Nurse educator vs FNP

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I am currently a nurse educator in an associate degree program. I do work PRN in an ER. However I am looking at attaining FNP, to work part time at while I finish my retirement (10 more years). Has anybody ever gone from teaching to NP? I would love comments or outlook on this. Thank you

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.

Just do it. People go on and on about clinical experience, buy I really think there is about a 10-15% nexus between RN'ing and NP'ing. They're so vastly different roles. Nothing I did in med-surg, corrections, ED, UC, or CC, or even psych, really carries over to what I do now. It's like two vastly different dominions.

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Thanks for the response. I see what you are saying. Would Psych NP be a better field to go into than FNP? Seems Psych is needed now.

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.

Yeah, it's a great field, but you need some personal interests to be successful and stay current. It's probably not what you think it's like either. Most nurses go on about how they "couldn't" do psych. I work in an office not unlike something you'd find an executive-type sitting in. Beyond the prescription pads and journals you wouldn't think you were in a clinical office. I don't supervise, manage, cajole, or babysit any patients. I don't calm them down, etc. They merely get an evaluation or medication follow-up, some educational talk surrounding diagnosis and treatment, and then they leave.

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