I am a Family Nurse Practitioner working in both the Emergency Department and Urgent Care. I make videos about life as a Nurse Practitioner and whatever else I think is interesting :)
Thank you for this information. I am a New FNP student. I start classes in a few weeks. What resources do you recommend to maintain during my course studies? I’m so excited to begin this New journey! God is able. Yes, I subscribed! 🤩
Thank you for this information. I am a New FNP student. I start classes in a few weeks. What resources do you recommend to maintain during my course studies? I’m so excited to begin this New journey! God is able.
I agree experience is valuable, BUT these standards are only for NP’s, what about PA’s that have the closest scope of practice to NPs, do they work as a nurse before becoming PA’s? No, they don’t event have to touch a patient before PA school.
Hello thanks for your videos. I am a FNP with over 4 years of experience in primary care. I am interested in urgent care. What are your thoughts? Thanks and have a blessed day.
Thank you for the super informative video! I am also planning to take the exam before my graduation. Could you elaborate on the application process for the board exam? Will the ANCC/AANP give you an eligibility before your final grades are out? I saw on their website that they take unofficial transcripts, so wondering if you can get authorization to take a test with unofficial transcripts without the final grades. Thank you in advance
I have almost 2 years unnemployed. I am unable to find any np jobs. All of them are requiring 3 years of experience. I was rn 7 years, then new fnp. After one year or active search, and travelling to my own expenses to near rural places, i was not hired. I applied to rn roles, but nobody wants to hire me as rn because i was out of hospital 4 years. Most of my time i was rn in public health. I don't know what to do. What can be a switch career for me? I got 3.95 gpa in my msn. I love to learn. I wanted to be a fnp too much. I was a physician in my country and i emigrated with a lot of dreams, but all my efforts are nothing. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 i would like to get a dnp or maybe study another career, but i don't have money. I am a failure
Have you considered active duty Air Force or reserves? They need FNPs. Decent salary, educational benefits to get your DNP, good quality of life. Might be worth considering! I believe reservist NPs also get annual bonuses.
This is my dilemma. I’m burnt out being an Emergency RN for over 20 years. My pay now is 70/hr (Massachusetts )And we get paid time and a half for overtime, sometimes even double. But I’m exhausted. I’ve thought of going to NP school but scared that I’ll get a huge pay cut plus end up having student loans. What should I do? I tried working in the ICU/medSurg/VNA and hated it 😩
You're making great money! You'll definitely take a paycut as a new grad NP and most likely will not get OT pay as an NP. If you're burnt out and not completely sold on being an NP maybe try transfering to a less busy department and see how you like it
Dont let online programs deter you from getting your education. Either way you will still get a job as an NP and before you know it you will have experience and there's nothing that will stop you from your practice. if you already work in a hospital and you get your NP they dont care were you got it, its a good pay bump and a good way to grow as a healthcare worker. All the best.
Is it true that you HAVE to work in either the ICU or ER for two years before you apply to NP school? If anything id prefer to work in MedSurg but im not sure id i can work in the ICU or ER for now at least
It is absolutely not true. You need ICU experience for Nurse Anesthesia school, then there are multiple tracts and programs for NP. If you want to do FNP or Adult Primary Care med surge and clinic experience are fine. If you want to do acute care NP, you can still do med surge but depending on what job you want as an NP, you will want some critical care experience
I'm a nurse practitioner student right now. I'm in my 40s, and I don't see myself another year at the bedside. I still work part-time at the hospital to pay for my school. I don't have student loans.
In the urgent care where I worked, we always had a lot more than 25 a day. Two of us would see often 50 plus --- it was tough but I did enjoy the work. Constantly overworked though.
Im an FNP working in fam practice... Yeah I feel you, this M-F is not my jam. Thinking about leaving which is probably why I RU-vid "different np opportunities".
