J_W DNP, APRN, CNS

Have you researched how to obtain a nursing license in those countries you mention? You have to realize that nursing in the USA is quite different than nursing the UK or New Zealand, or any of the other countries you listed.....Some countries don't a...

Just be sure to check your state BON requirements for what needs to be included behind your name. I'm sure every state is different.

The state of Texas updated the rule back in Feb of 2019, for APRNs as I was non compliant...when I read the rule for APRNs...having to put APRN behind their name. I emailed as I'm not always in that role, thus did I still need to put APRN behind my n...

I know in Texas there are rules regarding displaying credentials for APRNs and RNs... So, some of the issue is state boards of nursing rules/regulations. In Texas the nurse is always held to the highest certification, so if a person is an APRN then t...

I am a CNS with prescriptive authority (my Acute care CNS program allowed me to acquire prescriptive authority), thus I had additional options and can always move into a role in which I could utilize my prescriptive authority. So you might look at CN...

I took the NCLEX RN way back when it was only offered twice a year (July and Feb) and was paper/pencil, I graduated in August and had to wait until the following Feb to take the exam, so I was a GN for almost 9 months as my results went to the wrong ...

As a previous House supervisor I never asked why, most would just say they were sick, that is all. If they are sick stay home, if they are faking it so be it, i never asked what was wrong. however most would say they were sick with something plausibl...

Congrats to everyone going to UT Houston, it is a great school. I graduated from there, now so many years ago, 17 to be more exact. I thoroughly enjoyed it and had awesome clinical experiences. Hands down the best place for clinicals is the TMC. Good...

For those who wonder the Phenergan came from the medical box. It is full of things that only a physician or nurse would know how to handle them. It had IV caths, start kit, tubing, and NS bag. Also had first aid stuff (bandaids, gauze, tape), AED was...

I do not have any title on my American Airlines Platinum card...but I have stepped up on 3 trans-atlantic flights when a doctor was needed but there was not one on the plane or not one that would come forward...Each time I told them I was a advance p...

I also have reservations about only 75 questions and then your given a license. I took the written exam, 2 days 360 questions...it was difficult and challenging...But having reviwed questions I learned that it works... As a item reviewer for the NCLE...

I have my MSN and though I do not work in direct patient care on a full time basis, I still work as I can in the ICU on a PRN basis. I miss patient care at times, but I also like my autonomy of my current position. I know more than a handful of nurs...

AACN offers the CCNS exam. It is for Acute and critical care CNS role. What is important is to look at what your state board of nursing accepts as valid examinations of your CNS role/ability, licensure. Texas recognizes the CCNS exam as acceptable f...

I have MSN from a CNS program that was Acute Care. I have always worked in ICU setting, so worked as Critical care CNS when I graduated, even though with the state of TX and a CNS in Acute care because that is what the program track followed. The maj...

I am in Texas where the CNS is an Advanced Practice Nurse. Along with NP, CRNA, and CNM, these are the 4 APN titles in TX. I am a CNS in Acute care, but have always been employed as Critical care CNS, but my title with the BON is CNS acute care. I ch...

When I was doing Nursing Supervisor (I did this instead of getting cancelled, about once a week), I did night shift and had to do staffing in the morning around 0445 so I could gt agency by 0500...If a unit or floor was short staffed, I used to have ...

14 years ago (1993) as graduate nurse I started out at 11.75/hr, which was more than I had ever made, so I didn't complain. Now 14 years later, have MSN and make 80,000/yr, but I am salaried, so I do not give OT or shift diff, etc...I work in PI dep...

I think experience is a great asset. I am glad I had almost 6 years of exp when I went back for MSN program. The program I graduated from, required 2 years of exp to enter. The experience I had really did help. And then going back to work on PhD, I a...

I sort of took the long way to BSN, decided to go to nursing school during the summer before my last fall semester, so I finished Psychology degree when I was 23, and stayed on and took what few classes I needed and finished BSN program when I was 25...

Actually, health care worker fatigue will probably be a National Patient Safety Goal for 2008 and facilities will be required to show what they have done to help prevent errors caused by RN's that have worked too many hours and more proned to making ...

I have a BS in Psychology, but the semester before graduating I decided that I wanted to go to nursing school, so I started taking classes for nursing school. I went ahead and finished my Pyschology degree and stayed the next semester and took the re...

I graduated from UT Houtson HSC in 1993. I enjoyed it, the Medical Center is an excellent place for clinical experiences. Back then there was no interview process or anything. Just applied and got accepted, although it took 2 tries and the second tim...

I am a APN in the state of TX. I graduated in 2000 from MSN program (CNS track), my experience has always been Critical care, so I took the CCNS exam offered by AACN. Texas recognizes it as path to Advanced Practice. My MSN (CNS) program allowed me t...

I attended UT Houston...But it was long ago (13 years since I graduated)...I think both schools utililze facilities in the Medical Center, and that is the reason I chose UT Houston...The clinical experiences in the TMC were excellent and I learned so...

I agree with others, I just forgot to mention going to you state's BON website, you can find a listing on NCSBN.COM with links to them...TX requires 20 contact hours every 2 years...And each state may have different values for each contact hour (I kn...