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  1. NP school reputation

    synaptic replied to Jules A's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Open book tests va closed book test schools nuff said. You can't build a foundation without memorizing a large amount of facts first. The usual defense of open book tests is usually that memorizing...

  2. What is your biggest struggle

    synaptic posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In response many of the posts we find on here. What would be some of the biggest struggles that nurse practitioners, np students, new grads, vets, etc experience in this field? Does not have to be...

  3. Maybe our outlook isn't too gloomy

    synaptic replied to synaptic's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My wife is in med school, and it was a lot harder to get into her program than my program, even though they are at the same school. I mean a lot harder. Plus her material is actually difficult, not...

  4. Maybe our outlook isn't too gloomy

    synaptic replied to synaptic's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Its hard not to sign up for the easiest for profit institution when all the ads on this site proclaim ASN to DNP in three and a half days :) We can do a quick semi-related comparison When buying a new...

  5. Maybe our outlook isn't too gloomy

    synaptic replied to synaptic's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree, school I went to was rated fairly well also but still wasn't impressive. I can only imagine how some of them are. Unfortunately the purest form definition of nurse practitioner education...

  6. Maybe our outlook isn't too gloomy

    synaptic replied to synaptic's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    for an extra 30k you can get another masters on top of it. Only sucky thing is our credentialing people are approving this stuff. They must not care much about us. Mds and dos have great national...

  7. Code Blue: What Should I Do?

    synaptic replied to Bridgid Joseph's topic in General Nursing

    When in doubt. Epi

  8. NP Stats

    synaptic replied to Jules A's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree they should bring back the apprentice, journeyman, artesian, etc type training. it won't happen though since colleges bring in big money. education bubble isn't really a pop type phenomenon,...

  9. entry into a nurse practitioner program just as competitive?

    synaptic replied to sakuragirl24's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    also, i think the only thing easier than getting into an NP school is buying a car. but that is questionable at this

  10. entry into a nurse practitioner program just as competitive?

    synaptic replied to sakuragirl24's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    you've probably already been accepted to at least 15 schools, you just don't know it yet. My unborn child got a letter in the mail stating he/she got into a few nurse practitioner schools already. I...

  11. Pros and Cons to becoming a Nurse Practioner (NP)

    synaptic replied to savedbygrace1228's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It all comes down to these facts. Everything is stressful toughen up or don't make it any career that proclaims easy success and low barrier to entry will be soon saturated. Supply and demand laws...

  12. New FNP Online Program - Bradley

    synaptic replied to chatrsx's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You know colleges are in it for the money when they start outsourcing the education. Brace yourselves. The glut of nps are

  13. Do you text your patients?

    synaptic replied to automotiveRN67's topic in Advanced Practice

    yeah its rough. taking call is so distracting. but I'm in house during that time which helps some. taking care from home would be irritating to say the lease but unfortunately needed in our

  14. Do you text your patients?

    synaptic replied to automotiveRN67's topic in Advanced Practice

    oh i meant for like issues of their own. not on patients. makes it easier caring for patients though. plus the less i hear my beeper going off the more i enjoy my night. if you don't believe in...

  15. Medical law

    synaptic posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    I have been thinking after completing my Pych NP degree to go back and get a law degree for medical law. I was wondering if anybody has any experience in this or if anybody knows anybody who has gone...

  16. Do you text your patients?

    synaptic replied to automotiveRN67's topic in Advanced Practice

    i probably wouldn't. a few nurses at the hospital have mine and don't really abuse it but they continue medical questions always come strolling in and again if we give out any information and...

  17. Negotiating my salary is exhausting!

    synaptic replied to CocoaLoverFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    im in ky and the travel nurses (rns) here get paid more than

  18. Parents wanting MD

    synaptic replied to pedspnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    I've never had this problem. i guess its because I'm male. i tell them twice I'm a nurse practitioner and by the end of the visit they are still calling me doctor. but i live in a very old school...

  19. HELP DNP vs FNP

    synaptic replied to nurseNsearch15's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I wonder if the other health professions debate each other like this. I'm not saying this mockingly, I just wonder if they do. Nursing seems to have the most complex array of education options of...

  20. HELP DNP vs FNP

    synaptic replied to nurseNsearch15's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    i want a doctorate degree too, so i decided to go back to med school. will take a while, but it is worth it in the end, as long as you have your prereqs done and stuff. But i like science, not sure...

  21. Caring isn't enough as a psych NP

    synaptic replied to juschillin's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If it's that bad you can complain to osha. They have whistler blower laws. Also, we can't do everything. Just focus on medication management. That's all the psychiatric same pmhnp do in our psych...

  22. Are people getting meaner, or am I just going soft?

    synaptic replied to TakeTwoAspirin's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think i already said this somewhere else but they should just be able to sign a form, get exactly what they want, (after we advise them of the best treatment protocols) and release our liability....

  23. The Hotel Phenomenon

    synaptic replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    I think it should be our job to educate patients about what is best for them, and if they do not do it, chart that the patient refuses, and send them home. Healthcare is not a right to people who do...

  24. Non-competes

    synaptic replied to VTBabyNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    nope. If we are signing a contract as providers it better benefit us not hinder us. unless you pay us a crap ton of dollars to make up for the

  25. Employment Agreement

    synaptic replied to CANYRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Bet that job sucks