Folks, you can't just say the RN experience requirement varies by the individual. It has to be discrete and articulate. For that matter, what kind of experience is go...

Mikook, could you also elaborate perhaps on away from home/unit training obligations?

So what? I didn't want to be.

Lawyers don't go by doctor despite holding a doctorate. I think there's an ABA statement about that.

Same. I'd go there tomorrow if they'd come even within 15,000 of my current income.

Do you ever work with FMGs who go by Dr but have never earned a doctorate? A lot of these foreign guys still have bachelors in medicine and surgery. I think calling them Dr is retarded.

I would be very selective about seeing a NP too. Granted, there are many good ones, but I'm too keenly aware of the deficiencies in NP training. I also couldn't care less about a NP's anecdotal experience as a RN. I'm one that believes time served as...

I agree. Anyone with earned doctorate is Dr if they do choose. If I were a general, you bet I'd introduce myself as General Guy.

Now, now. Let's not go throwing the PAs under the bus. I'm not sure anything about what I get paid to has any connection to nursing outside of words printed on miscellaneous certificates.