BCzito

BCzito

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  1. Psychiatric NPs or CNS/ starting a practice

    BCzito posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am starting grad school to become a psychiatric mental health nurse When I am done I will be qualified to sit for my license as both an NP and a CNS. I want to know if anyone out there has started...

  2. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    BCzito replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    CONCLUSION: As hypothesized, management of patients who required prolonged mechanical ventilation with tracheostomy had equivalent outcomes with the ACNP team or the fellows team ( Hoffman LA, Miller...

  3. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    BCzito replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I don't know the whole arguement for this but I do know a NP or CNS rather that is head of outpatient general

  4. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    BCzito replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    just wanted to remind people we already DO have "doctor nurses" they have PhD's ... did people forget this or

  5. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    BCzito replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    First of all the "just nurses" thing is just totally uncalled for. Nurses don't WANT to be medical doctors. Second.. I have read the AMA's little plans... and they are just that... plans...personally...

  6. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    BCzito replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Well we have to at least consider the money... I don't know when you went through college, but I will owe over 130,000 bucks when I'm done (just for 2 years!). I think that an extra 2-3 years of...

  7. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    BCzito replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    get your msn its worth it, there's no way there gonna push this

  8. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    BCzito replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    here

  9. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    BCzito replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I am still currently in grad school so I have been exposed to a lot of the speculations pros and cons and have read up on it. I have decided that the DNP is a horrible decision to begin with, not to...

  10. Going to school for LPN-? NY, Long Island

    BCzito replied to MrsCD's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    talk to the people at suffolk community college they have an ADN program and its inexpensive. talk to a live person. there is no reason you shouldn't be able to do it... also there are programs...

  11. Old, made mistakes, looking for a miracle

    BCzito replied to twallum's topic in General Nursing

    You can do it, it seems like you have lost a lot of confidence in yourself. You have to keep in mind that you've been through an awful lot recently and its simply not possible sometimes to just...

  12. Nursing School Admissions Question

    BCzito replied to maryshome8's topic in General Nursing

    what is a nursing entrance exam? is it the GRE? I'm confused cause I never had to take an entrance

  13. studying percentages

    BCzito replied to colleennurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was getting in the 70's on sauders and passed with 75 questions! I think they are much harder in that book which is

  14. 75 questions this AM and don't feel good about it....

    BCzito replied to RegisteredNurse06's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    most likely you passed if you felt you did a good job studying. If you failed at 75 questions that means you had to have gotten allot wrong... if you were doing "eh" then it would have kept going to...

  15. New Grad Thrown to the Wolves!

    BCzito replied to IttyBittyCritty's topic in General Nursing

    So what did the doctor say in response. Its sounds legitimate to me that you would not want to continue morphine (at least at that drip rate) if the respirations were 6? I was more curious about the...

  16. NP w/no desire for RN?

    BCzito replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yeah but who said anything about an emergency, maybe some want to work in this area but not most. And as far as needing to work side by side with a physician, that is just simply untrue. some do...

  17. Telling the public "what nurses do"

    BCzito replied to C. Rosella's topic in General Nursing

    i saw this book and when i get a chance i want to read it. i am relatively new in the nursing field (i am in a masters entry program). when i found out about nursing i had a very stereotypical "white...

  18. Nursing School Admissions Question

    BCzito replied to maryshome8's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't worry too much about your grades 10 years ago. Do well on your pre reqs (that doesn't mean you need all A's allthough that would be nice!). In addition I think (depending on the essay...

  19. New grad - should I go right into psych???

    BCzito replied to spunkymunkey's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I did my synthesis at McLeans its an awesome hospital and the role of the nurse there seems very valued. I loved every minute of it. The only downside is the hospital has lower pay than surrounding...

  20. Need Advice- what route should I take for RN license?

    BCzito replied to SpiceChick01's topic in General Nursing

    I had a bs in neuroscience (although some of my classmates had bachelors in finance and english) and I am in a masters entry program and received my RN in one year, and will continue on in my second...

  21. Need Advice- what route should I take for RN license?

    BCzito replied to SpiceChick01's topic in General Nursing

    go into a masters entry program. BS can go into higher management ranks where as it can be difficult if not impossible with an associates (depends where you live) many positions require at least a...

  22. how to pass nclex RN - any suggestions?

    BCzito replied to dpgolgan's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hey paula, no worries. I have a great test plan. get a kaplan book ( buy the 2003 version its cheaper and it doesn't matter). Get a new (or current) saunders NCLEX review book with CD ROM. Get a...

  23. PLEASE HELP!!! so embarassed about sweating!

    BCzito replied to Bumashes's topic in General Nursing

    since we are talking about sweating, I don't sweat too much, but I always sweat a ton on my face, I feel like I am dripping when it gets slightly warm. I don't know if there are any treatments for...

  24. Where to do my synthesis, advice needed for direct entry student

    BCzito posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi all, I need to write my proposal for my synthesis. Here's my deal. I am a masters entry student and I am doing the psych mental health track and I absolutely love psych. I think I would be...

  25. NP w/no desire for RN?

    BCzito replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I had to take all of those courses as prereqs to get into my direct entry masters program in nursing. Not to mention the other 185 credits I had from undergrad besides that, all most of which were...