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I'll just note that I have a bachelor's in public health, a bachelor's in nursing, and a master's in public health specializing in global health/infectious disease with 3+ years of nursing experience, supervisory charge experience on an extremely large and busy unit at a level 1 trauma center, and several multi-month stints abroad including TB/HIV clinic in rural sub-saharan Africa and I still got rejected from MSF USA without an interview. Good luck y'all.

This is why my policy is to never pay for "medical missions". Those organizations are doing more harm than good. Stick with legit places like MSF, Red Cross, Mercy Ships. They have strict criteria for a reason.

I realize this is a very old post but I was wondering where you went to get that NP specialization? I just finished my MPH and I'm thinking about HIV/ID NP

I work on a supposed neuro/surgical medical floor, level 1 stroke center, but the acuity is really more of step down. We still have a 5:1 nurse-patient ratio. The actual step down unit is 3:1 I think? Or 4:1. And the ICUs are 1:1 but sometimes they have to double up. Same for days and night. Missouri.

My mother contracted Hep C from a needlestick from a dialysis patient and has a converted PPD. I just got over a likely case of pertussis contracted from who knows where?? We had no cases of pertussis on my unit... I worked with TB, HIV, and leprosy patients over the summer in East Africa and didn't end up with anything, even without any PPE since that's just not a thing there.

I just can't get over those exam prices. Especially knowing they fail you for silly things so most people have to retake. It really makes me hesitate.

I'm looking at going through continental as well. How has your experience been? Did you pass?

I work for a large teaching hospital in the Midwest. We have lots of local adn and bsn programs. Probably half my coworkers are adn but I really couldn't tell you which. There's no differentiation. They're starting to push bsn now but haven't said anything abut requiring it. The smartest/most skilled nurse on the unit, been there for like 20+ years, is in online bsn and it's a completely joke and a waste of her time. I see no reason for experienced diploma/adn nurses to be pushed into bsn.

My 24 year old brother very suddenly and unexpectedly died halfway through my program. I was five hours from home at school so I missed a few days of class and clinical to attend the services and try to re orient my world. The school was luckily accommodating about make up hours but it was not easy to manage and because of the state requirements there is no option about making up for that time. If I wasn't willing to put the time in I would have to leave the program and could not return later. Due to being an accelerated program they only give you one chance. But I made it and I am glad I stuck with it and so grateful for the support of my professors, classmates, and Dean. So yes, life happens. You have to decide what's really important to you and what you're willing to sacrifice.

This is amazing. Great way to work out an issue in a very non confrontational way. Also I've been dying to ask one of our neurosurgeons if I can watch one of his stereotactic resections and you've given me hope.

That's completely absurd. I completed a year and a half accelerated bsn with honors. Almost every class had a project and paper. I did not do study groups, I prefer to study on my own. They were social hour imo. There's a lot of material and a lot of exams. If you are not a quick learner you will have to devote time to study. Staying organized and on top of everything is the most important. Do not get behind. I never stayed on campus after class and studied maybe an hour or two at home in the evening. So it is completely do-able. I had classmates of all sorts of backgrounds that managed just fine. To the comment above about being on committees 'much later' I started on my unit shared governance after a year (from start date, not from finish of orientation) At one year six months I'm on the service line shared gov of five combined units and was asked to do the hospital research council. I work for a large teaching hospital. You can do it :) you have plenty to contribute already. New voices are important.

Aspirin lipitor metoprolol protonix insulin heparin/lovenox stroke/neuro/surg unit can someone explain the nicu/caffeine purpose?