Nursing students who want to be NP's

[Teaching the future]

Anyone else notice that many of their nursing students are becoming nurses as a stepping stone to being a nurse practitioner but have little interest in being a floor nurse? I'm worried we won't have bedside nurses before long.

[lebelesprit_]

Experience is always helpful. But the only issue I see with requiring extensive experience prior to NP school is that practice settings vary widely. My years at the medsurg bedside isn't very helpful for formulating a medicaton regimen for the newly diagnosed diabetic patient at the clinic. Nursing judgment doesn't always translate to the different practice settings. So how do we determine what experience should be required? What is the minimum rn competency required before pursuing an np?

Ive often wondered why theres no specialty residemcy tract based on your desired specialty. Unless i just hadnt found it.