RosieMommy
has 25 years experience and specializes in Acute ICU/ER, Cardio-Vascular, Thoracic.
Worked as RN for 20 years in hospitals mostly in acute critical care\er. Went back to graduate nursing school and obtained a FNP and AGACNP certifications. Currently work in Dallas, Texas in the largest hospital setting in North Texas which also happens to be a medical academic and teaching institution as well.
Here is a BIG difference I see between the two. APRNs are those four specialized nurses: nurse practitioner, anesthetist, mid-wife and specialist who have been certified by a Board and licensed by the...
NIFA Course is expensive but it is also a good one. I paid close to $6K from my pocket and have already logged in more than 75 hours of the 130 hours required by NIFA to be eligible to take the CRNFA...
Title 7 of the Texas Business Organizations Code (TBOC) was changed in 2011 through H.B. 2098, wherein the Texas legislature permitted physicians and physician assistants (PA) to jointly own...
In the State of Texas, one has to possess an RN license to obtain an APRN license. In other words, every APRN licensee in Texas, be they be NP, CNS, CRNA, or Certified Mid-Wife... they possess both a...
I went to Texas Woman's University in Denton for an MSN-FNP and then for online Post-Masters AGACNP Certificate from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. I basically had to take only 3 courses worth 16...
I took both AANP and ANCC, a week apart, in that order and I passed both making me eligible to use FNP-BC, NP-C titles. In Texas, either national certification qualifies you to be an APRN by the Texas...