maldoniaNP

maldoniaNP

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  1. Help deciding between WHNP program or dual WH/ANP program

    maldoniaNP replied to Fade to Black...'s topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm a dual WHNP/ANP and I wouldn't have it any other way. I would have felt practically unhireable as a WHNP alone, particularly as a new grad. Totally worth it for one more semester. Good

  2. Is Mandatory DNP by 2015 a Done Deal?

    maldoniaNP replied to SandBetweenMyToes's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Agree with OPs... licensure tends to follow certification. AACN doesn't issue APN certification, and since none of the major certification boards (besides the CRNA group, which endorses a 2025...

  3. Post-exposure prophylaxis making me so sick!

    maldoniaNP replied to dancin1415's topic in General Nursing

    I completely sympathize - I didn't make it to 4 weeks on PEP when I was asked to start it after a needlestick about 4 yrs ago. I think I made it to somewhere around 2-3 wks...but the s/e were just...

  4. Calling all New Grad NPs in Boston!

    maldoniaNP replied to RockFish71's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I'm a few years out now, but starting out as a new grad in a nonprofit community practice I was offered just under $70K. A couple years later, a new job offer in private IM practice was about $79K....

  5. need advice from rns that became pas or nps

    maldoniaNP replied to JonB04's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hm, it's hard for me to judge as I haven't been through a PA program, but while there's certainly a level of intensity to most PA programs, the NP programs I've been familiar with (either as a student...

  6. Needle Stick Protocol - Antiretroviral?

    maldoniaNP replied to NCindasun21's topic in Infectious Disease

    Ideally PEP is started within 1-2 hrs of exposure, and at least within 24-36hrs. I'm not sure how effective it would be 1 wk after exposure, if at all; at this point it's probably more worthwhile to...

  7. need advice from rns that became pas or nps

    maldoniaNP replied to JonB04's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Um, I'm not sure that one actually DOES "have to agree" that a PA program is superior to an NP program. One may have a preference for one model of education over another, but that doesn't make one...

  8. Going back for DNP

    maldoniaNP replied to Divergirl's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm in a "hybrid" online/in-class DNP program right now - I've taken two classes so far and am officially starting (with my cohort) in the fall. Each course meets in person twice per semester; most...

  9. CME reibursement

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

    I had a previous employer where they decided to accept online CMEs, but in that case it was primarily because our total CME stipend was so limited, the only way to use up the CME time off allowance...

  10. MD, DO, NP, DC, OD -- Who deserves the title Physician?

    maldoniaNP replied to RMARTINNC's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    But how could one go about preparing a single DNP licensing exam, when advanced practice training is already so specialized? Further, the DNP isn't limited to only APN students - nurses whose area of...

  11. MSN-CNL or ANP

    maldoniaNP replied to PMG42177's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think I'd want to think a bit more about what it is I want to do with this degree. The CNL and NP roles are very different - one prepares you for working as a nurse leader in a more traditional...

  12. Yale, Columbia, Penn?

    maldoniaNP replied to Ashley.'s topic in Post Graduate Students

    dancingnurse13: I can only speak to my experience at Yale, but I really haven't had much trouble finding positions, either as an RN or, upon graduating, as an NP. I don't know that the school as an...

  13. PLEASE HELP..What methods for continuing education do you use as an NP?

    maldoniaNP replied to 143love my job's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I attend about 1-2 conferences per year and complete online CMEs - mostly through Medscape, though there are a ton of free CME/CEU websites out there. I don't know that there's much of a mechanism...

  14. HELP SOON, Need immediate help with contract negotiations

    maldoniaNP replied to johnson0424's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't know if this is possible, considering some of the things you've referenced regarding how well-run (or not) this place is, but I think I'd be more concerned with making sure they put systems in...

  15. Better to have a BSN as an FNP?

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

    I'm starting the second year of a masters entry program right now, and I also had a BS in Biology before coming into the program. I looked at the Hopkins program too, but after talking to a few...