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Yep, feel like that quite a bit. It's in my head most of the time when I think, man, I should know this, and I will google it while I'm charting or look something up in the med book. I recently had a student nurse every Saturday for like 6 weeks. She would ask me stuff and I felt like I was saying "I don't know" a lot but when I went to ask the more seasoned nurses, they would say they didn't know either so I didn't feel as bad. I think the days of regurgitating information cease once you pass that NCLEX. The good thing is, there are a million resources out there to help you out. Just make sure you look stuff up before you go into a patients room.

I despise the "my daughter (or son) will be here later, she's a nurse and she the mean one" conversation. I'm thinking "SO!" But I just smile and say "oh really? in what area does she work?" I have had family member nurses attempt to intimidate me and stand right next to me at the in-room computer looking over my shoulder asking questions. I despise that, too. I wouldn't offer up the nurse card unless I saw them doing something wrong or that could be harmful. I would tactfully offer a suggestion or maybe ask questions about what they are doing and maybe explain that at my facility, we do this or that. I wouldn't want to make them feel bad or try to undermine them.

Sigh! So, the get over it conversation is as played out as the word itself. The reason people continue to do this is because they are allowed to. Excuses are made for them each and every day, even in this thread. I have not had that experience but I'm most definitely sure it will happen at some point because, well, people are just stupid, childish, lacking in creativity and vocabulary, and frankly self-hating, and insecure. I imagine myself, whenever the day comes that I am faced with that same situation, telling the patient that they need to be a bit more creative in their insults and to not be mad at me because I'm looking down on them instead of the opposite. I imagine myself internally satisfied that as they're calling me dumb names, I'm helping to take their pain away, or advocating for them. Some people will never get over the fact that people of all races are here to stay and just can't get over themselves. It's not my fault they feel a type of way about that and its not yours either. I would advise that you find some little satisfaction in the situation and try to conduct your nursing career providing the best care that you can for everybody, regardless of how much respect, or lack there of, they have for you. Prepare a professional response in case it happens again. But try not to let it continue to get to you because you will never be able to control what other people think of you.

What BSNbedone said. Document, document, document. Have concrete proof of their lack of everything for the next time you bring it up. And like has been said, move it up the chain of command. Is there anyone else willing to support your efforts for change with these two? There is strength in numbers as they say so get as many nurses and even other techs behind you and take it to leadership. I'll bet they can't ignore you then. Good luck and keep us posted.

Awwww, you haven't experienced anything yet. Of course you feel like you've got this! Stand down grasshopper! I've seen the cocky new nurse get her behind handed to her by the doctors and other nurses because she got ahead of herself, thinking she knows everything. Not saying this is your fate or wishing anything but the best, but do slow down and absorb as much as you can. Your orientation will change as you progress, you'll do more and more and the preceptor will do less and less. When he/she feels like you are ready, you'll take the team and either sink or swim. Your preceptor will be there to rescue you. If you are truly ready to be on your own, you just might be turned loose before the 12 weeks. Hold tight and listen for now.

So, I'm not an NP, yet, but my former supervisor is a new FNP at the same hospital. Anyway, I work on a cardiology unit at a hospital where a particular cardiologist group admits their patients from their clinic. I asked my former supervisor to describe a day in the life and she told me that she see's clients at the clinic first until a certain time, then rounds at the hospital the rest of the day. She is paired with a particular cardiologist and see's the patient's first, writes her notes and orders, then he rounds on the patients and co-signs her work, sometimes elaborating or adding his own information. I know she works from as early as 0600 or 0700 until about 1800 during the week and until noon on her "on" weekends. That's about all I know about that. We have a couple of night shift NP's that work 7 days on and 7 days off, but they are specifically acute care. I'd be interested to get more information from others as well.

Online is the way of the future so online does not mean easy or cheesy. Many, many schools are going online in order to reach out to students who can't or don't want to move, particularly those who are established in their careers, have families, etc. Georgetown, Duke, UNC, the list goes on and on. For profit online schools are usually the checkbook entry type, but they just want your money, and lots of it. As has been said, there are a lot of reputable online programs out there and they range in price from $30k up to darn near $80k, and probably beyond. Check national ranking to find out how competitive programs are. Also, finding your own preceptors is not uncommon, particularly if you do an online program. Doesn't mean anything about the program or its support of students, just means you know more about your particular area than they probably do. Most schools, if not all, will make the contacts with your suggested preceptors to set things up. As for getting in, first off 3.19 is not "horrendous." It may not be what you wanted or were shooting for, but it is far from horrendous. If you got into an ABSN program, which tend to be highly competitive, at least where I live, then you probably wouldn't have trouble getting into an NP program. Think it through, look at pros and cons of either decision and do what's best for you, not based on what you think could happen in the future.

#proudtobeanurse, I applied to the adult/geri primary care NP program. Yeah, the guy told me that if I hadn't called, it may have still been sitting in limbo. Wonder what happened?

Thanks. I always wondered about that. I never heard rapids called, only codes so I assumed it was due to the type of unit but was not sure.

I received my acceptance letter today, after waiting 3 months and my application sitting in space. Had I not called, it would still be there. Did any of you have to interview? I'm seeing people say they interviewed. I didn't and there was nothing in my notification saying I needed to.

Does anyone else work on a unit where you don't call rapids? I work on a cardiac telemetry/universal bed and we receive both tele and ICU patients, though only ICU trained nurses take those patients. Anyway, we don't call rapids, possibly because we already have ICU nurses at the ready. We call a code if things get real bad, but no rapids. Anyone else in this situation?

Not sure if you all are aware or not, but there is a YouTube vlog that chronicles one students journey through Simmons FNP program. She talks about it each week. So far, its interesting. I'll post a link to it. It's called Follow Me Through Grad School. By Bizzy Bee Nursing.

Looking forward to this experience. Oh, and I just joined the September 2017 cohort fb group.

I, too, am starting Simmons this fall, and I, too, am taking the bridge course in May. I had originally selected to start the program in May and my admissions counselor was trying to get me to enroll in the bridge for March, but I'm not ready. Yikes! I have all of my sciences finished and I still have to take the bridge. I asked my admissions counselor why I was taking it and he told me it was because I got a C in physiology. Oh well, I guess I could use the refresher since I was pregnant at the time and missed my final, yada, yada, yada. Still its an expensive refresher. Anyhoo, I'm excited, yet nervous, yet concerned for the financial aspects as well. I also applied to UTMB and found out after waiting for 3 months that my application was basically just sitting in the atmosphere. Had I not called, it would still be there. So I have to wait another couple of weeks for a decision on them. It's significantly cheaper than Simmons, so I was hoping to get a decision before the deposit deadline came. I'm part time as well....gotta keep money coming in.