Clinicals....how do you do it?

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I start post masters FNP in January. I work full time as a Clinical Documentation Specialist M-F office hours. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed with a daunting 265 hours of clinicals sitting in front of me. How did you guys do it? Was it manageable?

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I started full time Friday, Sat and Sunday but half way through I had to cut back to just weekends. The clinicals, exams, papers, long commute times were killing me and even part time is was a strain. When I finished everything - I discovered so much time on my hands! It was awesome!

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I worked weekends (12 hour shifts) and did my clinicals and classroom Monday through Friday. Ugh. It was a very long haul and I was pretty miserable. I had no choice due to a number of circumstances, and I guess it worked out pretty well, but it was exhausting. I do not recommend it.

I just completed my program and basically did the same as you- worked mainly weekends and was generally unhappy haha

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