All NPs who were trained in US

RNGrad2006 · Apr 12, 2013

Not sure what your options are but surprised you got accepted into a program with such limited experience. I just graduated from an FNP program last August. I would not recommend advancing education with such limited experience. Where are you from? Is there any way you can work as an RN in your home country and then pursue school a few years down the road. That RN experience is invaluable and still when you graduate you still feel there is so much to learn but cant imagine how I would feel without that experience. I think our program required concurrent work as an RN while pursuing our degree.

babyNP., APRN · Apr 18, 2013

Not sure what your options are but surprised you got accepted into a program with such limited experience. I just graduated from an FNP program last August. I would not recommend advancing education with such limited experience. Where are you from? Is there any way you can work as an RN in your home country and then pursue school a few years down the road. That RN experience is invaluable and still when you graduate you still feel there is so much to learn but cant imagine how I would feel without that experience. I think our program required concurrent work as an RN while pursuing our degree.

Actually, it's pretty common these days; haven't you heard of the direct entry programs that require no bedside experience? I don't know how I feel about those (mainly because PA program has so many more clinical hours and the NP was traditionally expected to be an expert bedside RN), but it looks like the OP will have 2 years under her belt by the time she starts, which is fine I think.