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  1. new NP cant find a job

    SoundofMusic replied to SheRN1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    http://www.commhealth.org/residency/nurse-practitioner-residency/program-information/ Lol, can't believe I find this now. This is EXACTLY what I've believed NP's have needed all along. That experience...

  2. new NP cant find a job

    SoundofMusic replied to SheRN1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have to agree and it's seriously disappointing after doing all this work and testing. What I'm seeing in my very large metro area is a lot of acute care positions, which are tough to take if you...

  3. A question for NP's - What if our school preceptorship isn't so great?

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Am in my adult rotation clinical now. I have 2 NP's who are my preceptors. Both are very good, very experienced. But somehow my clinical experience on some days just isn't all that hot. I have to beg...

  4. minute clinic

    SoundofMusic replied to NJ-RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am looking at Minute clinics very seriously after graduation. I know we went through a lot of education, and it may not be the BEST use of all that knowledge, but I, too, am a mom, and my kid needs...

  5. Work During NP School?

    SoundofMusic replied to fnp2be15's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't think there is any hard or fast rule. I had 4 years of hard core hospital nursing under my belt, so I just decided to work part time for the first 2 years, and then quit totally for the last...

  6. Horrible preceptor

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    So, the last 2 days I was assigned to a pediatrician who started out ok, but by the 2nd day was so extremely rude to me, I felt I was literally sitting with Satan himself. The guy also shared that he...

  7. Horrible preceptor

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Boston -- thanks for the questions, and I am honestly reflecting on it. Yes, he DID make me feel uncomfortable about my preparedness ...but with my current level of education, I could NEVER, EVER...

  8. Horrible preceptor

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Am already calling around to find my own assignment and, yes, am going back to prior preceptors for suggestions. I am disgusted wtih my school for placing me with such an individual. The ones I've...

  9. So burnt out with still so much left!

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Is anyone else just totally flummoxed, burnt out, overwhelmed by the SHEER VOLUME of information that we need to learn here in these NP programs?? I guess this is what a masters degree is all about,...

  10. A question for NP's - What if our school preceptorship isn't so great?

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Eh, I guess I'm just not that advanced yet ...i'm trying to GET to be this advanced - and that is where I feel it's just falling short. What happens is they are basically allowing me to assess and...

  11. A question for NP's - What if our school preceptorship isn't so great?

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I will have to say, out of fairness, that my preceptors encouraged me to obtain the Fitzgerald review and look at it now, so I'd do better in clinical and on the boards. They are trying to do what...

  12. So burnt out with still so much left!

    SoundofMusic replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I guess this is why not everyone earns it. It's just HARD. I do feel, however, that NP education needs to change. It's just so disjointed and uncoordinated. I sometimes see why we need to learn it...

  13. Thank you to the nurse who made me what I am today!

    SoundofMusic replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    How great when you have a mentor like this. I had one or two like that along the way ...never really during school or any of the "formal" precepting times ...but off and on, a great traveler would...

  14. Be nice to new nurses!

    SoundofMusic replied to historylovinglpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I agree. I have NO idea why nurses are so rotten to people new to the profession. It's still a mystery. NO other profession does this. And NO other profession seems to suffer, either, from such high...

  15. Jobless LVN/LPN and Depression

    SoundofMusic replied to MissMedic34's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It's sad, but it seems like you are living in a really economically depressed region of the country also. Where I live (N. Virginia area) there are a lot of jobs and if you had the experience you say...

  16. Do you think it is healthy to stay in nursing when it exacerbates anxiety?

    SoundofMusic replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I left bedside about 9 months ago, and I feel it's for good. I'm getting a masters degree and for now, just trying to get by on my husband's salary until i graduate. I think about going back to...

  17. New grads who are being bullied by experienced nurses

    SoundofMusic replied to hella_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, on one hand, older experienced nurses see a young new nurse on this "turf" that they've managed to conquer and they are subconsciously threatened, I believe. I don't know what else causes nurses...

  18. What kinds of patients do you see?

    SoundofMusic replied to %63theend's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I could care less about getting into any contests between PA's and NP's, but my hospital nursing experience was very valuable. I cared for at least 4 patients a day for 12 hours, for 3+ years....

  19. What kinds of patients do you see?

    SoundofMusic replied to %63theend's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That amount of experience would be MORE than adequate. Most of the NP students in my courses have been in nursing for 3 years or less. I wished I'd had a little time in the ER, but I'll still be ok....

  20. What kinds of patients do you see?

    SoundofMusic replied to %63theend's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    OMG, I think you're right. I did my first day yesterday in clinical -- and almost every patient had these two common threads running through -- they were depressed, bipolor, or had some sort of...

  21. My God, these family members!!

    SoundofMusic posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    They are just killing me. Why is it that so many of them feel so entitled to sit in their aging parents rooms and just boss us nurses to HELL and back, while they sit there, fully able to do much of...

  22. Overwhelmed

    SoundofMusic replied to butterfly_kisses9188's topic in General Nursing

    Don't beat yourself up over this. Forget what the family says -- they love you, but they're really not with you there at that job, in your shoes, dealing with what you had to deal with. I myself...

  23. Sex in the workplace.....what do YOU think should be done?

    SoundofMusic replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Gosh, these crazy kids ... I suppose the suspension for 2 days was appropriate. I guess I'd just "counsel" the nurse and tell her to try to be more discreet next time -- as in choose an off-site...

  24. Thinking about going into a NP program and need some opinions!

    SoundofMusic replied to bradons's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Shoot -- would a young med student ask if they were too young? Not a chance. Go for it! Besides, I'll become an NP at the age of 50, so age limits mean nothing to me. I'd look into a school that...

  25. What is it about turning 50 that makes you obsessed with your bowels?

    SoundofMusic replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be 50 next year. What I have a problem with is the opposite - or IBS. I don't think it's even related to age as much as it is to stress. But my gut truly is not nearly able to handle what it once...