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Starting RN salary ICU 22.00/hr. Small city hosp 10yrs RN $75,000 when completed FNP Start FNP $90k, M-F, plus $2500 quarterly bonus (potentially), Family Clinic. $20,000 yr loan ( max 80k) reimbursement plus med/dental/cme, etc. 5 weeks vacation, 12 sick days, no weekends or holidays.2 days/month On call,pager only, no hospital call Ga.

No, 4-6 weeks is NP license application timeframe only.

about 4-6 weeks total-- assuming all forms have been received (Form 2, 2C, transcripts and Form from NYSNA that you took NP NYS prescription course). You can email or call NYS to make sure all forms have been received . Hope this is helpful.

Her review is worth it. The online review is the same as the live review and is less expensive (it is an actual live review course that has been recorded). Hope this is helpful.

Congratulations!

Congratulations

It seems to be a good program, I know 2 students who attend the program. They seem to like it and are doing well. It is expensive though. One of the students works fulltime 12 hours shifts /weekends only. The other works 2 days a week . Both are ICU nurses.

Congratulations!!

lhfla, I'm glad it's going well for you. It's working for my friend as well, she graduates this year. Good luck to you ..the weekend clinical on campus was not the practicum/clinical with preceptor-my mistake. The on campus visit was called clinical immersion .. her class is the first of their online FNP and it sounds like changes have been made since she started. Fantastic. The on campus clinical immersion occurred with 3 weeks notice about 1 month ago. Her issue was the lack of notice, not the Saturday immersion itself. She's plugging along and looks forward to graduation in a few months..She just wishes she was more informed going into the program .. School, like life, is what you make it. It sounds like South is serving your purpose, helping you and many other students reach their goals as UAB did for me. Take care and I wish you the best in your studies. Happy New Year!

The course syllabus was changed several times--while the course was still in progress; 3 weeks notice given to attend a required weekend clinical on campus; unable to use Minute Clinics or TakeCare clinics for clinical; 180 hours clinical per quarter- plan accordingly, "guinea pigs" is the term she used for the online FNP. She does not condemn the program nor does she recommend it, just be aware of what you are going into and plan accordingly. Network and start to set up clinical sites now-- get the dates of the courses so you can line up your sites. You must do Peds clinical during Peds course; Women's health clinical during women's health course, etc. If you know students from other schools, talk to them about clinical sites. Hope this helps

Congratulations, you have a lot to look forward to... You may want to secure the venue now, then work out the rest of the details later, after May. May- Oct 2014 is still a lot of time for the other wedding details once you have the venue confirmed. We got engaged in November and married in May (6 months later)-- about the same size wedding you are planning. We used the botanical garden (no flowers to buy) and it was lovely. The only hiccup- we had to use the botanical garden of a different town (about 30 minutes away) because the one in our town was booked. Take care and best wishes ,

Thanks everyone. And it will be a Happy New Year for us all!

Good evening all and Happy New Year. I graduated on December 14th and passed the ANCC FNP exam today!!! Let the book burning begin.... . The exam has 200 questions . Labs were the common labs, meds had generic and brand names listed. Lots of images, pictures. The survey questions at the end of the exam were nerve-wracking.. I obtained a lot of useful information from this site so I wanted to share as well. I set a 6 week timeframe to study, 2 hours daily (most of the time). I did 25 practice questions a day from Amelie Hollier's APEA book of questions (has the rationales)--this didn't take a lot of time and was not included in my 2 hour study time. My school (University of Alabama at Birmingham) provided the Fitzgerald review course for our last semester. Fitzgerald is very talkative (as others have stated), she provides a lot of info for the exam and for use in clinical practice. I made up flashcards as I listened to her lectures and I didn't need to return to her review book or lectures at all. She gives a good foundation, but talks and talks about extra things not on exam. Studied 2 body systems a day: reviewed common diseases for each system- what it looks like, how to diagnose it; assessment techniques , physical findings, treatment guidelines, etc. I purchased the ANCC Resource Manual (it has 50 practice questions and the first 3 chapters are essential for the actual exam), the ANCC practice questions (2 sets of 75 questions) and ANCC Test Taking strategies (25 questions, good insight)-- I would recommend them all . I purchased Barkleys Home Study FNP course on December 12th and listened to it over 4 days. I really liked his style. He highlights what you need to know for the exam, gets right to the point and has a very detailed pediatric session. It was a good reinforcement of what I already studied and helped to narrow down my studies. I would recommend buying this review earlier than I did-- it was very good and very accurate as to what was on the exam. I did one practice exam a week from familynpprep.com. Each test has 100 questions with rationales. These were helpful, especially for theory, billing/ financial, ethics and NP role questions. I would recommend them. For the last 4 days, I only did practice questions-about 50-75 a day----from Hollier's book, 75 from ANCC practice questions, Leik's newest book and familynprep.com. On Sunday, I really felt like I had done all I could do, studied as much as I could--if I didn't know it by then it wasn't worth knowing--lol... But, I still did 350 more questions yesterday (Monday) by 1pm (then I relaxed for the rest of the day)... I would suggest just relaxing the day before the test-- no studying or practice questions (smile). My study plan was probably overkill--but I needed to know that I did all I could in order to pass. Plus, I have a position waiting for me as soon as I am licensed ( thanks to allnurses for guidance on what to ask employer during interview, what to look for in an employer, contracts, etc.) I hope this is helpful.. I appreciate the allnurses community for the support and great information... I always look here first-and it has not steered me wrong yet. Best of luck to all who are studying/ preparing for certification exams--you can do it!! Good night and Happy New Year to all. ..

My friend attends South University-- there are a lot of "growing pains" in offering NP online... She hopes she will graduate on time as planned. If there are other school options available to you, you may want to consider them.

3 of my friends, great people, all returned to medical school after having established careers. THey all said "I always wanted to be a doctor." One is 51 yrs old, he graduates in 19 weeks from medical school (he is an engineer), his oldest dtr is an RN. ANother one is 53yrs old, she is in her first year of medical school (she is a psychologist). A third is 52yo first year of medical school (he is an optometrist) and has a son in his 2nd year of medical school . Another one of my friends in medical school, her 3rd year, is 25 years old and feels like she is "behind" everyone...If you want to be a physician-- do it.. It is not too late. ANother 11 years will pass, how will you spend it? Might as well go for what you truly want to do--- now. It is a sacrifice but well worth pursuing if that is what you desire. Take care and best of luck.