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  1. Military Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

    bnw6385 replied to bnw6385's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would do it, but I literally do not qualify after the asthma diagnosis. They will not give me medical clearance. Was really disappointed, but I moved

  2. Military Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

    bnw6385 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hey everyone, I have been an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner for the last 5 years, the last 2 being in Critical Care. I am really wanting to join the Air Force or Navy as an ACNP, but information is...

  3. Military Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

    bnw6385 replied to bnw6385's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, I got diagnosed with mild asthma during the process, so it all got shot. No meds needed to manage it, but it was enough. No active duty. No

  4. Retail Clinic salaries

    bnw6385 replied to aggie313's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Treating a patient outside of a protocol is not practicing medicine without a license. That is a ridiculous statement. It may get you fired there or make you carry more liability, but we diagnose and...

  5. Dr. denigrates NPs, cites low IQ etc

    bnw6385 replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am going to take a different route and probably upset a lot of people on here, but CAN WE PLEASE STOP GETTING SO UPSET OVER ONE JERK'S STATEMENTS?! It makes us look weak and thin-skinned. If you...

  6. If you don't have to be (insert job) before becoming a PA, why become an RN before NP?

    bnw6385 replied to nightingale4me's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Simply put, NP training relies on your basic health care exposure as an RN so the training can be shorter. By no means does being an RN mean you will make a decent NP, but NP school skips much of the...

  7. Brave or just stupid?

    bnw6385 replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Many of these nurses criticizing me are the ones "sneering" at the lack of competence of their colleagues when they're taking report on transfers. You know you do it. As for contradicting myself,...

  8. Brave or just stupid?

    bnw6385 replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't care. You are correct. I appreciate that there are people willing to stay at the bedside, but I expect RNs to provide the standard of care. Many do. I am responding to the fact there are RNs...

  9. Brave or just stupid?

    bnw6385 replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Burn! I did not expect bedside nurses to take that for what it was, criticism of their lack of critical thinking and a call to improve. Nursing is not known for its thick skin and professionalism. My...

  10. Brave or just stupid?

    bnw6385 replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I do fully believe admission standards are becoming more of a joke for NP school by the day, and we are overestimating the market which drives down our wages. The physicians talk about enrollment...

  11. Brave or just stupid?

    bnw6385 replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ruas, any substantive remark or just the

  12. Brave or just stupid?

    bnw6385 replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It is easy to be respectful and professional in the workplace, Jules. I have no problem doing so. I am not surprised at the reaction here, though. It is funny, however, that you would react this way,...

  13. Brave or just stupid?

    bnw6385 replied to Polly Peptide's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Somewhat off topic, but someone has to say it. To the bedside RNs here, your work is much appreciated. I got out of that as soon as I could. I have been a critical care NP for 3 years now and an ACNP...

  14. Sincerity amongst collegeaues

    bnw6385 replied to orangepink's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I always discuss my income with other NPs. My colleagues have been settling for far too little with far too many demands. It is only getting worse as more and more new grads poor out into the streets....

  15. Military Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

    bnw6385 replied to bnw6385's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It is NOT recognized in any branch. You go in as a Critical Care RN or Emergency/Trauma RN or Flight

  16. Military Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

    bnw6385 replied to bnw6385's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    By the way, on this 15th Anniversary of 9/11, I want to say bless those who lost their lives in the cowardly attacks. Bless the officers and firefighters, my fellow health care workers, and all...

  17. Military Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

    bnw6385 replied to bnw6385's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Got autocorrected. The above was correct. External Ventricular

  18. Military Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

    bnw6385 replied to bnw6385's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes, it is. A lot of people know it the way I wrote it, but we technically say EVD for External Ventricular

  19. Military Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

    bnw6385 replied to bnw6385's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I understand I am looking at working at the bedside, but let's be clear about this. If you have not been an NP, you do not know what it is to be an NP. My bedside RNs are making the same money I do,...

  20. Miss being a bedside nurse?

    bnw6385 replied to Jenny Leigh's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I never thought I would say so, but I do think there are benefits of having been a bedside RN that are not in play as an NP. I have been working ICU as an NP for the last 2 years. I put in central...

  21. Military Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

    bnw6385 replied to bnw6385's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So, I have heard from a number of ACNPs in the military since posting this. I found them on LinkedIn. Basically, the recruiter is telling the truth. They do not have Acute Care NP billets in the...

  22. Military Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

    bnw6385 replied to bnw6385's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you for the reply. That is good to hear. The duties are like that of residents, but they would not be having the NPs pull 80 hour weeks barring some disaster. I very much work like a resident...

  23. Military Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

    bnw6385 replied to bnw6385's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    He is the medical/nursing recruiter for the Navy for the greater Houston area. I can see where he is coming from in that ACNP slots are not even really publicized and planned for as there are so few....