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FroggyRN-- Welcome to St.John. I currently work there in Staff Development. Hopefully I will get to see you in nursing orientation. When do you start?

We also celebrate Juneteenth in Oklahoma too. So it is not new to us. But thanks for sharing for those who are not aware of it.

I would also like to know specifics on companies, etc. I am currently in NP school and would love to find something that I could do from home. Thanks.

I am currently in Nurse Practitioner school in Oklahoma. I am currently working in a hospital and I have worked here for 8 years. I recently applied for a scholarship for tuition assistance and was denied because "we do not use NPs here, there is no benefit to the institution." I have given this hospital 8 years and I would love to stay in the hospital to work as an NP. There are several others in the hospital who will be graduating with CNSs and NPs who are being told that they will not have a job here after graduating because the hospital does not use nurses in those roles. I love the place where I work and I would hate to see them lose good expert nurses because of their ignorance of how advanced practice nurses could help them. So I would like to put together a proposal to present to administration the ways that a hospital could benefit from utilizing advanced practice nurses. Are there any NPs out there that are employed by hospitals and how are you being used and what is your role? Any information I can receive will help. Please do not include CNS's or NPs that work in hospitals but are employed by physicians. Thanks.

I am sorry, but what does that mean?

Hello, I am currently a FNP student and I am in need of help for an assignment. We have been asked to interview a current practicing NP. I do not know any NPs personally and I frequently browse allnurses.com and find this site very informative as far as explaining the NP role. I was wondering if there were any NPs who would be willing to answer a few interview questions for me. Here are the questions: 1. What is your educational background? 2. How long have you been in practice in your current position? 3. What type of practice are you in? 4. What type of setting do you practice in and what other professionals work in your practice? 5. How did you obtain your current position? 6. How does the NP practice rolle fit with your envisioned role prior to graduation? 7. What are some of the facilitators and barriers to the implementation of your role in your current practice? 8. Is your practice family centered or individual focused? 9. How receptive are your clients to the NP practice role? 10. What are some of the issues you have faced related to intra-professional role conflict, management strategies, and outcomes? 11. What would you change about your current role or practice? Please PM me your responses. Thank you very much.

I don't normally respond to threads, I really just enjoy reading them but I have to agree with the poster who said that there has to be something leading up to this. It is my opinion that a nursing school would not want the legal ramifications of discriminating against a student due to a disability. The way this story is presented, it is obvious that the school is in the wrong. But there are two sides to every story and we are only hearing one side. Is there more to the story? Are there other things that have happened to lead the school to this conclusion? Has your behavior, say in a clinical setting, been consistent with someone who may be impaired? I believe it is possible for someone to legally take a prescription narcotic and still be impaired. I have had to take a narcotic for dental work and do you think I would be safe to care for patients? Certainly not!! There is no way I would have wanted to take care of patients while under the effects of the narcotic I was taking. Please share if there is more to the story...