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  1. What can I do with my MSN-FNP that doesn't require much patient contact

    CaliGrlOncNP replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    She already was working as a nurse and did like patient care before becoming an NP. The problem is there's no way to really know if you like the job you are going for until you actually do it....

  2. What can I do with my MSN-FNP that doesn't require much patient contact

    CaliGrlOncNP replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Perhaps I didn't, although I have met a number of those people through my undergrad/graduate education. The attendings I work with now are fairly honest about the fact that the job is sometimes...

  3. How would you improve the nursing profession? (beyond better staffing, higher pay, etc)

    CaliGrlOncNP replied to labordude's topic in General Nursing

    Many nursing schools need some serious updating of their curriculum. My FNP program left me feeling significantly under-prepared for the job, and I went to a highly regarding state school in...

  4. What can I do with my MSN-FNP that doesn't require much patient contact

    CaliGrlOncNP replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That's a really unnecessarily harsh judgment in my opinion and nursing is the only profession where I see this harsh criticism of people who don't LOVE what they do. It's actually really really common...

  5. What can I do with my MSN-FNP that doesn't require much patient contact

    CaliGrlOncNP replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Great point. Being overly emotionally invested is likely contributing to such high rates of burn out, and is a skill that they should really teach in nursing school. We want to fix every problem, but...

  6. What can I do with my MSN-FNP that doesn't require much patient contact

    CaliGrlOncNP replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm a little late on this conversation, but I can relate to your predicament a lot, as it's basically how I felt most of the way through school and still now, 6 years after graduating. I worked 2...