jalma527

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1. Changed My Mind

   jalma527 replied to CraigB-RN's topic in NP

   I have pondered this question of why I am dissatisfied for sometime and this is what I've come up with so far: 1. I miss the commaraderie of having other nurses with you on the floor with bedside nursing. Maybe I had a unique experience when I was a...

2. Changed My Mind

   jalma527 replied to CraigB-RN's topic in NP

   Sounds like you're not ready yet. Trust your gut. If it doesn't feel right to do it now because you're not sure - wait. The upcoming DNp programs are not going to obliterate master's prepared NPs, there are 2 many of us to allow that to happen! ...

3. Changed My Mind

   jalma527 replied to CraigB-RN's topic in NP

   What about public health nursing, school nursing, outpatient clinic, management, medispa work, or teaching? Some of these may be a better fit for you then primary care NP work. But if you're already in the program and can stick out, do so and just k...

4. Changed My Mind

   jalma527 replied to CraigB-RN's topic in NP

   I agree with jjjoy - it is easier and faster to become a NP than an MD if that is your goal, but in my experience the work as an NP is not as comfortable. My job does not hold any different expectations for me than what are placed on the MDs, and I ...

5. Changed My Mind

   jalma527 replied to CraigB-RN's topic in NP

   I apologize for this lengthy response.:typing My goal was always to be a FNP. Toward the end of my undergraduate schooling I was in a MVA, car vs pedestrian, I was the pedestrian. The accident left me with depression that was undiagnosed for someti...

6. Changed My Mind

   jalma527 replied to CraigB-RN's topic in NP

   That's a good idea. I've been working as a FNP for a little over 2 years now and I'm not really happy. In the middle of my program I thought about quitting and just stuck it out. I'm happy I did because now I know for sure that it's not for me and...