I've been an NP for about 3 months now. I make about 30k/year more as an NP, but I also work a lot more hours (usually about 50 hours a week) and as a previous person said, obsess a little about things when I'm home. BUT, I typically enjoy my work mo...
Primary care all the way! I tell people only to acute care if critical care is what you want. I know plenty of primary care people that work in all those areas. Good luck!
A&OxNone replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced
Two points I think I was trying to make in my last post that I didn't do a very good job being clear - and this is me under the assumption you want to go back to school and haven't started yet or are fairly early in your training as an APP - First is...
A&OxNone replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in Advanced
My sister has endometriosis and goes to a gynecologist that suddenly decided to stop prescribing birth control, no matter what the condition. I would also like to clarify that this wasn't part of a religious healthcare system, it was just because of ...
In my state, the only thing that getting a primary care degree prevents you from doing is PICU, really, and thats mostly just because of preference. They actually care more about RN experience in PICU than they care about an acute care degree usually...
A&OxNone replied to wildnursebrendan's topic in Advanced
I would also like to add that most PNP programs wont accept you without so many hours of peds nursing experience. I really think you need to focus your interest or just take some time - which is TOTALLY FINE - to really figure out what you want in yo...
If schools are your number 1 factor, I think Johns Creek and most Cobb county schools are going to be your top options. I have a friend that lives in Johns Creek and commutes into Atlanta because the public schools are just as good as most private sc...
Do you have kids? Only because schools are a big deal depending on the area so I thought it might change my advice for you. None of those areas are bad really. It just depends on what you are looking for. Do you have sometimes keeping you from livin...
In my area (Atlanta), its very similar which is why I went the PNP route - I knew I wanted to work for CHOA and thats what they want. However, they will under certain circumstances hire an FNP with a significant amount of pediatric background, but it...
I am by no means minimizing PA programs or anything of the sort. I do think they come out (generally) better prepared on the textbook side of things. But, regardless of what that reason is, I don't think its because people don't work during those pro...
Sorry its taken me a few days to respond, I've been working (although it seems like thats probably frowned upon by you). To answer your questions, i'm saying that even if I didn't work, it would've been really really difficult to to obtain the kind o...
This would be awesome, except I barely was able to complete the amount of hours required because of lack of preceptors. I wish I could have all the time and resources at my disposal, but as somebody that graduates in two week, I'm literally going to ...
You should for sure look into pediatrics. Its almost none of your "dislikes". I actually didn't like doing adult nursing for most of the same reasons. I do work ICU now and will tell you that the fear of messing up is really high - BUT, those parents...
The people that say not to do compressions first, I have one question and one statement... How (and why?) would you pull a kid up (especially if they bigger- like, are older than about 5 years old) to do the heimlich maneuver on a kid that now is a l...
A&OxNone replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in Pediatric
SO MUCH OF THIS! I always knew I would do peds in nursing school, so I can't say that I knew this as the "most enjoyable" thing until a few years into my nursing career. But saying that they dont "enjoy the sick role" is right on point. I've seen an ...