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uthscsa2011
106 Posts
Hello all,
The reason I am asking is because I am a school nurse and I want to become an FNP before 2015 when they change the degree requirement from MSN to Doctorate. But with a school nurse's schedule, is it possible to go back to school? There is an online program I am interested in but I would still have to do clinicals during the week? I have never worked in a hospital, so I would not be able to work on the weekends bedside bc I have already tried and they have all told me "you need to drop the school nurse job because we need to train you and training is 12-18 weeks following a mentor's schedule"...not something they could do if I'm working 7-5 M-F. So getting a hospital job on the weekends is out of the question. Havve any of you school nurse did this before? And if so how? Any other suggestions?