mkk99

Many of the concerns in this thread are from people who seem to be conflating "direct entry" NP programs with "online" NP programs. It'd be nice to know where the concern really lies - in providers who have no bedside nursing experience, or in nursing credentialing bodies approving programs that might produce sub-par providers, or in something else together (this is not necessarily my opinion, just what I've gleaned from this thread!). I know of direct-entry MSN programs that have higher admission standards than any ASN/BSN program, and I know of online programs that only take students who have bedside nursing experience. Lumping a variety of concerns into one "problem" is leading to confusion, at least on my part, as to what the "real" problem is.

Why did you ask to be allowed to complete the course at a slower pace if you don't find that to be an acceptable solution? You are being offered something that most students are not and still throwing a pity party about it. I am confused.

That's going to be a hospital-specific policy - I do not routinely order narcotics for lady partsl deliveries.

I essentially copied the power points into a notebook all through my MSN. Many of my classmates would print and take notes next to the slides, or had an application on the computer, but if I'm not reading my own handwriting, it's not sticking. Maybe it's time consuming, but if it works for you - it works! And I disagree with people who are saying "just buy the textbook." If your professor is teaching from powerpoints and not assigning you outside reading, then the test is going to be on what they are teaching.

It's "wildly inappropriate" to ask a coworker how many patients they have? That's news to me!

As a CNM, I have access to the "doctor's" lounge at my hospital, but I sure do get dirty looks from the doctors when I dare to grab a full sized soda from the fridge (the rest of the hospital has the little ones). Thankfully it's a rare occasion I have any direct contact with the med/surg doctors in a professional capacity so I haven't found it an issue.

Just a clarification - although Georgetown is highly ranked and very reputable, it is not an Ivy League university.

Columbia has a well-respected direct-entry NP program so I'm not sure it fits your requirements.

Thank you for your post, OP, I just hope that women in need of medical care continue to be able to find it from safe, non-judgemental providers. I'm lucky to have only worked OB in the post-RVW era but some of the nurses and doctors I work with have seen women die from unsafe abortions and are terrified that our ED is going to fill up with that again... not to mention women dying from unscreened but preventable cancers, women infertile from untreated STIs, a second nationwide HIV/AIDS outbreak like what happened in Indiana under Gov. Pence...

-You need the full 30 for your renewal + 2 hours of child abuse reporting. -I have not yet gotten my renewal for April 2017. For my advanced practice license I got my renewal about 6 weeks before expiration.

This is going to depend on the state you practice in. Some states have laws requiring reporting of positive drug tests in pregnancy, others only if pt. tests positive intrapartum or if the infant tests positive.

Why would somebody even do this? This makes no sense to me.

In Pennsylvania, nurse practitioners are under the nursing board, but certified nurse-midwives are under the medical board. I (a CNM) am able to directly admit patients to my hospital, but our pediatric nurse practitioners are not. Not sure if that's a hospital regulation or has to do with the governing boards.

And my "personal opinion" is that this view is horribly judgmental and exactly what the original poster is afraid of. You don't know a person's life by looking at them. You don't know if your patient or coworker or anybody on the street has diabetes or arthritis or is simply the ~bad gluttonous person~ described in your post by appearances alone - and it is exactly that judgment that leads to the documented discrimination in most professions, not just healthcare. I only hope you are more compassionate with your patients than you seem to be with your peers. And I reiterate my desire that OP does not find herself working in a place full of people with this "personal opinion."

As someone who is "morbidly obese" and has overcome over a decade of an eating disorder, I'm sure I look more healthy and can provide better patient care than I did when I was not "morbidly obese." OP - if you don't get hired at a place because of a complicated and often personal health factor like weight, I think you should feel blessed that you don't have to work at such a judgmental place.