NP & PA Student Blog : Current Events , Being an NP Student , General Interest

The Real Price of Medical Education

Terrance Clarke — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:19:00 GMT

The real tragedy of getting a medical education is not the understanding of your own mortality or quantification of personal risk factors. It's not even the fact that friends and colleagues want you to look at something awful that is growing out of their...(read more)

Becoming an NP Online

Stacey Snodgrass — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:21:00 GMT

Last month during the lull of winter break, I had a sudden fear that I would not be able to find a job after graduation. I guess it was because of the lull, no case studies to do, clinical hours completed for the semester, and final grade deemed passing,...(read more)

Traversing the Finals Steps of NP Education

Stacey Snodgrass — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:26:00 GMT

Yes! I proclaim with clinched fists, because I have passed yet another class on my journey to become an FNP. I have only two classes left, and though these two classes are intense, and will occur over the course of the next year, I am beginning to glimpse...(read more)

A Grim Outlook on Nursing

Terrance Clarke — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:18:00 GMT

I am currently in a class called "Societal Forces" as a precursor to my first semester of advanced assessment in the Adult/Gero Primary Care Nurse Practitioner track. The teachers are passionate and well informed. The speakers are excellent, but the subject...(read more)

Death With Dignity?

Terrance Clarke — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:15:00 GMT

"Suicide is so frowned upon in this society, but honestly, life isn't for everybody. It's sad when kids kill themselves 'cause they didn't really give it a chance, but life is like a movie: if you've sat through more than half of it and it sucked every...(read more)

A Time to Talk

Caroline Pilgrim — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:55:00 GMT

When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don't stand still and look around On all the hills I haven't hoed, And shout from where I am, What is it? No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in the mellow...(read more)

What's In a Name

Stacey Snodgrass — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:24:00 GMT

It still amazes me how much of the public doesn't know what a NP is, does, or what it takes to become one. And what I find even more amazing is the difficulty I have at times trying to describe what it is I am in school to become. Not too long ago, as...(read more)

Every Patient Has a Name. Use It!

Olga Trouskova — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:17:00 GMT

Doctor: "Nurse, the diabetic patient in room 8 is waiting for his insulin shot." Nurse: "What diabetic patient? Bed 1 or 2?" Doctor: "Umm...the bed by the window. I'm blanking on the name right now. John? No, Tom. I think. To be honest, I'm not quite...(read more)

The Value of Silence

Olga Trouskova — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:01:00 GMT

We sat in silence for what seemed an eternity. Her face was still, and she was holding back tears. She was uncomfortable. I was, too. Awkward silence engulfed us like dense, heavy fog. You could cut the atmosphere with a knife. I tried filling the air...(read more)

When the Budget Doesn't Balance

Caroline Pilgrim — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:11:00 GMT

Hello blogosphere, As a PA student in the very middle of the "drinking-from-a-fire-hose-of-facts" didactic year, I wanted to begin this first post with a brief introduction, a few disclaimers, and conclude with a few tips on how the financially broke...(read more)

Ceviche and Salsa for This Russian!

Olga Trouskova — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:48:00 GMT

Privet (hello in Russian), my name is Olga. Yes, it is a typical Russian name, but my story does not unfold how most people expect it to. I was born in Moscow, Russia, but I spent most of my childhood years on the other side of the world - in the evergreen,...(read more)