BackInTheSaddle

I came across a NP preceptor who charges a fee for precepting NP students. The fee is paid to the Preceptor's practice and the student pays it. Has anyone else had this experience?

Thanks, NomadikNurse, for the insight into working IHS as a FNP. I am interested in working in AZ, NM, UT areas for IHS when I graduate this Summer. I look occasionally at the IHS website for current job openings and also read local newspapers if they are online or local news outlets to get a feel for the area. But, there's nothing like reading another nurse's real-life experience.

Your gut instinct is telling you. Go ahead & make plans to get to med school. In NP school, preceptors are where you are really learning yet finding preceptors is a burden put upon the student. I've known of other NP students who make it to the final segment of the NP Program where clinicals are done only to find out that either the preceptor rescinded their offer or they simply cannot find a preceptor. Can you imagine? Telling your family you have one year left, quitting your job, then finding out you can't finish until another year goes by? In med school, you will not have this burden. The school establishes your plan of learning including doctors in practice to mentor you. Go for it & save yourself this heartache.

You may also want to research Phillipino nurses living in LV or Reno. There are some but I do not know if there is a formal group with whom you could form an association for support. Try to get some contacts either through a church or professional nursing group, too.

duca, so sorry about your experience. Unfortunately, I have also heard this before. It's all about hiring the least expensive labor force. I wonder how unionized areas like CA handle this? Please keep a record of what jobs you applied for, the responses you received as well as the "effort" your current company to "find" jobs within the organization. Importantly, keep record of what your company told you when they said you were not qualified to do the job you have been doing for 20 yrs. Get a copy of your employee file (yes, you are entitled to it) specifically for documentation of how you meet expectations, etc. I would then take this information to a lawyer who specifically works in employment discrimination. Good luck. I will check this post from time to time for any followups.

Mayo Clinic is the best. It's just that simple. I am jealous. :) Good luck to you!

Davey Do, your avatar is so funny! I loved Johnny Fever. What a show. Regarding the original post, I am totally in agreement with professional behavior being taught in nursing schools. I'll look at the suggested videos later & hope they are good. A problem with the bad behavior that I encountered was that it was being executed by those in charge, not just co-workers but the bosses. This is a work culture that should be brought to the attention of someone higher up. It may or may not be received well, though. When Nurses Hurt Nurses is an excellent book published a few years ago if you want to take a look. I've worked in really good environments where most of us helped each other but I also worked in one where I was humiliated in front of patients by the charge nurse, made to feel like an idiot, & openly talked about at the nurses station when physicians were present. I could go on and on. Even the patients would comment on the other nurse's behavior. So, I knew I wasn't being too sensitive. But, the book really helped me understand the culture. Even now, when I read posts like yours, it brings back the hurt but I actually feel sorry for those nurses.

The responses above have good suggestions. I hope you are doing better. I do have to insert here that I am disappointed in the verbal responses you have received in front of others, if I read your post correctly. Corrections as to your pace, etc. should be done outside of the ears of others. Otherwise, it is belittling & that is not professional. Encouragement goes a long way & I wish nurses would be more uplifting to those just starting out.

Umm...yeah. I did get a raise.

Consider yourself truly blessed and lucky to consistently have worked in pleasant conditions. I worked as a nurse in the clinical setting for many years then went to a desk job as I thought I was getting too old for the pace. I enjoyed my desk job but wanted patient interaction and I missed taking care of them. Now, returning to the clinical area I find the culture just as my friend (who is the same age) told me it would be. I originally thought she was exaggerating or just was overly sensitive. But, her words have rung true. I like the word "toxic" you used as it describes it very well. I hate my job but I love my patients. I will love taking care of them in a different role as a FNP in the future.

Very well said, brandy1017. I am an older person who returned to clinical nursing to update my assessment skills as preparation for FNP school. I was warned about the current nursing culture and she was spot on. It is vicious. Nurses (not all but most) are aggressively mean. Not just rude. I'm talking using energy to be mean to other nurses. Making fun of another in front of other nurses and humiliating another in front of patients. Very cliquish and definitely straight outta junior high. It is disappointing to say the least. The documentation alone is a reason to avoid this "profession." In fact, I know of one nurse who quit simply because the documentation requirements were just too much for him. He's now a trainer at a gym making more. But, if you are making minimum at the local retailer, .... Just think twice.

It seems that even though nurse shortages are documented in many areas of the country, employers will not hire them. I have experience and have received many "decline" emails in the Memphis area. Also, a nursing friend with a BSN receives the same emails. Doesn't make sense. The ads are still there but nobody hires. Are they looking for very young RNs? Even though it is against the law to ask an applicant's age, a quick review of one's resume will reveal an approximate age. So, I am thinking that they are "declining" based on age. Frustrating and disappointing.

One of the biggest disappointments in nursing for me is the lack of professionalism. Your experience is all too familiar and many of us can recite similar stories. The requirement for more education for nurses doesn't seem to be helping the professionalism issue. My grandmother who would be 103 if she was still alive, spoke of the same thing. So, with the general deterioration of society, it is no surprise that more nurses are just meaner than before. I have seen this every time I go to work & it is worse now than when I first started working as a nurse. Start preparing for another role in nursing such as case management or legal nurse consulting. I love taking care of patients and I love medicine so I am in NP school. I just hope I can hang in there until I am through with school.

You can review and analyze medical records for lawyers.

How horrible! Your pic with your eyes poked out? That's creating a hostile work environment if it stemmed from a harassment due to a protected characteristic like race, religion, etc and is not tolerated under the law. Different states take this different places, though. Or, now that I've thought about it, it sounds like a threat.