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I am in my last year of an AGACNP program and I second the recommendation to drop to part-time if you have the opportunity. You'll have more time and energy to dedicate to school work (which is like nursing school on steroids!) and decrease the chances of anything going wrong with school. The Marketplace is a good place to find insurance that isn't insanely expensive. I am doing this with family support but also have an energetic 7 year old. So I work 1 day per week during this last year, teaching clinicals, but my preceptor hours are heavy and I don't see her very much during those weeks (current preceptor is 7 on 7 off). If you have the chance to do this now, before you have kids or other responsibilities, you'll be much happier. Good luck and kudos!

I joined the eNP network, they have a board to connect students with potential preceptors. I ended up finding some through my coworkers who had finished NP programs, but I did have someone reach out and offer to precept me (would have been either a two-hour commute for me or staying with family so I declined). Encouraging and supportive and they won't charge an arm and a leg to precept you! Edit: https://www.enpnetwork.com/

That's the whole point of this thread.

I never said or believed it did. Why are you on a nurse practitioner student discussion board? Your comments contribute nothing constructive or helpful. There's a subreddit available called r/Noctors if you prefer NP bashing, as well as https://www.midlevel.WOW!/ You may find conversation on your level there.

Um, yeah. That's exactly what I was saying. Try reading the post. ?

Porth is horrible! I did finish, and I find it useful as a reference but not as a primary textbook. When I read it again, having a fair grasp of the content, I can tell English is not the primary language of some of the authors. Punctuation is lacking and drastically changes the readability and meaning in some chapters. (Referring to 10th edition). To get through this class, I bought Pathophysiology Made Ridiculously Simple by Berkowitz. That's the jumping off point, then read Porth to get more in depth with the content. Then I used Anki decks, premade, to help make everything stick. My program seemed to want to condense 4 years of medical school into 1 class. The amount of work I put in was incredibly disproportionate to the credits or grade I earned (89). My program got better, still demanding but not impossible. I think my program used pathophysiology to weed people out after making them pay for all the front-loaded fluff classes. Good luck! ???

I am taking this class currently, and just got a 58 on my midterm. I am horrified. I studied, took copious notes, and feel like there is no guidance in my program. (Yes it’s online, but I’ve made my bed). We didn’t have a seminar last week or this week, and there’s no feedback as to what was missed/what I need to learn. What study materials have others used? Our textbook is Porth, I bought PrepU access, and tried various strategies for prioritizing topics and note taking. I am drowning. Eating some humble pie because I thought I was Super Nurse, but I need help!

Thank you so much for sharing this - as a mother of a three-year-old, I was grateful for the warning. It took me three days to read anything but your initial post, and I'm crying right now! When you mentioned how cold he was I was hopeful. I am the opposite of religious, but I can't think of anything closer to a miracle than you being present to start CPR right away. Lots and lots of hugs!

I am the sole breadwinner for our family of 5 - my 2 stepchildren and our daughter. My husband is a stay-at-home dad. I can't take off the time even for the didactic portion of the program. I have thought about it. :) FNP or AGACNP both would let me work while completing the degree. I am leaning towards the AGACNP, that's where my passion lies - I can always be a nocturnist for a year to get NP experience, and then relocate to be a hospitalist on days in a critical access hospital. And maybe get an FNP post-grad certificate for more versatility. Thank you for your reply!

I'm currently a critical care nurse and I love it - I love codes and vents and really sick patients. I am trying to decide between AGACNP vs FNP - I feel like as an AGACNP I may be more superfluous in the critical care environment, and I cannot work nights again and don't want to be a nocturnist/hospitalist. As an FNP I could work in the ER, and still have that critical care experience while also seeing more urgent care/primary care needs. However, I have *no* ER experience as an RN. Autonomy is high on my list of priorities. My mother passed away last November. I had planned to become a nurse practitioner to help take care of her because she was terrified to go to the doctor and refused to go. She was only 59. Her passing is my main impetus for doing this now - time is so short! I would like to be the kind of health care provider she would not have been afraid of. She had Asperger's syndrome and agoraphobia, and severe COPD and heart disease. I would love input from anyone currently working in these fields. Thank you very much in advance! Jamie RN, CCRN