ThePTNurseGuy DNP, NP

ThePTNurseGuy has 6 years experience as a DNP, NP and specializes in DPT, DNP. Ortho, Family Practice, Psych..

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1. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   What program are you in and where are you located? And when you say mental health, do you mean PMHNP or something else?

2. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   You’re a good person FullGlass. You truly are helping people out on this forum, and I’m sure many people appreciate it. You looking to stay in California or are you willing to go wherever? Ive always been told that obtaining 2 out of these 3 variabl...

3. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   It definitely should make you nervous. But, I'll say this: if you're going to become an Acute Care NP, critical care /ICU is the best experience you can have to open up doors. Likewise, if you're an FNP, ER experience is by far the best background yo...

4. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   @Oldmahubbard I couldn't agree with you more. My wife is a pharmacist and she graduated at just the right time. 7-10 years ago, pharmacy was the field to go into. Fast forward to now, and there is a surplus of PharmDs that are struggling to find a jo...

5. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   What side of the country are you located? @djmatte already brought up some good points. It's already been discussed ad nauseam as to why there is a surplus of NPs (surplus of awful programs, low threshold for school acceptance, etc.). If you download...

6. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   Haha you crack me up myoglobin. Your last breath? lol cmon man. In all seriousness though I respect that we don’t see eye to eye. Happens all the time. Keep finding your preceptors, and keep pushing for other students to desperately find clinical sit...

7. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   This conversation has run its course. We’re not going to see eye to eye on this topic, and that’s totally fine. When all is said and done, we all want what’s best for the profession (how we get there is a different story). I will be doing what I can ...

8. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   No one is denigrating anything. If you’re referencing me, please read what I wrote: I had preceptors to choose from and I chose to find one on my own for a particular clinical. That’s still autonomy to find you’re own preceptor. I chose 3 that were p...

9. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   @FullGlass: myoglobin is the only person I’ve talked to (forum, in-person or otherwise) who has suggested that finding your own preceptors is advantageous. You’re already paying the tuition: that should cover the school finding you preceptors, plain ...

10. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

    So you agree with the current vetting process, and believe that nursing does it the right way in regards to not including GRE/a standardized test? I do agree with some of the points you made. Dumb dumbs can still get through with these exams. Though,...

11. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

    You’re honestly comparing apples and orange man. Discussing the number of schools for medical school and nursing is a night and day comparison. Different variables at play. If you’re telling me that Phoenix and Walden are going to out compete more re...

12. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

    It won’t favor for profit schools. Why? Because many of the prestigious universities claim large resources within their local communities and get first dibs on a lot of different clinics. The reason for profit schools can get away with what they do i...

13. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

    You’re not choosing anything: they’re forcing your hand (and others) by making you find preceptors. That should be built in the tuition. I can’t tell you how many people have had to delay graduation (or simply not graduate) because they couldn’t find...

14. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    ThePTNurseGuy replied to guest416560's topic in NP

    @ZenLover thanks for sharing your thoughts on the subject. I agree that standardized testing, in of itself, does not paint the whole picture by any means. There is so much more to an ideal candidate than a GRE score. Though, I do find it interesting...

15. AANP vs. ANCC 2019 & Go w/ AANP

    ThePTNurseGuy replied to ThePTNurseGuy's topic in NP Students

    Thank you! I'd like to make one caveat when deciding between the two certifications: Each organization requires 100 CEUs every 5 years. However, the way that you obtain them is different. For the AANP, you need to obtain CEUs through various approved...