Interview APN for FNP school

[queenscomplaint]

Looking for answers to the following questions. Please only respond if you are an advanced practice nurse. Can be any specialty. Thanks!

1. How long did it take you to find a job? How long after starting your first job did it take to feel confident of your knowledge/abilities?

2. How is your role different from other APNs?

3. Do you find that patients don't understand the role of an APN?

4. Have you worked under a physician during your career? If so, did it make you feel more or less secure?

5. you feel your school provided you adequate knowledge to pass the certification exam? Did you utilize review resources prior to taking exam?

6. How much is starting pay for APN's in your field? Have you noticed new grads getting paid more now than when you started?

7. Are you involved in nursing organizations or in the political arena?

8. How has your scope of practice changed throughout your career? Both regulatory and personally.

9. Is your pay by the hour, salary, or by patient? Did you negotiate on your first contract? How is your contract now different from your first job?

10. Who are you credentialed with? Certification agency which insurance companies?

[sirI, MSN, APRN, NP]

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Thread moved to Student NP forum.

[BostonFNP, APRN]

Looking for answers to the following questions. Please only respond if you are an advanced practice nurse. Can be any specialty. Thanks!

Welcome.

Can you tell us why you are asking these questions? For a school assignment?

If you have been assigned an interview with an APN as a school assignment then I highly recommend you reach out to some NPs in your local community. The purpose of given these assignments is to have the student begin networking and exploring the local APN market. Getting answers fromt he internet community is easy and perhaps of some value to you but it is not of the same value as actually interviewing a few local APNs.

Best of luck.

[Jules A, MSN]

Don't you know any APRNs? This always surprises me because you should be networking in a serious way before and while in NP school, imo. Join your state's NP organization and in many cases get a nice student rate.

[queenscomplaint]

I've worked with nurse practitioners in the past. The hospital I work with only utilizes residents. I've already been emailing and calling APNs for two weeks, and my assignment in due friday. I wouldn't be on here if I was having luck in networking. it appears the nursing community is more interested in criticizing than assisting, which is the case I'm seeing in person and online. Just another dead end of wasted time.

[Jules A, MSN]

I've worked with nurse practitioners in the past. The hospital I work with only utilizes residents. I've already been emailing and calling APNs for two weeks, and my assignment in due friday. I wouldn't be on here if I was having luck in networking. it appears the nursing community is more interested in criticizing than assisting, which is the case I'm seeing in person and online. Just another dead end of wasted time.

Bummer because I would guess anyone who might have considered doing it if you had just answered that you are in a jam without the defensiveness might not be so willing now.

My advice definitely keep calling the NPs you have worked with. Although time consuming I have done a similar survey for a RN I work with and can't imagine most NPs not being willing to help out a former coworker. Good luck.