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  1. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    I am pretty certain most adults going to college are over the age of 18 and sign a promissory note that they understand they are taking out loans for a service, (education). I do not know any...
  2. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    NP programs do have Advanced Pathophysiology, as well as Advanced Pharmacology. These build on undergraduate courses. Does anyone know of Advance Practice degrees that do not require these
  3. The Frustration of Getting Licensed

    Thank you! I am glad the exam is behind me, but it looks as though there is much more paperwork and red tape to go through, along with fees. I see, I am in Wisconsin which is a "yellow" state. Not...
  4. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    The term is actually not appropriately used in this thread. Traditionally, diploma mills are entities that promise a degree or diploma for a fee that is illegitimate or fake, hence, useless....
  5. We Must Demolish NP Diploma Mills

    What schools are defined as Diploma mills
  6. The Frustration of Getting Licensed

    I just started the process. Passed boards Wednesday. Filled out state application today. I am trying to follow the process. I guess I may not be far enough yet in the process. What license do we need...
  7. Can anyone give suggestions on the best review classes to study and prepare for the AANP,FNP board exam? I have quite a few study materials and the capstone course we had the Hollier review and Q Bank...
  8. New nurse practitioner here Please help

    I just graduated as FNP , soon to test. I certainly hope not to expect what you are
  9. New nurse practitioner here Please help

    Seeing 25 patients a day? Are you kidding me? Are you working 12 hour shifts? I certainly hope we don’t allow the NP role to follow the path of what the RN has become. You worked hard for your...
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  11. Congratulations on passing your
  12. Med Surg without CNAs?

    Hello, I recently last year switched from Travel nursing back into a staff position on a Med Surg unit. I understand with COVID it is changing times, but have never felt so understaffed and...
  13. This sounds like the old nursing home , LTC model, not inpatient setting. What is wrong with nursing leadership? No wonder the new nurses don’t stick
  14. Exhausted Med-Surg Nurse

    I personally think leadership of nursing currently stinks! There seems to be no organizational pattern and this is the worse I’ve seen in 20 years. The downhill spiral started back in 2010 and has...
  15. Well ,alot has changed in my 20 years of nursing. I started as a CNA. I first of all don’t agree with the name change. Patient care tech means no nursing assistant. The position has changed entirely...
  16. FNP no longer allowed to practice inpatient

    The problem with that degree is you can’t take care of patient s of all ages. Most the FNPs I know currently are hospital it’s. I know there is a drive to change that, I would rather have the...
  17. Finding a Nevada NP Preceptor

    I’m in Wisconsin, I also can’t complete in patient setting at work In the hospital as I’m in the FNP program, so I as you need the setting to be out of the acute setting. I hope that you find a...
  18. Finding a Nevada NP Preceptor

    Hello, I am in the same position, only I have completed 2 rotations already. My employer won’t work with my school as they referred to it as “schools r us”. It is extremely frustrating. The...
  19. I just hope to get through, and I will remember to pay back by helping others once I get experience by allowing future students the opportunity to fulfill their goals. All of us need to remember this...
  20. I am an FNP student that took a job with an organization that promised to place employees in a clinical spot with a preceptor. I was placed for two clinical rotations. The organization, which...
  21. FNP no longer allowed to practice inpatient

    This is totally ridiculous and just a way to continue to put APRNs down from an executive standpoint and a way for the schools to continue to bring in revenue. What is not understood is as they think...
  22. Preceptor Needed!

    I am looking for a preceptor in family practice, internal med, and or one rotation in women’s
  23. Preceptor Needed!

    If you find out how to get one, please let me know! I took a position last year with an organization as an RN because I was supposed to be allowed clinical placement if an employee. I got 2 clinicals...
  24. Canceling a contract

    Question, I have been traveling for 5 years now. Although I’ve had a few assignments I could not wait to be finished with, I have always made it through. I am 15 shifts away from completing this...
  25. Canceling a contract

    Thanks for the response Ned . I will see what my agency says today. I never imagined this scenario to why I would not complete an