FNP New Grads - Tell us about your first job!

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In addition to what you do on a day-to-day and your likes/dislikes about your job, I think aspiring FNPs such as myself would love to learn more about the following:

- How long after graduating/passing your boards did it take to land this job?

- Annual salary (including city or state you are in)

- Hours/week

- Benefits

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Hello future nursing students, nursing students and nurses.

I know no one can offer medical advice but I am in need of reassurance. I just lost my grandmother who had raised me and my brother in August. She was just 71, yes it maybe that she lived 71 years but I am just struggling with the grieving process of her passing. I keep thinking of how she was 7 or 8 years ago as opposed to the last year she was alive. My grandfather passed in 2006 and I can't come to realize my grandmother only lived 11 years after his passing. I cry all the time and I even get angry at times. I feel like I cant get to the acceptance stage of grieving. I am an LPN student in my second quarter of the program and I am concerned I will continue to struggle with the loss of my grandmother, therefore it will be hard to get through the rest of nursing school. Has anyone ever been in this situation and if so how did you cope so you could be successful in nursing school and in your nursing career. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Also I am doing very well academically. I have all As this quarter and earned a B in Fundamentals last quarter. Thanks!

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Hello future nursing students, current nursing students and nurses.

I know no one can offer medical advice but I am in need of reassurance. I just lost my grandmother who had raised me and my brother in August. She was just 71, yes it maybe that she lived 71 years but I am just struggling with the grieving process of her passing. I keep thinking of how she was 7 or 8 years ago as opposed to the last year she was alive. My grandfather passed in 2006 and I can't come to realize my grandmother only lived 11 years after his passing. I cry all the time and I even get angry at times. I feel like I cant get to the acceptance stage of grieving. I am an LPN student in my second quarter of the program and I am concerned I will continue to struggle with the loss of my grandmother, therefore it will be hard to get through the rest of nursing school. Has anyone ever been in this situation and if so how did you cope so you could be successful in nursing school and in your nursing career. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Also I am doing very well academically. I have all As this quarter and earned a B in Fundamentals last quarter. Thanks!

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Specializes in ER.

My mother had an aneurysm in my 1st semester, fell into a coma for 4 months, and died in my 2d semester. I took one day off for the funeral. My 1st day back one of my instructors was particularly nasty when I bent the needle while drawing up insulin for the 1st time. My hands were shaking so much.

I made it through. You'll do the same. We have to plow forward in life. Loss is inevitable, be strong for your grandma.

(((Hugs)))

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

It sounds like you would perhaps benefit from speaking with a therapist. The loss of a grandparent is hard; it can only be more so when that grandparent filled the parent role as well.

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Hello,I am deeply sorry to here about your grandmothers passing.

I lost my mother to cancer ten years ago. I was not in nursing school at the time,but I had a lot of trouble dealing with her death. A few things that helped me was to remember all the good times we had. One thing I did was to write some of my best memories down,in almost a story like way. Also to not be ashamed of my feeling at the time,I I wanted to cry I did. Talking to people about my mother also helped. I am sorry I could not be of more help or to say something profound,but these were the things that helped me.

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Thanks so much for you sincere words, I am sorry to hear about the loss of your mother. Good for you for being able to stay strong through it all. It isthe hardest thing I've gone through because I felt like she was all I had in my life. When I am walking somewhere or if I am not around others it begins to really set in as if I can't let go which death is a hard process to intake. I do have to keep moving forward because nursing is going to allow me to help others. My grandma had stage 4 lung cancer and because of her weakened immune system the chemotherapy and radiation made her health deteriorate faster. It is just so hard at times I feel like like I am stuck in one or more areas of the grieving process and I just need to reach the acceptance stage so I can continue on my journey through nursing school and help others to regain an optimal level health. Thanks again for your sincere and encouraging thoughts Emergent, RN

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My condolences on your loss. Losing people we love is hard, very hard.

I see that you have posted two identical threads. Perhaps you could email one of the administrators and have them merge your two threads, so that you only have to open one of them to see responses.

Take care.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

I have been at my first job for a year now. I am in Palliative Care so we provide symptom management for life-limiting and chronic illnesses, have family meetings for goals of care, assist with Advanced Care Planning, and can coordinate with hospice for patients. Most of the time I like my job but some days are pretty emotionally taxing. The worst part of my job is when we are utilized as pain management for patients that are admitted for surgery or chronic pain patients.

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Yes Rose_Queen, my grandparents are both gone and the hardest part is knowing I can no longer see her or hear her. I will sure take that advice and see a therapist because unless I find a way to deal with her passing I may struggle to go forward which I want more than anything to reach my goals. All the support on here is helping me. I know talking to others helps most importantly seeking professional help is crucial in moving forward. Thanks again Rose_Queen.

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Thanks Horseshoe for letting me know about my double thread. I tried to edit the first thread and thought I could just delete the first thread and post the edited thread. Also thank you for your condolences. Everyone has helped me to see the positive side of this sad time in my life. I will continue to seek out positive people that can help me to see that losing a close relative is hard but finding a way to cope with the loss in a healthy way is what is important.

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