new nurse: career advice needed

[NurseNancy88]

Hey my fellow nursing peers! So just a quick introduction: I graduated this may with my BSN in nursing, landed my first job on on a medsurg floor in a hospital.

My dream and passion as long as i can remember is to get my nurse practitioner or dnp license, run a private practice, and regularly team up with other health care professionals maybe a few times a year to provide healthcare services in third world countries or impoverished areas.

I've gone a medical mission trips to Mexico and other countries and completely loved every minute of serving those in imminent need of health care services. However, I've realized that in order to branch out of bedside nursing, at least a year of hospital experience is required.

I realize these ideas may seem a little far fetched but these are dreams really close to my heart as cheesy as that sounds and any advice and feedback is welcome.

So here are my questions:

how many years of bedside hospital experience should i have before pursing a family nurse practitioner or dnp?

how many years of working in a clinic should i have under my belt??

any advice on how to pursue any of this??

[Marshall1]

You will get a lot of responses on here..I suggest going to the NP forum and reading up there as well as contacting the school you wish to apply to for the program and see what their requirements for admission are. Good luck!