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  1. NP's in Minute, Express, or Retail Clinic Setting

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

    Hi There! It was fun to read about a first-hand experience. I really believe there is going to be an explosion in growth for this type of healthcare. (I think that the warehouse superstore Costco...

  2. Med school enrollment and NP's/PA's

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

    Hey DiegoT: Thanks for the continued dialogue, facts and news. Did your friend mention why she would recommend her daughter becoming a PA instead of an MD? Why did her husband leave the

  3. Med school enrollment and NP's/PA's

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

    Thanks for the very relevant article! I found it interesting to note what the article calls "Large increases in Medical School Enrollment"...Each of the ten or so Med Schools chosen for this data had...

  4. Med school enrollment and NP's/PA's

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

    Thank you kindly for the input.... So what you are saying is you don't think there will be any effect, as med schools will have provisions to combat the supply/demand imbalance? As far as why...

  5. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    brownrice replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Mango-Lo-Maniac: Can you please share the address of the PA forum website?

  6. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    brownrice replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello DKU: I researched the NP/PA thing heavily before deciding to go the NP route...even though it meant getting a BSN first, then getting my NP. I called the president of a state PA organization and...

  7. Dept. of Health and Human Serivces loan repayment

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

    Hey CGFNP... Thanks for the info. Sounds like you have a great deal as you knew the person you would be working with. That eliminates a lot of the bs right up front. It is also refreshing to hear...

  8. Dept. of Health and Human Serivces loan repayment

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

    Yes, CGFNP, it is treated as income unfortunately!! As a side note, I was wondering where you found your job out of school...you had mentioned in a previous post you had a unique situation and had...

  9. Dept. of Health and Human Serivces loan repayment

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

    Hi Serpico: I checked with one of these such clinics in m y area...the Northwest, and here's the sccop: Pay for a starting NP is $55,000. You work for 2 years and loans can be repaid up to 50,000....

  10. When does NP education sink in

    brownrice posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello to all who have been through NP school, and those who are going through now....my question for you is: at what point did you feel like you were going to be able to confidently apply the grad...

  11. When does NP education sink in

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

    Bump.

  12. When does NP education sink in

    brownrice posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello to all who have been through NP school, and those who are going through now....my question for you is: at what point did you feel like you were going to be able to confidently apply the grad...

  13. When does NP education sink in

    brownrice posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello to all who have been through NP school, and those who are going through now....my question for you is: at what point did you feel like you were going to be able to confidently apply the grad...

  14. NP w/no desire for RN?

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

    So, if this diploma was such a wonderful, varied and in-depth form of education, why has it gone by the

  15. NP w/no desire for RN?

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

    Long before established two year ADN programs were around, there was a such thing as a certificate or diploma in nursing. It was a program to basicallly learn how to fold down bed corners, change...

  16. NP w/no desire for RN?

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

    Krisssy, You missed my point! Being an RN who smokes, is obese, and of crankinees means that he/she cannot possibly serve as a credible role model/teacher to his/her patients in the name of promoting...

  17. NP w/no desire for RN?

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

    Button2cute: I am not trying to "bash" anyone, rather I am telling it like it is. Having worked in several different healthcare settings, I have made the general observation that especially in the...

  18. NP w/no desire for RN?

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

    Regarding PA clinical hours: Consider that RN's must first attain clinical undergraduate hours, then NP clinical hours. PA's aren't required to have undergraduate clinical hours. So, when you...

  19. NP's in Minute, Express, or Retail Clinic Setting

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

    They are actually hiring like crazy in the Midwest right now, and in cities around Portland, Oregon. I do believe it is only a matter of time until they penetrate all markets throughout the US....

  20. NP w/no desire for RN?

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

    Hey CGFNP..............congrats on being in the top 1% of the NP pay scale, and for recognizing you didn't need to spend the better part of your life taking orders, but rather thinking for yourself....

  21. NP w/no desire for RN?

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

    GO FOR IT!! Skip the RN time and don't look back. PA's aren't required to "do time" why should nurse practioners be required to do such? Also, something I've noticed as I investigated your question...

  22. In-state v. online NP program

    brownrice posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm just started an NP program at a state university. = low tuition if you're a resident of the state, like $500 per credit hour. Instruction is done via a televised system, so it's similar to being...

  23. In-state v. online NP program

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

    Thank you for the link Zenman. By the way, I'm curious what you are doing "all over

  24. Considering dropping NP School

    brownrice posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello NP's: I'm in my first semester of an NP program. I am taking an advanced pathophysiology course now, and I think the instructor believes we are training to be biochemists. I'm resentful to be...

  25. Considering dropping NP School

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

    If people didn't mind being "just a nurse", then why are so many RN's interested in becoming NP's? I sense I've touched upon some truth, otherwise I would not have received such a vehement reaction....