I'm currently doing my NP program. Any NPs out there willing to help me with a survey

[kLepTo]

I go to different hospitals every day (registry nurse) so it's hard for me to develop a working relationship with the NPs I see at work to ask them to do the survey for me. This survey is for my APN role development class.

What's your specialty?

1. Why did you become an APN?
   
2. How long have you been practicing as an APN?
   
3. How did you get your current job?
   
4. What national certification do you currently hold?
   
5. Describe how consistent your role is with what you thought it would be when you first started your job.
   
6. What is your role regarding development of standardized procedures?
   
7. What is your role regarding medical coding and billing?
   
8. What do you wish you had learned in school that would have better prepared you to be successful as an APN?
   
9. What advice can you give me as I begin my education?
   
10. What do you like the best/least about the APN role?
    
11. Describe how your understanding of the APN role changed as you went through your educational program.
    
12. What professional organizations do you belong to and why are these memberships beneficial/not beneficial?
    

Thanks for taking the time to fill it out.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Why did you become an APN? for more opportunities

How long have you been practicing as an APN? 7.5 yrs

How did you get your current job? word of mouth, networking with preceptor

What national certification do you currently hold? ANCC adult health CNS and ANCC peds CNS{/B]

Describe how consistent your role is with what you thought it would be when you first started your job. very consistent

What is your role regarding development of standardized procedures? n/a

What is your role regarding medical coding and billing? I have to come up with ICD10 code for my tests

What do you wish you had learned in school that would have better prepared you to be successful as an APN? more procedures

What advice can you give me as I begin my education? get your preceptorship organized early

What do you like the best/least about the APN role?most - autonomy and flexibility. Least - nothing really

Describe how your understanding of the APN role changed as you went through your educational program.n/a

What professional organizations do you belong to and why are these memberships beneficial/not beneficial? NACNS not helpful.