lwsoccjs

lwsoccjs has 5 years experience and specializes in Neurology, Psychology, Family medicine.

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1. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   lwsoccjs replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   Glad to see there are others finally taking notice, as this is almost verbatim what I said 2 years ago. I’m sure there were others noticing the changing tides long ago, but every passing year the numbers grow, scary stuff. I’d need to look back at my...

2. USF FNP fall 18

   lwsoccjs replied to ER.rn0922's topic in NP Students

   USF assigns your preceptors

3. NP vs PA Education

   lwsoccjs replied to trackhead's topic in NP Students

   I suppose to stir the pot lol. Or having second thoughts even though it has been stated that the decision is already made. Or lastly to hopefully sleep better at night, from possibly hearing an echo chamber concerning ones decision. Either way I do n...

4. Shockingly low NP pay !

   lwsoccjs replied to Jm0136's topic in NP

   Agreed, many careers benefit salary wise from personal investment aka experience. Why someone in their later years thinks they will benefit long term with only 10 years or less working as an NP left in their career I think is being disingenuous. Ther...

5. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   lwsoccjs replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   Exactly, I've said it before and I stand by it now and will say it again. If you are not a strong asset to your company with good experience, your job and your salary are in trouble as an NP. I also project from all the research I've done, looking at...

6. Future of Nurse Practitioners

   lwsoccjs replied to Lightning Rose's topic in Advanced

   I think a great question for you OP is what are your expectations from the profession. Name some end goals, expectations, etc and we can give much better insight. But one persons "grim" is another persons perfect situation.

7. FNP and pharmacology

   lwsoccjs replied to weswes03's topic in NP Students

   Depends on how deep you want to go into it to be honest. That book is fine for basic pharmacology especially if you read it front to back. If you really want more advanced pharmacology then something like "Lippincott's Pharmacology", and if you want ...

8. Need help deciding on an FNP school- feedback wanted!

   lwsoccjs replied to Terryb1985's topic in NP Students

   Yep I sure would. It's unacceptable. Good luck with whatever you choose.

9. Standardization of NP Education

   lwsoccjs replied to RN-dancer's topic in NP

   You are preaching to the choir, and appreciate the perspective from someone who has been in a different field. I believe the only people that argue against your point are people that are either oblivious to their lack of knowledge or just stubborn ...

10. Standardization of NP Education

    lwsoccjs replied to RN-dancer's topic in NP

    It's very easy to see the difference in education if you take the eduction from mint PA and mint direct Bsn to np. In rigor, admission criteria and clinical experience. Let's not kid ourselves.

11. Standardization of NP Education

    lwsoccjs replied to RN-dancer's topic in NP

    I understand what you are saying. But, the argument is weakened considerably when you look at the curriculums of many programs, their online open book formats, the variation of programs, and minimal requirements for consideration for acceptance. So i...

12. Standardization of NP Education

    lwsoccjs replied to RN-dancer's topic in NP

    delete

13. Standardization of NP Education

    lwsoccjs replied to RN-dancer's topic in NP

    Hmm non starter for some I will not argue this at the moment. I don't agree that we need to accommodate as a profession for someones current lifestyle and their cost of living having to support them working full time and going to school. But besides ...

14. Standardization of NP Education

    lwsoccjs replied to RN-dancer's topic in NP

    Anyways to get back to topic: I think the single most factor that could be changed to increase knowledge base for NP's is make the schooling full-time. Just like any other respectable profession make the course load a full course load. Like 18 credi...

15. Standardization of NP Education

    lwsoccjs replied to RN-dancer's topic in NP

    I do not believe anyone would agree that minimal to no RN experience is the "only" thing wrong with the profession. As evidenced by the current polling. It sure is a contributing factor but surely not the only factor. One persons anecdotal evidence o...