NPs- How well prepared did you feel?

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I have applied to Frontier's ADN-FNP class for fall. I have been a nurse for 5 years, 4 of which have been in ICU. I am having a hard time comprehending in my mind how NP school will prepare me to be a primary provider and prepare me to transition from the RN role to that of an NP.

My question is- do you feel that your programs prepared you adequately to care for patients, to diagnose and treat them? I keep remembering and still believe that RN school was, for me, basically a lot of theory, and yes I got some experience in clinical, but the real learning didn't happen until I started my first job. Is this how it was with your NP training? Or did you feel like you were adequately trained IN SCHOOL (and clinical, of course) to treat and diagnose patients? I would like to know that I will be trained adequately enough to be able to jump in and start actually treating and diagnosing, at a novice level, of course. I understand that there will always be things to be learned and questions to be asked. But I want to know if you feel like you were prepared enough at the get go and didn't feel that your learning only began when you started working as an NP.