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  1. Is Aspen University Accredited in MA?

    Buyer beware replied to Phoenix16, RN's topic in School, College Programs

    Aspen University: For-profit, non-competitive post secondary school. Accreditation aside, I would ask them why their stock price (ASPU) has fallen from $4.00 per share in 2013 to15 cent as of today....

  2. Trying Again to Get Into ABSN Program

    Buyer beware replied to WA123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    OP:

  3. FNP Program in south FL

    Buyer beware replied to miamiheatrn's topic in General Students

    OP: I have met student NPs from all three of these schools. For what it's worth, they all had positive things to say about these programs. I will add that they were articulate and of a professional...

  4. Why I Chose Nursing

    Buyer beware replied to nyugirlx19's topic in General Students

    OP: The graphic for "Success (why I choose nursing") says it all for me. Why? Because, and correct me if I'm delusional, the object under the word "Success" is sort of representative of an object I...

  5. How did you study for your TEAS?

    Buyer beware replied to Bam_nguyen's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    With

  6. Disrespectful medical assistants

    Buyer beware replied to BlueLightRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    OP: when you ask them to do something what is your tone? Do you say please and thank you? Do you explain to them that you are their supervisor and you are asking them to do things within their job...

  7. Has pain scale contributed to opiate problem?

    Buyer beware replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Forget about the useless 1:10 pain scale. The pain is always >100. This is the scale that works: one swoosh of air through the mouth = 1tylenol two swooshes=2 tylenol three swooshes=1Darvon four...

  8. how long until u find out if u r accepted into a fnp program?

    Buyer beware replied to *Butterfly8*'s topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    OP: what schools did you apply

  9. South university online graduate school of nursing (msn family nurse practitioner)

    Buyer beware replied to ModestTruth's topic in School, College Programs

    Rod, You just encountered the best kept secret in obtaining the NP degree, the preceptor situation. You say you have had good connections in that community and now, even you, are having problems and...

  10. Has pain scale contributed to opiate problem?

    Buyer beware replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    On a 1:10 scale, if they say 100 and laugh. Guess

  11. Get MSN/MBA?

    Buyer beware replied to learningnsgstudent's topic in General Nursing

    OP: Oh, yes. A dual MSN/MBA would make you so marketable, especially in this thriving health care environment and economy. Because, and this is a well kept secret, there aren't enough masters...

  12. Anyone going to the AANP Leadership Conference Sept Chicago?

    Buyer beware replied to traumaRUs's topic in Advanced Practice

    OP: please have the leadership discuss the preceptor isuue so it shouldn't continue to derail many earnest NP students throughout the country. Why this is one of the best kept secrets in nursing...

  13. Thoughts on FNP with limited nursing experience

    Buyer beware replied to INN_777's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    OP: I don't wish to be unkind or disrespect you in any way. But the "nursing experience" I feel is essential to becoming a competent nurse practitioner. This I believe gives the NP an edge on the PAs...

  14. Got an offer in sub-acute, how to politely decline the offer?

    Buyer beware replied to EP10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Or you could get lugubrious and say "thank you for your gracious offer." But this is America so, " I'm move on down, move on down the

  15. Advice needed for nursing school!

    Buyer beware replied to Anonymous313's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    OP: you need help. Make an appointment with an academic counselor and discuss your options. Sounds like you are all over the place on this. This puts you in a vulnerable position, whether you know it...

  16. Does anyone still teach percussion in assessment?

    Buyer beware replied to SHGR's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Yes we do. And we need to teach doctors to auscultate lung sounds before defaulting to irradiating a chest. A preponderance of evidence should always precede a diagnosis but maybe I'm just old and in...

  17. FNP Monmouth University

    Buyer beware replied to Felicity80's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    OP: Not a lot of unbiased info out there regarding NP programs; whether from private, for profit or public post secondary schools. You could ask a graduate of X program how they liked it but it's hit...

  18. UTA or WGU

    Buyer beware replied to pmabraham's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    Try (collegescorecard.ed.gov). Not the whole picture but an informed start. More folks should consult this valuable resource before making a decision. Although, in most instances they don't evaluate...

  19. Chamberlain FNP Program Questions

    Buyer beware replied to Tiffany47362's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    OP: Be realistic. With your home life and work load take one class at a time. Question? What about the preceptor issue? Do you have the several you will need lined-up? That's the

  20. How do you not feel like an imposter?

    Buyer beware replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is sn old sceneario. You come on shift take a useless, endless report and then are immediately confronted with several code browns, some old some new. Also multiple blown infitrated IVs....

  21. Georgetown FNP vs. Grand Canyon University

    Buyer beware replied to algnurse's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    OP: the way I see it spend the extra money and have filet mignon instead of franks and beans. Go to (collegescorecard.ed.gov) to compare their vital statistics. The price differential for overwhelming...

  22. Discrimination in the workplace by your boss female, how do you handle it?

    Buyer beware replied to LifeisChange1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP: I have to admit when you used the world "discrimination" until I realized you were a female, I thought you were talking about reverse discrimination being a male; in which case, in my experience,...

  23. Discrimination in the workplace by your boss female, how do you handle it?

    Buyer beware replied to LifeisChange1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP: I have to admit that when you used the world "discrimination" until I realized you were a female, I thought you were talking about reverse discrimination being a male; in which case in my...

  24. If you work in a notoriously bad facility, do you get branded as a "bad" nurse?

    Buyer beware replied to catlvr's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OP: there are a couple of perspectives at least on this issue which have been around since the big bang: 1. Is guilt by association. This is what an objective person may resonably assume about the...

  25. Average DNP loans

    Buyer beware replied to Ashtimus Prime's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    OP: "Only cost"...at what rate of interest and compared to what projected return on investement? Debt peonage is never a solid life-plan. Dreams and aspirations