RNandPen

State Board of Nursing program approval is among the accreditation criteria ACEN puts forth. Additional criteria as you have listed falls under the umbrella of Outcomes ACEN includes in their Standards and Criteria. Among these outcomes is the analysis and dissemination of certification pass rate and job placement rate data. An 80% minimum pass rate as it stands for the previous one year or as a mean over the preceding three years meets qualifications. In the good name of citation, ACEN criteria can be recovered at: https://resources.acenursing.org/space/SAC/1825964307/STANDARD+5+-+Outcomes CCNE accreditation criteria can be found here: https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/0/PDFs/CCNE/Standards-Final-2018.pdf

Labor projections speak to the contrary, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates NP employment to increase by 45% by 2032. Logic dictates there is no better time to advance RN practice. Although, the argument here seems to rest with the legitimacy of the termed "diploma mill" programs. The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) are charged with NP school accreditation. These bodies apply rigorous standards to programs' BON approval, mission, curriculum, educational setting, and resources regardless of how content delivery takes form. Identical standards maintain the integrity of both virtual and vis-a-vis content. In my opinion, there's no shame in capitalizing on the convenience of an accredited online program, especially when unemployment is not a realistic option. I completed a part-time hybrid DNP program at a Tier 1 research institution in which a significant proportion of learning was self-propelled study of a robust curriculum. I felt well prepared for boards and field practice. Let's leave competency as a measure of school accreditation, advanced practice endorsement, and (of course) role performance. The method of content delivery in school is trivial. It's time to encourage responsible advanced practice in our field to meet the growing demand for providers! ?

Iris, Congratulations on landing your dream job! Now, it's up to you to seize the opportunity. A life lived pleasing everyone (and every employer) but yourself leaves little room to achieve your goals and ultimately self-actualize. If what you're looking for is anecdotal, here you go: I have worked at a total of nine facilities in my career, reasons having been to gain speciality experience, travel nurse, provide disaster relief during COVID, and to role transition from RN to NP. I have never felt the need to rehire into a former facility. But that's not really my point. The message here is that the nursing landscape is full of opportunities ready for you to make your own! Perhaps, do not allow the fear of the rumored "do not hire list" prevent you from taking what is already yours. In this case, a promising role in which you will bring life into the world and support mothers at the most vulnerable moment in their lives. Instead, let love (of your work) guide you. With love and encouragement, RNandPen

Your focus is on one to two patients in ICU, as opposed to the six or sometimes seven on M/S/tele floors. That being said, I owed my mental exhaustion to staying mindful of 3X the number of patients and physical exhaustion to dodging across the unit like a ping-pong ball for 12 hours in acute care. In ICU, managing the medical intricacies of critical care along its emotion burden is mentally taxing. As for physically, certain days you quite literally won't leave a patient's room with the exception of a brief bathroom break.