ashley2757

Don't be you'll do great! I was nervous about jumping back into school again, especially at the masters level. It is a lot of work, but doable. The professors are amazing!

Hey, sorry I don't get on here much. I actually just started at UT and love the program so far. Most semesters you will take 2 classes with the exception of one semester where you will take 1. I was told by an advisor that most students work full time at first then switch to part time once clinicals begin.

I know for a fact that I want to be a nurse practitioner working in the primary care setting. Be it Women's care, pediatrics, adults I'm not sure yet but I know primary care. But I will be at the bedside for at least 2 1/2 Years to 3 Years.

Hello, I have been working as a RN on a Cardiac step down unit for the past year and a half. My floor is very overwhelming and has made me want to start a Family NP program sooner than originally planned, just so that I could leave the bedside. Recently, internships have opened up for NICU at my hospital. Before becoming a nurse I was always interested in NICU. Also, during my OB/Peds rotation in Nursing school I absolutely loved my NICU rotation. It is am AMAZING area of nursing, being in the NICU was like being in a room filled with miracles. It was by far my favorite clinical rotations. The only issue I face is that I have been accepted to a FNP program to start in the summer but the NICU internship also starts in the summer. My question is, should I start the NICU internship which is 16 weeks long in the summer and then delay starting the FNP program until fall or should I just start the FNP program in the summer instead and forget about the NICU. I am so pumped about the slight possibility of being able to work in the NICU that I am actually leaning more toward the idea of starting the internship and delaying starting the FNP program until the fall. what do you think?

Hello! I have just been accepted to the Family Nurse Practitioner program at UT for the summer of 2018. I 'm really excited, and nervous of course. I haven't seen a lot of information about the program on this site, and I don't know anyone who had been in the program either. I was just wondering what experiences, both positive and negative, past students had with this program. Also, did you work part time or full time. Lastly, what was class like and clinical placements?

You are going to be an AMAZING nurse!!! You need to believe this statement because it is true. Nursing is a very difficult field, and honestly nursing school does not fully prepare you for what life will be like on the floor on your own. I had a very similar experience when I first started on the Cardiac PCU floor that I am currently on. I felt like a complete idiot and made many mistakes when I first started on this unit and what made me feel even worse is that I had been an LPN before getting my first RN position in a hospital on this unit. For months I would arrive early to work just to cry and have an anxiety before my shift would start. I had some co-workers/ and a particular team lead that would make condescending statements that would crush my confidence, but then I had many others (THANK GOD!) that would help me when I needed guidance. I don't like to TELL people what to do, but I think that even if you are terminated from this position that you should find another RN job. Of course you feel like you are still learning, you are a new nurse. A year later, I still learn something new on each shift. DO NOT let that discourage you, thats just how nursing is, especially when you are new. The reason why there are new grad nursing residency program is to eliminate experiences like the one you are having now. You are right, it is important to be a safe nurse,I completely agree. But to be honest I have made some of the same mistakes you have and so have other nurses on my unit. I'm not saying that you should just brush these mistakes off and move on, but you should just use them as learning experiences and not let them eat you up inside. That can be a hard thing not to do because as a nurse, you want to help and heal your patients, not harm them. Take your time, You will be a great nurse, I can tell you truly care for your patients. So be it at this hospital or another, just keep your head up and keep trying. It may help for you to seek employment at a hospital with a nurse residency program that is more supportive. Good luck!

God bless you. I really don't think that you need to be hard on yourself at all. It sounds like you did all of the "right" things. You saw that the grandmother needed help, and you jumped right into action. I think that if anything that family is grateful that you helped them. You really did not have to, but you jumped right into action and tried to save that little boys life. You don't know what happened to make that child become unresponsive, he may have needed a lot more than CPR depending on his condition. Again, don't beat yourself up, you did a noble thing.

I agree with your mother. Private duty, or home health care, is VERY unreliable. I have worked for agencies who say "We have SO much work we could really use you", and then I only end up with 4 hours a week?????? Its frustrating and unreliable. You can have a case one day and the next week they will end your services with them. There were sometimes when I would show up to my patients home and she would be in the hospital and I would not even get so much as a phone call to give me a heads up. When this happened, I do not get paid. The one plus that I can say that there is with private duty is that you tend to get paid more and it is more flexible. so....yeah I think your mom is right. She is very blessed to be working in a hospital still as an LPN. I am living in the Tampa area now and none of the hospitals, except for the VA, have any LPN's anymore. The hospitals around here are even skeptical of hiring a RN with a ASN degree instead of a BSN degree.

Congrats!!!

I have heard some talk about the BSN possibly becoming the entry level for nursing. But that has not happened yet. I know that research has found that patient safety is related to the educational level of the nurse. They found that patients who were cared for by a nurse with a BSN had a lower chance of dying during their hospital stay. With that being said I think that is why hospitals are preferring BSN nurses over ADN nurses. I know of one hospital in the area (Tampa) that is no longer accepting any ADN nurses and is asking their currently employed ADN nurses to go back and get their BSN. I was a LPN, just finished an LPN to ADN program 😁, and plan on starting an ADN to BSN program in August. I can honestly say that I learned WHOLE LOT more when I completed the ADN program and I believe that I am a much better nurse now. With that being said I would expect that to be the case when I go from ADN to BSN. I think that their is a shift towards higher education. There is even talk that the nurse practitioner will soon need to have a DNP to practice. I honestly think more education is a great thing because it promotes patients safety.

They asked me a lot of situational questions when I interview with them. For example "How would you handle a difficult situation with a patient?". I was a nurse before this interview, therefore some of the questions that were asked were example questions.. So they would ask questions like "Give me an example of a time when you made a suggestion in the clinical setting". Be positive and smile, I think they really liked that. GOOD LUCK!!!

Hello! I was just offered a position at FHT for an internship in PCU. I was wondering you're experiences are going with your positions at FHT. which unit do you work in? Did you have to sign a 2-year contract. Did you have to work night shifts? Do you like it? Thank you so much in advance for you're response!

Me too! I'm super excited!

I got in!! ���� God is great!!

Hey! I hadn't been on this thread in a while and just realized that I got a response. I ended up getting an alternate position in the nursing program. God willing I do get into the program. I pretty nervous, but still very hopeful. CONGRATULATIONS!! to those who got in. :)