The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) published a press release on September 5, 2012 announcing a new initiative to research what factors inhibit or increase the likelihood of nursing doctoral students from pursuing careers as nurse faculty. The Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education (EIN) program award funding through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to the AACN to conduct the study. The AACN plans to survey 3,000 nationwide doctoral students currently in research or practice focused programs. The AACN press release says that “Currently, only half of research-focused doctoral graduates pursue careers in academia, and an even smaller percentage of doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program graduates do so as well.” The goal of this new initiative is to define the optimum set of incentives needed to entice and motivate individuals to become nurse educators, as well as ways to retain current nursing teachers. Nursing schools nationwide will be able to use this information to recruit and retain nursing faculty.
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Reference: AACN.edu, http://www.aacn.nche.edu/news/articles/2012/ein
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Showing posts with label NURSING School. Show all posts
2/01/2012
Career Guidance for Advanced Practice Nursing Students
Melnic
Consulting Group partners with Advanced
Practice Nursing Programs to prepare students for their career
opportunities upon graduation. Advanced
practice nursing professors and students work hard to prepare for the dynamic
role challenges of those transitioning from a Registered Nurse to a Clinical
Nurse Specialist or Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. As the demand for PNPs and CNSs continues to
increase, so does the changing nature of the advanced practice nursing role. In turn, it becomes progressively more
difficult to prepare students for their career opportunities. Melnic
Consulting Group would like the opportunity to support the students in your
Advanced Practice Nursing Program and to educate them for their career
search. 
If
you are an Advanced Practice Nursing Professor, Jill Gilliland,
President of Melnic Consulting Group, would be happy to hold a career planning
session at your school or in an online forum.
Please contact Jill@melnic.com or call (800) 886-7906 to
learn more or to schedule a session.
If you are an Advanced Practice Nursing student that would like Melnic to visit your program, please share this information with your professor or contact Melnic Consulting Group for more information.
Upcoming
PNP Career Guidance Session:
Marquette University - April 18th, 2012
Past
PNP Career Guidance Sessions:
Univ.
of Alabama Advanced Pediatric Health
UW -
Madison School of Nursing
Rush
University College of Nursing
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1/15/2010
How do get certified in a specialty area such as cardiology and endocrinology?
How do get certified in a specialty area such as cardiology and endocrinology?
Except for an email sent to Melnic Consulting Group:
Thanks a lot, school (PNP Masters Program) is going good. We just started this week. I was curious about how a pnp becomes certified in cardiology, endocrinology, or oncology? How much time it takes, are tests taken or what. I never knew how a person goes about doing that.
thanks,
Z
Z
Hi, The only specialty area, at this time, that needs a special certification is Acute Care. That is either take by doing PNP in Acute Care or if you take the PNP in Primary Care track then you can do additional post masters certification. For other specialty areas, it is very much dependant on your RN experience. You can work while you are in school in pediatric Urology, Ortho, Oncology or whatever specialty area you are interested in. A broader unit to work in is Med Surg. I would look at having 3-5 years of RN experience in a relevant unit to then work in that unit as a PNP when you graduate. I hope this helps. Thank you.
Warm Regards,
Jill Gilliland
President
Melnic Consulting Group
800 886-7906
To inquire about Pediatric Nursing jobs visit Melnic Consulting Group or contact:
Jill Gilliland
800-886-7906
jill@melnic.com
Except for an email sent to Melnic Consulting Group:
Thanks a lot, school (PNP Masters Program) is going good. We just started this week. I was curious about how a pnp becomes certified in cardiology, endocrinology, or oncology? How much time it takes, are tests taken or what. I never knew how a person goes about doing that.
thanks,
Z
Z
Hi, The only specialty area, at this time, that needs a special certification is Acute Care. That is either take by doing PNP in Acute Care or if you take the PNP in Primary Care track then you can do additional post masters certification. For other specialty areas, it is very much dependant on your RN experience. You can work while you are in school in pediatric Urology, Ortho, Oncology or whatever specialty area you are interested in. A broader unit to work in is Med Surg. I would look at having 3-5 years of RN experience in a relevant unit to then work in that unit as a PNP when you graduate. I hope this helps. Thank you.
Warm Regards,
Jill Gilliland
President
Melnic Consulting Group
800 886-7906
To inquire about Pediatric Nursing jobs visit Melnic Consulting Group or contact:
Jill Gilliland
800-886-7906
jill@melnic.com
12/18/2009
Pediatric Oncology Nursing Programs
Dear Jill,
I have just stumbled upon the pediatric nurse practitioner blog and I am extremely excited to see that a thing such as this exists. My name is LT and I am currently an RN with a BSN working at a Hospital in New Orleans, LA in Oncology. My dream is to go back to school and becaome a pediatric nurse practitioner, obtaining my DNP. I have had an extremely difficult time lately searching for jobs. I accepted the job in oncology when I graduated nursing school in December of 2008 because I want to work in pediatric oncology ultimately and I was unable to find a pediatric job at the time. I hope to apply to DNP school as soon as possible but I know that experience in pediatrics is very crucial to acceptance. Are there any specific hospitals you would recommend looking into as far as jobs? Are there any pediatric DNP programs that you would recommend?Any advice you may give have will be very appreciated. Thank you for your help, I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
LT
L
Hi, great to hear from you. I am not sure about the reputations of DNP schools. If you find some you’re interested in, let me know and I will see if I know someone there. As a RN or as a NP, the jobs are out there, but they may not be where you are. I just did a search for pediatric RN oncology and I saw a number of jobs nationwide but that was not true New Orleans when you were looking. The same is true of a pediatric nurse practitioner. Right now I have PNP Onc jobs at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Children’s National Medical Center in DC and Mercy Children’s Hospital in Kansas City. Most of the PNP Hem Onc jobs you will find are in cities because most of the children’s hospitals are in cities. That means that you may need to have some flexibility in where you live and work when you graduate.
I think that there is an incredible opportunity as a PNP. I think that it provides a lot of options for a wonderful career. If you want to work in Hem Onc, most likely you would work at one of the children’s hospitals. There are at least 250 children’s hospitals nationwide and growing. So there is a lot of potential opportunity for RN and PNP Hem Onc jobs. Children's hospitals in general continuously strive to create the best care, outcomes and enviroment for patients. This generally creates a positive and satisfying work environment.
At this point there is no guarantee that if you get your DNP without your PNP that you would be qualified to get a PNP job. You can either get your Primary Care PNP which allows you to work in primary care and specialty care but not necessarily inpatient acute care. You can also get the Acute Care PNP and work all those areas but may need a little experience before doing primary care. One other option is to get the Primary Care PNP and then get the Acute Care Certification which you can do in a distance program. The most important thing is to get work experience as a RN in the unit you think you want to work in either before or while you are in school even if it means it takes you a little longer. That is the key to getting a job in specialty care.
I would recommend finding a PNP program you are intersted and then working as a RN in Peds Hem Onc to best prepare yourself for a job as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Hematology Oncology.
I hope this helps.
Warm Regards,
Jill Gilliland
President, Melnic Consulting Group
To inquire about jobs visit Melnic Consulting Group or contact:
Jill Gilliland
800-886-7906
jill@melnic.com
I have just stumbled upon the pediatric nurse practitioner blog and I am extremely excited to see that a thing such as this exists. My name is LT and I am currently an RN with a BSN working at a Hospital in New Orleans, LA in Oncology. My dream is to go back to school and becaome a pediatric nurse practitioner, obtaining my DNP. I have had an extremely difficult time lately searching for jobs. I accepted the job in oncology when I graduated nursing school in December of 2008 because I want to work in pediatric oncology ultimately and I was unable to find a pediatric job at the time. I hope to apply to DNP school as soon as possible but I know that experience in pediatrics is very crucial to acceptance. Are there any specific hospitals you would recommend looking into as far as jobs? Are there any pediatric DNP programs that you would recommend?Any advice you may give have will be very appreciated. Thank you for your help, I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
LT
L
Hi, great to hear from you. I am not sure about the reputations of DNP schools. If you find some you’re interested in, let me know and I will see if I know someone there. As a RN or as a NP, the jobs are out there, but they may not be where you are. I just did a search for pediatric RN oncology and I saw a number of jobs nationwide but that was not true New Orleans when you were looking. The same is true of a pediatric nurse practitioner. Right now I have PNP Onc jobs at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Children’s National Medical Center in DC and Mercy Children’s Hospital in Kansas City. Most of the PNP Hem Onc jobs you will find are in cities because most of the children’s hospitals are in cities. That means that you may need to have some flexibility in where you live and work when you graduate.
I think that there is an incredible opportunity as a PNP. I think that it provides a lot of options for a wonderful career. If you want to work in Hem Onc, most likely you would work at one of the children’s hospitals. There are at least 250 children’s hospitals nationwide and growing. So there is a lot of potential opportunity for RN and PNP Hem Onc jobs. Children's hospitals in general continuously strive to create the best care, outcomes and enviroment for patients. This generally creates a positive and satisfying work environment.
At this point there is no guarantee that if you get your DNP without your PNP that you would be qualified to get a PNP job. You can either get your Primary Care PNP which allows you to work in primary care and specialty care but not necessarily inpatient acute care. You can also get the Acute Care PNP and work all those areas but may need a little experience before doing primary care. One other option is to get the Primary Care PNP and then get the Acute Care Certification which you can do in a distance program. The most important thing is to get work experience as a RN in the unit you think you want to work in either before or while you are in school even if it means it takes you a little longer. That is the key to getting a job in specialty care.
I would recommend finding a PNP program you are intersted and then working as a RN in Peds Hem Onc to best prepare yourself for a job as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Hematology Oncology.
I hope this helps.
Warm Regards,
Jill Gilliland
President, Melnic Consulting Group
To inquire about jobs visit Melnic Consulting Group or contact:
Jill Gilliland
800-886-7906
jill@melnic.com
12/07/2009
More Applicants than Space for Nursing Schools
More Applicants than Space for Nursing Schools
Enrollment in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs increased for the ninth straight year in 2009, climbing 3.5 percent, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing reported yesterday. At least 39,423 qualified applications were turned away due to faculty and resource constraints, continuing the trend in recent years. Based on preliminary data from the association’s annual nursing school survey, enrollment in master’s programs rose 9.6 percent and doctoral programs 20.5 percent. AONE Board president Donna Herrin-Griffith, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, FACHE, said, "As health care reform efforts continue and pressures to expand primary, preventative and transitional care increase, it is critical that talented individuals who want to pursue nursing in both entry and advanced practice levels have the opportunity to access a quality education.”
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800-886-7906
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Enrollment in entry-level baccalaureate nursing programs increased for the ninth straight year in 2009, climbing 3.5 percent, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing reported yesterday. At least 39,423 qualified applications were turned away due to faculty and resource constraints, continuing the trend in recent years. Based on preliminary data from the association’s annual nursing school survey, enrollment in master’s programs rose 9.6 percent and doctoral programs 20.5 percent. AONE Board president Donna Herrin-Griffith, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, FACHE, said, "As health care reform efforts continue and pressures to expand primary, preventative and transitional care increase, it is critical that talented individuals who want to pursue nursing in both entry and advanced practice levels have the opportunity to access a quality education.”
To inquire about Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Leader jobs visit Melnic Consulting Group or contact:
Jill Gilliland
800-886-7906
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3/09/2009
DNP Degree and MSN
Here is an update on programs that have DNP and eliminate the MSN
A word of caution for those of you whose programs are eliminating the MSN. If your graduates have a DNP degree only with any NP major, they will not be recognized to practice in Texas and in some other states. Texas requires that applicants must have graduated from an ACCREDITED program. Since there is no accreditation program for generic DNP, Texas will only recognize NP who have a post-MS DNP. For this reason, the Texas colleges and universities have agreed to only offer the post-MS DNP for nurse practitioners. This does not apply to CNM and CRNA because they have their own accreditation process and aren't dependent upon CCNE or NLNAC.
Please be sure to advise your students that they may not be able to practice outside of your state if they chose to move after completing their DNP-NNP.
Thanks to Frances Strodtbeck, DNS, RN, NNP-BC, FAAN
for this information
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Jill Gilliland
800-886-7906
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A word of caution for those of you whose programs are eliminating the MSN. If your graduates have a DNP degree only with any NP major, they will not be recognized to practice in Texas and in some other states. Texas requires that applicants must have graduated from an ACCREDITED program. Since there is no accreditation program for generic DNP, Texas will only recognize NP who have a post-MS DNP. For this reason, the Texas colleges and universities have agreed to only offer the post-MS DNP for nurse practitioners. This does not apply to CNM and CRNA because they have their own accreditation process and aren't dependent upon CCNE or NLNAC.
Please be sure to advise your students that they may not be able to practice outside of your state if they chose to move after completing their DNP-NNP.
Thanks to Frances Strodtbeck, DNS, RN, NNP-BC, FAAN
for this information
To inquire about jobs visit Melnic Consulting Group or contact:
Jill Gilliland
800-886-7906
jill@melnic.com
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