redsnapper19

HI guys, I'm located in Houston. I'm in an adult gerontology primary care nurse practitioner program and hopefully will be graduating in Fall 2021. I'm in need of finding a preceptor for my clinical rotations next semester. My school has provided some sites to contact. What is the best way to speak with them over the phone to ask if I could attend?

I just wanted to ask this question for some clarification. From my understanding, patient abandonment is when you actually accepted patient care and leaving without giving a report to another nurse coming in to take care of that patient. I went from full time to prn at this place. I love my coworkers there, but I don't really trust the managers or administrators. I was a charge nurse there when the supervisors were away and a full-time floor nurse. I dreaded being a charge nurse there as there was only myself putting ordres in, calling the doctor, scanning paper, and checking all the other stuff such as correct temp on refrigerators and making sure everything is on the crash cart as well as looking over the other nurses and all of the patients. It gave me really bad anxiety and is the main reason I went prn. I have tried to tell them in the past that I no longer want to do charge nurse as that is not what I sign up for, but yet they still put me there sometimes. I have work at this facility for a few years and get along with a lot of my co-workers hence I still want to stay here as prn. I already told the manager that I'm not interested in a charge nurse position and is there prn as a floor nurse. Would it be patient abandonment if I come in to see my name on the board as a charge nurse and just walk out? I'm not taking any reports yet.

Hey guys! Finally back on here. Use to get on here awhile back when I first started nursing school for my associates. Forgot my username and password. I recently got accepted to a nurse practitioner program from a very good school. I'm excited but scared at the same time. It is a lot of information to take in. There are also a lot of responsibilities that comes with a new degree. Also hoping another nurse practitioner will accept to be my preceptor. I just wanted to ask you guys that went into nurse practitioner school if your work experience helped with your nurse practitioner specialty? I didn't choose family nurse practitioner as rather not work with children. Didn't choose acute care because I don't want to work in ICU or ER. My work experience have been nursing home, med surg, and acute rehab. Spent majority of my career in acute rehab. Went to orientation, and other students are in bigger hospitals or in specialty floor. I just feel like I'm lacking in experience prior to getting into the nurse practitioner program. The good thing is that some of those students only have one year of nursing experience. I will have to cut back on working full time so I can focus on school for the next two years.