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Extra Pickles

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OP please heed the advice and wonderful information that other people have posted here for you. Please disregard what you know you need to disregard, and also know that if you are the one who keeps your eyes open, ears open, and mind open, you not only will learn far more than some others here, you will actually be on your way to being a good professional nurse. Good luck to you!

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

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brinkk

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Daaamn. Everyone is in their feelings tonight lmao. Yes i am a nursing student but i would NEVER in my life be a nurse. EVER. The **** nurses go through and have to do for the salary they get paid is horrible. I knew coming into nursing school that I didnt want to be a nurse, and just being in the clinical setting, strongly reinforced that decision.

And for the example above.. :o Are you really bragging about digging in someones feces. Like thats something you enjoy doing? Lmao. Anyway, i stand by the comments I have made. NURSES think they use their brain alot? Than what do doctors do? LOL. Doctors are the ones truly saving peoples lives.. Nurses are just babysitting. Stop acting like nurses analyze every single little thing over every single second of work. Most of the time youre being a waiter, cna or housekeeper :)

You are a nursing student, so please stop acting like you know what real nursing is like. I see you are one of the many people who think they are gonna be an NP. Do you realize that you usually need two years or so of critical care nursing to be an NP? You seem very uneducated on this topic, which is probably because you are just a student and have no idea what real nursing is like.

I took a look at your past posts and you are in community college just starting your journey, so let's pump the breaks a bit with all of this "knowledge" you are spouting.

Did I see you mention nurse pay isn't good? BSN nurses in my town are making 70k in the midwest with low cost of living. That is a ton of money nearly triple the average salary where I live. You can look up other salaries around the country and you will see the same. I think the national average is around 60k. If you live in a state with a low cost of living that is amazing pay.

I am in my last year of my BSN and I am also a CNA. There are two hospitals in my town and I can count the amount of times I have seen a nurse clean up feces using both of my hands. The CNA's bring the trays, feed and help clean up. The nurses help when they can. There are some hospitals/departments that don't have CNA's, but that is on the low side.

You come off as extremely under educated on the profession of nursing and I don't blame you for that because you are in a community college just starting. Let's leave people with RN after their names to explain what nursing is like.

NutmeggeRN, BSN

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Horseshoe, BSN, RN

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Do you realize that you usually need two years or so of critical care nursing to be an NP? You seem very uneducated on this topic, which is probably because you are just a student and have no idea what real nursing is like.

I don't think that is correct. I think you may be confusing that with the requirements for CRNA school.

Specializes in Hospitalist Medicine.

Some ACNP programs require critical care experience. But I do agree, most FNP programs do not.

Horseshoe, BSN, RN

5,879 Posts

Some ACNP programs require critical care experience. But I do agree, most FNP programs do not.

Thanks! What I love about AN is that I usually learn at least ONE new thing every time I visit.

crazydoglady89

237 Posts

WOW.

I feel bad for Lightning. While there is nothing wrong with not wanting to be a bedside nurse, it is absolutely disgusting to look down upon nurses/any member of your healthcare TEAM. This goes for all professions/work settings. Everyone has different backgrounds, and that is why people come together to make it happen. NP's do not run the entire show. Not even CLOSE. You will be quickly humbled by how many people are 100x smarter than you.

My husband is a PA with 5 years experience and top notch grades, still pretty young. He often speaks highly of the nurses he has worked with in his years who have "saved" him or greatly educated him at work. In his ICU rotation, he always said how thankful he was that he worked with such brilliant nurses who were there to help and educate.

If Lightning even MAKES IT to NP school (much less through nursing school), I'm sure their colleagues will see right through their crappy attitude and not make their job any easier. When you need the help of a lowly nurse, I'm sure they will take extra care of you. Also, you would very possibly be working with some RN's who make more money than you as a new NP. Hope that doesn't upset you too much. Or when a patient says they don't want to see the nurse (you), they'd rather see the DOCTOR.

brinkk

24 Posts

I don't think that is correct. I think you may be confusing that with the requirements for CRNA school.

Both of the FNP programs in my state list it as a preference on their website, but not a requirement. My mistake. Not a requirement, but it will obviously help you be more competitive experience wise.

Horseshoe, BSN, RN

5,879 Posts

Both of the FNP programs in my state list it as a preference on their website, but not a requirement. My mistake. Not a requirement, but it will obviously help you be more competitive experience wise.

I agree. I know there are some very good FNPs who went straight into practice without working as RNs, but I think overall that experience in the trenches FIRST would make them even better. JMO, and I'll admit that I've never worked as a FNP so there's a chance I'm wrong.

elkpark

14,633 Posts

Both of the FNP programs in my state list it as a preference on their website, but not a requirement. My mistake. Not a requirement, but it will obviously help you be more competitive experience wise.

Are you talking about general nursing experience, or critical care, specifically, experience? Your previous statement was about critical care experience being required for FNP programs.

brinkk

24 Posts

Are you talking about general nursing experience, or critical care, specifically, experience? Your previous statement was about critical care experience being required for FNP programs.

Experience. I didn't mean to put critical care.

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