Needing encouragement, continue with school?

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Hi,

So I finished my first year of adult/geriatric primary care NP school and am now having second thoughts about continuing on in August. I have two more years (part-time) and will take pathophysiology in the fall but I'm not sure if I should finish school and figure out what to do with my master's degree later or stop now and see if this is the right degree for me. I don't know if I want to be a primary care provider in an outpatient setting. Did I chose this degree because I didn't want to do the administration or education track winding up in my program by default?

I'm 1/3 of the way through... continue on? What are some alternative things I can do with my adult np degree? Maybe home health? palliative care? any advice is greatly appreciated!!

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My answer may seem silly but I would say that if you have incurred any debt for this program then you need to finish. If not then do what you feel is best.

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Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.
Hi,

So I finished my first year of adult/geriatric primary care NP school and am now having second thoughts about continuing on in August. I have two more years (part-time) and will take pathophysiology in the fall but I'm not sure if I should finish school and figure out what to do with my master's degree later or stop now and see if this is the right degree for me. I don't know if I want to be a primary care provider in an outpatient setting. Did I chose this degree because I didn't want to do the administration or education track winding up in my program by default?

I'm 1/3 of the way through... continue on? What are some alternative things I can do with my adult np degree? Maybe home health? palliative care? any advice is greatly appreciated!!

How many NPs have you shadowed?

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Conquered- I am paying out-of-pocket so I have no debt. unfortunately, because I am working part-time, my employer does not offer tuition reimbursement.

BostonFNP- to be honest, I have not shadowed a np.

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Specializes in OR Nursing, Critical Care, Med-surg.

What made you want to pursue becoming a FNP in the first place?

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Specializes in Research, neurology.

I'm in my clinical now of Adult Gero primary care np program...and in the same boat as you. I had many second thoughts before I started clinical in May but thought I was too far in to quit completely and only had the 1 yr of clinical left. Now I had to go part-time and balancing work, clinical, home and bills is overwhelming. Hoping it gets easier to manage everything. No student loan debt for me either. I'm on the 5 yr plan and just took one class at a time sometimes taking semesters off--- not sure that I should have continued but kept thinking that I would regret not finishing. I thought about going into the nurse educator track at the last minute but that would have meant 6 more classes (or 2 more years if doing one class per semester!). Just 10 months left. No advice for you but just wanted to commiserate. Wish you best of luck in whatever you decide!!

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