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  1. Formulating Healthcare Clinics for the Gay Community

    butch228 replied to divokevan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There are NPs who practice in community health centers that cater to mostly the gay, lesbian, and transgender popluation. I think it was driven by gay patients who wanted a comfortable tolerant...

  2. Retail store NPs: good or bad idea?

    butch228 replied to joy09's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Up here in Boston..the clinics in the drug stores are about to enter the market. Our mayor..acted like chicken little about the upcoming clinics. In Boston, with the dominant physician presence ..they...

  3. MGH Institute of Health Professions

    butch228 replied to AdrienneRN2b's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi all, I'm not in the accelerated BSN program. I just finished the RN-MSN program at IHP. Most of the student body consists of Direct Entry MSN students..and the consensus was that the RN portion was...

  4. WHO GETS HIRED ?? Please Reply!

    butch228 replied to ERICA57's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi I worked as a PCA at BMC for a semester before graduating my ADN program..and was promply hired by another floor. However, the manager who hired me left right after I hired and another nurse...

  5. Advice For An "older" Nurse To Be?

    butch228 replied to ERICA57's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Erika, I can see your point..the Boston area is a competitive market for nurses...physicians..most areas of health care. I guess you have to view the postings on allnurses with a grain of salt. You...

  6. Advice For An "older" Nurse To Be?

    butch228 replied to ERICA57's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi When I worked at MGH on a medical floor..most of the new grads were younger..just fresh out of undergrad nurisng school. Acutally, there were a few that were well into their 40s..possilby in the...

  7. Advice For An "older" Nurse To Be?

    butch228 replied to ERICA57's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi This post caught my interest b/c I started my nursing career in my mid 30s. When I sarted nursing school at age 35. I was in quandry in deciding whether to persue a Assoc degreee in nursing or a...

  8. Your career track to far as an NP

    butch228 replied to jlan79's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    1990 BA in Biology 1992 Started Dental School but hated it dropped out after a year 1994-2000 worked in fundraising / administration for a large university 2000-2002 Assoc program in Nursing 2002-2007...

  9. Ok, let's be honest about NP salaries

    butch228 replied to yellow finch's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Also..if you decide to work in a hospital as an NP..the number of years of practicing as an RN is taken under consideration. I'm a new grad NP (graduated earlier this yr) and I had over 5 yrs...

  10. NP certification exam

    butch228 replied to NCLEX_CareBear's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes..the Fitzgerald review CDs were very helpful..I recommend them. I wouldn't worry too much about the boards now..I would concentrate on your remaining semester, enjoy or try to extract as much as...

  11. Hate being a floor nurse- happier as NP?

    butch228 replied to mslinzyann's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well..I'm a new NP..and still a floor nurse..a per diem nurse on the floor. Let's face it..a floor nurse..on a med-surg floor is fast paced..lots of tasks..needs from the patient , family , house...

  12. NP certification exam

    butch228 replied to NCLEX_CareBear's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    1) I took the AANP Adult Certification Boards- I was on the fence on which certifying body to take my boards from. The AANP is a little cheaper on the exam fee..and they only certify Adult and...

  13. NP programs for non-nursing BS or BS holders

    butch228 replied to capybaralife's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm one of those ADN nurses who went back to school to get a MSN-Adult NP program. My school , MGH - Institute of Health Professions , is composed of mostly Direct Entry Students - students with a...

  14. Burned out as a RN, but happy as a NP?

    butch228 replied to 7starbuck7's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi.. I'm currently a staff nurse on a acute medical / oncology floor..I've been a nurse for about 5 years now, but I just finished my Adult NP program, while I don't consider myself "burned out"...

  15. ADN program compared to NP school

    butch228 replied to samaletta's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi there, Congrats on finishing up your ADN program. I was in the same situation when I graduated from my ADN program back in 2002, and now I just graduated from my NP program in May, just passed my...

  16. BSN does not mean better... Sometimes education is overrated!

    butch228 replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    hi everyone.. this is well known debate that eveyone gets tired because there are so many nurses out there..dipolma, ADN, BSN grads that everyone takes this argument personally...anyways..my point is...

  17. Mgh Np Program

    butch228 replied to drpl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    hi..i just finished up the program at MGH IHP back in Dec, but I was in the RN-MSN program. However, most of the student body are entry RN students. As for the program, from what I've heard..the first...

  18. ANCC results

    butch228 replied to NCFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Congrats on completing the ANCC exam..I'm sure the waiting is painful. I'm still waiting for the ANCC to process my application..its been over a month since I sent my application..the waiting is...

  19. bunker hill community college

    butch228 replied to jshine0007's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hey everyone... Anyways..I'm a graduate of the BHCC program ..back in 2002....I have a Bachelors in another field...I was in my early 30's ..and the cost savings are quite significant compared to BSN...

  20. Better to have a BSN as an FNP?

    butch228 replied to serpico79000's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hey there, I'm currently in the middle of my program of getting an MSN, on a RN-MSN track to become an adult NP. I don't have a BSN, I do have a BA in a Biology, and I went to the local community...