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I have applied for a promotion in my current position. It is for a supervisory roll. the advice I have received from my peers is to make sure you have scenarios ready. What are managers looking for in the interview process to choose supervisors? Any advice appreciated. Thanks in advance. I will ask in other groups but they haven't been active since 2023 so thought I would start here first.

EmiC408 there are a lot of good NP programs out there. Just got to research which is best for you. I was really impressed with Georgetown but their set up does not match my work hours so I couldn't go that route. I looked at about 6 different online programs. 1st years is online. 2nd year is pretty much full time clinicals. I do not want to quit my job to accommodate that second year at this time. It would make me 1 year shy of being vested for retirement. So I opted for my MSN in leadership and management and then will get a specialty certificate in my current field. I felt like that is the MSN program that allows the most flexibility for use in all fields of nursing. I would love to get my NP but that is going to have to wait awhile and maybe never depending on where my MSN takes me in my current field. I am all in with my job. My boss should be retiring in about 3 to 4 years. If I were to get her job when she leaves (and that is a big if, all our nurses are great) then that is a career choice I would take and would plan on staying at until retirement. I love my job and my work setting. I believe my MSN and certificate would prepare me to be a great leader and manager. Our staff is great and I would be honored to have that position. If I didn't get it, I would stay and be a great employee but start my NP school at that time. Good luck to you! For NP programs I googled best Online FNP programs and picked the results from what I perceived as reputable and then basically went down the line. Pretty much all of them were as I described above.

Wow- I have exactly the same question! I got BSN from Aspen and have chosen MSN at WGU. I am going for MSN in leadership and management. Please let me know how it’s going and how different it is. I really do nit know what to prepare for. Start 01-2021

I would love to try it out with CNA's, in my state you have to have a year of LTC experience to teach CNA's. I have never worked full time for a Nursing Home. I do not know if that could be cumulative (private duty as a CNA for agency, staffing agency sent for jobs as LVN, I did try to work as an RN PRN for LTC just to get that one year but it got taxing. I was working my full time job and then going to the nursing home. Pulling 14 hour days during the week and weekends. I didn't make it a year. Covid hit and my work needed me all the time. M-F 8-5 job turned into well we all know what Covid did. on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week. So I had to give up the NSG home job. Somehow I have to get that year under my belt.

I really want to do FNP. I do. Just trying to weigh my other options. I get tunnel vision a lot and want to make sure not to think it through more. Of course, I have some time yet. I don't plan on starting that process until 2022 BSN student loans are paid for.

It will either be HCA or FNP- problem is not sure of job opportunities available for HCA in my area.

I just got my BSN and want to keep moving forward. 1992 CNA, 1996 LVN, 2009 ADN, 2020 BSN. I love to learn. I have worked full time since 1992 in the healthcare profession in just about every specialty in some form or another. End goal has always been to retire and go teach Nursing students but I am 46 years old. I feel like that is a job for when I am in my 60's and full of wisdom. So I don't think an MSN in Education would do me well now. Anyway- I am toying with either HealthCare Admin or Nurse Practitioner. The FNP would probably be the one that made the most difference in the world. I am huge on advocacy. Anyway, my concern is the real world stuff with either of these degrees- Job available and pay. I live in a town of about 60,000 with 2 hospital systems. I just don't know if an HCA is something that you can find a good job in. I currently work in a full time RN position M-F 8-5 with not great pay but superb benefits. I only make $45k/year. The area I live in has a low cost of living. I could make more in the hospital setting. I know that. Any insight on which MSN pathway has the most ability to get a good job would be appreciated.

Just trying to decide what avenue to take for my next step. When asking peers many say the Masters Healthcare Administration route is the one they wish they had taken or that they recommend. Others love having their Nurse Practitioner. Anyone with insight? Anyone want to give me their experience? I am 46 years old. Still have 20 years of work ahead of me. Your experience, insight, and opinions are all welcome. Thank you in advance.

You can do a MSN specialty nursing degree and THEN go into FNP OR choose a BSN to FNP program called and MSN-FNP. some college require that you have a masters to get accepted into FNP program. some colleges have the MSN in FNP

so no to skipping MSN and just going for a BSN- FNP program?

Okay, I will be finishing my last BSN class on 9/28/2020. My loan will be paid off in 2022. I will then apply for the FNP program at USU. Any tips on finding out if hospitals/clinics in my area would hire a FNP from there? Or is it all based on passing boards????? Should I call local HR departments? I live in Missouri but boarder Arkansas. Kansas, and Oklahoma so I would need to know every on of those states.

I went to Chamberlain for my BSN and it wasn't for me- so I changed over to Aspen and loved it. I can't speak for the FNP program but I do know the BSN program was difficult to navigate online. Aspen had wonderful advisors and professors. Many of whom also teach or have taught at other programs. USU is a sister school to Aspen.

I will be graduating with my BSN in September. It is an accelerated RN to BSN online program. I am wanting to continue my education with end goal being Nurse Practitioner. I have looked at BSN to FNP online programs and have found some that interest me. I have been in the healthcare profession since 1992 (CNA 1992, LVN 1996, ADN 2009, BSN 2020) so I have a lot of contacts and I have already talked to many practitioners and facilities and will have no problem setting up clinicals for online programs. I have a couple years to decide. My BSN loan will be paid off in 2022 so I won't start a new program until then. My question is what is your recommendation based on personal experience? Looking to here from people who have taken either route to their NP? Should I get my MSN first and the FNP? or just go straight for the FNP and then specialize after that? Is there any advantage to getting MSN first? I am 46 so the clock is ticking. Thank you so much for your advice!

Please please please update me! I am very interested in this program! [email protected]

So I applied for this job that I really want. I went for my first interview and wow- I want it more now. I got called back for a second interview last Friday and I think it went really well. Well... it is Wednesday and I haven't heard a thing and they said I should hear something from Human Resources on Monday or Tuesday. Should I call and follow up or should I wait another day or two?

We started back on July 31st. We are back in to full swing! The kids start on August 13th. Lets get this party started!!! I don't know about you but fall seems to go by so fast and spring DRAAAAAAAAAAAGS!!!! Even though the actual school days are split evenly pre-december break and post-december break. We have the best Nursing job in the world when thinking about hours and days off. We do make a difference!

Just remember on Stauffer's animal crackers and Brach's peppermints and other snack items to check the label for food allergies. Those two products in particular are manufactured in a facility that may manufacture tree nuts, peanuts, soy.... Always check the label. It is amazing what foods have that precaution. I stay away from being those things. Its just too risky now. too many kids with food allergies. Don't forget to check dyes also.

Being a school nurse does require some extra thought when it comes to privacy. We started out in a huge classroom that was made into a nurses office. We had no privacy so we bought screens to use. It worked great for exam purposes. We also have curtains that divide each cot, we could always just pull the curtain. We have now been moved into a better format. A big main room where there are 2 cots (with curtains) and treatment cart as well as the LPN and her desk, then as the RN I have an office that looks in to her area and I have a cot with a curtain and the filing cabinets/med cabinets. When kids need additional privacy or exam we use my office for that. It is still very hard for other children to hear what is going on. I will shut my door if it is a lice check, a hygiene talk or something like that.

Starting as a sub is a great way to get your foot in the door. good luck to you and come ask us any questions you need to know.

you did the right thing. You would have lost your sanity doing that job!

Flare- how well does yours merge data? Does it compile non-compliant immunization lists? can it make reports such as how many times a student has been in the nurses office? we just use that basic component PowerSchool has (its not even the health component). Its very basic and isn't really user friendly on reports at all.

I agree with everyone else- its the phone calls home. No number works. I do the kids cell phone thing too! or when no one can pick up a child. They want them to stay until the parent gets off work. So they want me to keep the puking kid in my office all day and then I get to stay two hours after work day is over until someone can pick them up. Not gonna happen. They sure expect you to be able to do that though. shift

I agree with flare. I kept my old job for my first two years. Now my childrens activity swamp my evenings and weekends. I think you should do the per diem thing. You will have control of when you work and that extra money will be a nice bonus.

I didn't get any orientation. Luckily there was another nurse here so I asked her a lot of questions. Its a learn as you go deal. This is my fifth year and I would love to be any help that I can. You can email me anytime. [email protected] another great resource will be if your state has a nurse forum. Missouri has a wonderful forum. The NASN site has one as well. Good luck!!!!

That is different based on your state and your school district. I got my RN because I thought I needed it, well it turns out my LPN would be just fine. There are a lot of LPN school nurses in my region of the state. So always check that out first.