LoriT

Thank you for your reply. Becoming a NP is something that I really want to do and am willing to work hard towards becoming the best I can be. I was just disappointed at the negativety towards NP's that don't have x number of nursing experience and also the fact that so many seem to think that there are already way too many NP's.

Thank you, how very true.

Hi! I'm a nursing student that has hoped to one day be a NP. It has nothing to do with money. I'm working in a hospital right now, not for the money but because I love it and want to get experience. I'm dissapointed in what I've read here in the posts. It seems that the general feeling is that there is an overflow of NP, and that if you don't have 10+ years of experience you are completely unqualified to be a NP. If I stay on the track that I'm on I'll be a NP in about 7 years, but not a lot of experience as a nurse. I'm getting the feeling that most of you think that would make me a completely unqualified NP. Would love to get some encouragement here as I believe that this is something that I would really love to do but don't like the thought of spending all that time(not to mention money) and still be considered unqualified in my profession. I also don't have a desire to go to school to be something in which the world has more then enough of. So if there really are way too many NP please make that clear to me. I love caring for people and would have no problem with working as an RN,LPN, whatever. But have the oppertunity to go to school now and am afraid if I don't persue my dreams now they won't happen at all. (I have a husband that makes enough money to support us and is suportive. In this day and age, this education might come in handy one day):)

I thought that I was the only person that got grossed out about mucus, snot, ot spit. I can handle anything else, but that just gets to me.

I agree that a hyst won't just instantly solve her problem or anyones which is why I am not giving my dr. the ok to do it, hopefully not for a number of years. I am also concerned about the abuse and have been very supportive the last 2 times that she's left him, but because of the fact that she's married to my husband's brother, it puts a strain on our relationship when they get back together. He really doesn't like for her to have a lot of contact with her, but she did come to me about her medical problem and I just didn't know what to tell her as my gut feeling is that a some of it might clear up if she got out of the relationship and got help. I really don't know how to say that to her without affending her. Would also feel terrible if there was actually something serious wrong that had nothing to do with any abuse she was getting. Which it might very well be. I have also reported him for child abuse but nothing's been done about it because to other people they look like the perfect family. Needless to say I'm far from being his favorite sister in law!

She hasn't had any children recently and also hasn't been to an OB. There is also a money issue here. I guess the doctors are starting to wonder what the point is of coming to them if she's going to refuse any tests that they want to do. Maybe that's why they don't refer her to a specialist. I do know that it is a big concern for her, but she's at the point of just giving up. I guess she's been thinking that if she could get someone to do a hysterectomy, she'd be done with it, but because they have no idea what's going on they refuse and tell her that she's to young. She knows that they do hysterectomies on younger women, because I'm only 25 and my doctor would do one on me ASAP if decided that I was ready. But they also know how messed up my insides are because he just did a laproscopy and the works.

Hi! My sister in law is very frustrated with doctors right now. She's been complaining of pain in her right side and bleeding every couple of weeks.From what she tells me the doctors just don't take her seriously. Is there anyone out there that has had something like this and would have any idea what might be going on? I am sure that I don't have all the details. They took her gallbladder out already because she had been complaining of pain further up. She wanted them to do a hysterectomy but was told "no way, you're to young" which doesn't make any sense to her as my GYN has been suggesting that to me and I'm 3-4 years younger then her. I have been wondering if this last bit of information that I have would possibly have anything to do with it. She's also married to an abusive man. Anyway I don't know if I should keep encouraging to keep seeing doctors until she gets the answers she wants. That's what I've been doing, but if all the doctors have the same answer thats made me stop and rethink it little. Thanks.

Thank you... I am doing it for the experience. I think that I'm going to take your advice and call the charge nurse, if she gives me the same attitude that HR gave me I really don't think that I would enjoy working there and will move on. Lori

Hi! I am very new at this! I do have a question that I thought that some of you who've been in the healthcare field might be able to help me with. I'm going to school right now and would like to get a job in a hospital to get some experience. I've applied to a couple hospitals, but there's one that I would really like to work at because of the location, etc. That's also the one which has been the most discouraging one as they say they might have opening( I know that they do) and haven't even called me for an interveiw. Do I wait till I can get in there somehow or do I go with others that would have me start right away? I've been a stay at home mom for 4-5 years so looking and interviewing for jobs is a little scary. Thank you.