Any NPs that still work as RN?

[delilahgirl]

Hi everyone. I have a question for all your NPs and soon to be NPs...first off, do any of you still work as RNs? Here is my predicament. I graduated a year ago from an FNP program but due to personal and monetary issues, I haven't taken my boards as of yet. I am finally at the place where I am getting ready to take my boards and have been feverishly studying! Anyway, since graduating from my NP program I moved and started a new job due to my husband being transferred for work. I interviewed for 2 jobs in the specialty I've been working in for most of my nursing career and was turned down by 1 and offered the other. I am pretty sure I was turned down for the 1 job because I had my master's and they thought I would eventually leave after taking my boards (they had a lot of nurses currently in school for their NP or nurses that had recently left because they became NPs). In the other interview, the question never even came up about my master's degree and I was actually offered the job on the spot. So I took the job but have been looking for other jobs due to a reason I would rather not discuss. I have 2 interviews next week for other RN positions and even though I plan on taking my boards in the near future, I still need a job in the meantime because 1. I don't know if I will pass my boards and 2. even if I pass my boards, I know it can take some time to get credentialed and then even find a job. So here is my real question...if asked in the interview if I plan on leaving any time soon or what I plan on doing with my NP, what can I say to assure them I am not planning on leaving any time soon? I really, really need a job and am scared to death I won't be hired because they think I will leave really quickly after starting. Any thoughts?

[delilahgirl]

I apologize for calling anyone judgemental and I'm sorry I posted this topic here. I am trying to protect my anonymity and I don't think anyone will fully understand my reason unless I explain it and I am not willing to do that here. Thanks for everyone's opinions. And thanks for making me feel belittled. I do not have committment issues and held a job for 6 years prior to moving. So again thanks for your time.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

I think you misunderstand what everyone is saying...you asked a question and you got honest answers. No one is belittling you. It is expensive to train a new employee every six months out of the gate. As a manager I am looking for a long term commitment. Your personal background that makes you have to make this decision is of little consequence to me...it is however, a huge part of consideration when I am looking at having song term quality staff.

It may not be what you wanted to hear...but it is the truth.

[DidiRN]

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[Retired APRN, MSN, RN, APRN]

[...] And thanks for making me feel belittled.[...]

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. (Attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt)

I agree with Esme (post #13 above) and repeat part of her siggie/footer for emphasis.

OP, I understand your desire for anonymity, but it wasn't really fair to ask for thoughts and opinions without providing complete information and then to criticize the respondants. If nothing else, you have a group of present and former nurse managers telling you how they would respond to the situation you presented.

It is true that you articulated a different question:

So here is my real question...if asked in the interview if I plan on leaving any time soon or what I plan on doing with my NP, what can I say to assure them I am not planning on leaving any time soon? I really, really need a job and am scared to death I won't be hired because they think I will leave really quickly after starting. Any thoughts?

I don't think any of us will help you be deceptive in an interview. Your description of the solution led me--and, I assume, the others--to believe that you are, in fact, quite likely to leave soon after starting a new job. If we are misunderstanding, please try to explain more fully so that we can be helpful.