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I was looking at the Fitzgerald one here. Seems promising. Product's Detail | Fitzgerald Health Education Associates

Wondering if anyone had used or has recommendations on line courses or website that does furthering education of NPs. I'm a FNP trying to expand my knowledge of urgent care. I see some courses offer CEs and Certificate of completion which seems useful for looking for jobs. Any pointers would be helpful. Thanks

Congrats to those who were in the 2013 cohort! Being that it was a year ago, many of you must be close to graduating. I'm curious as a BSN RN looking to become a FNP, how did you like the program? What did you think of the one year FNP? What made the program difficult, what made it easy? How was clinical? What ways was is similiar to Nursing school and different? Thanks for any responses! I'm very interested in the one year program! I'm only 26 single and have no tie downs to my home in NY. I can move and fully dedicate myself to the one year FNP.

Resurrecting this thread. *huzzah!* I'm a BSN RN looking forward to becoming a FNP. I see that Hiessen speaks highly of the program. I like to think of myself of as a good student, (3.6 for ASN and 4.0 for BSN), how difficult is the program in comparison to obtaining their BSN? What makes me nervous is if they group difficult classes together such as patho, physical assessment and pharmacology as one group and must be taken together. I feel that this is a weed out method. Roughly, how many hours are you studying? Are there videos and presentations on the school site for learning or is it all textbook and discussion based only? Importantly, how is it finding preceptors? I live in Long Island, NY, I haven't really spoken or network with many FNPs, mainly ACNPs.

Thanks BostonFNP providing quality posts as usual on these forums. I plan to shadow some NPs soon so I can get a better grasp of the role. From what I gathered so far, it seems like something I would be interested in. Having greater depth and control of patients care and treatment yields much more responsibility in which I know I can handle once I get that knowledge and experience behind it. Thanks BritFNP, you're right, becoming a provider does mean more accountability and which means more documentation. Giving orders versus following orders also seems very different but also can't be beat. Although I do 'enjoy' my role as a bedside nurse, I'm looking to be able to give more to patients. I feel that becoming a NP will help me advance my knowledge, care, and treatment for patients. I understand no program is identical, how much of the knowledge and treatment that you NPs provide came from school versus on the job training? For example, RN program taught me the basic of basic skills, but the majority, like 80% I feel I learned while working on the job when it came to caring and treating patients.

26 year old, single, 2 year med surg tele RN with a short experience so far in ICU looking to become a FNP. Spoken to many NPs, PAs and doctors about they like their profession and their settings. Many of them say they enjoy it, but usually doctors say that they dislike all the red tape and documentation that gets done with patients. The NPs say this so do the PAs but not as frequently. NPs who work in private practice, or office settings, do you feel that there is a lot of documentation with seeing patients? Is there any regret becoming a NP rather than moving to a different specialty as a RN?

After much contemplation, research, and introspection I've come to the conclusion I'd like to move on to FNP. I've spoken with other NPs where I work regarding their work style, life style, schooling and how they like it, most of them said they liked it and wouldn't go back to floor nursing even if paid higher. I'm looking to apply to SUNY Downstates FNP program for the Spring 2015. Does anyone happen to know anything about it in terms of how the classes are (online, hybrid or brick and mortar?), locating preceptors and pass rates? How difficult was it? Is it possible to work and go to school? full time? I've done extensive google-ing the last two weeks and couldn't find much on all nurses or any other forum or site. I haven't been able to find a NP that would allow me to shadow them for a day or follow through with speaking to colleagues about shadowing. My next step is to speak to my nursing education department if they can help me out shadowing a NP.

Thanks Zmansc. Who can be my preceptor? I know the Medical Resident Director who does the teaching with the Interns at my facility is an excellent teacher and physcian. Could he possibly be my preceptor along working side by side with the interns and rounding and such? futureeastcoastNP, that's cool, that some programs stream their lectures. Interesting to see how nursing is really taking advantage of computer and technology to the fullest. I'm still wondering if they're any programs I can still apply to though it's almost April. If anyone has any Ideas, it would be a great help. Thanks!

Hi all, I'm a 2 year med/surg RN looking for a FNP program in NY to apply to. It took me a while to decide, but FNP is something I really see myself enjoying after doing some shadowing. I have my BSN from Chamberlain and looking to apply to FNP programs ASAP. I really want to start as soon as possible or at least this year. I see while looking at some schools such as Delhi, Downstate, Malloy, and I think NYU I already missed their deadlines . My own fault for taking so long to decide. I'm wondering if anyone knows of any programs in NY that are taking late acceptances? How about online? Hopefully trying to stay local to the LI area, but online options are viable if the program is good and either program will help locate a preceptor. I've searched extensively regarding online FNP and I'm not too sure about it. I did my RN-BSN online and it was a great expierence to be honest. Nicest, cleanest, clear cut and easiest thing I've done. I did enjoy online classes but I did miss the interaction (not the commute though lol). I understand pass rates and such are good with online programs, but brick and mortar classes I think also offer cool nuances. I still remember my professor doing the decimal slide dance when talking about med math, or even the heart block dance/song for cardiac. Those are great things and teaching points in which I feel I may miss out if I do online but not sure if they're around in NP classes. Just wondering on other thoughts.

I'm already a part of the AACN, and I have my ACLS. I'll definitely look into the modules of critical care I can do on their site, that's a great idea! Thanks!!

The main reason why I completed my BSN is for job security and give me the ability to move to advanced degrees and specialties. Otherwise sticking to my ASN would be sufficient enough. I already had nursing research, community health and health assessment covered in my Associates program. The BSN was just a rehash of things I learned in my associates degree program plus more mindless paper writing and fluffing papers up. I certainly can see that some people in high management may have stocks invested in textbook companies, colleges, universities etc and encourage the push to more advanced degrees to advance stocks. The costs of education today compared to years ago is insane, text books moreso; that's a discussion for another day. I only did BSN for the security and ease to move around as I see fit and didn't learn much more compared to my ASN.

Hi all, just curious about any critical care courses available for a nurse looking for a job in the ICU. I currently have 1.5 med/surg tele experience and looking to advance to ICU. Several of my colleagues suggested to take a critical care course to help me land a job in the ICU. It seems like the previous posts on AN said that the hospital would pay for theirs and enroll the new ICU nurse into a program that either the facility or another facility sponsors. I'm looking for a program an individual (me) can go through so that it would help me land a job in the ICU easier. I've tried googling for programs in NY or Online, but many of them seem to be for hospitals only.

I realized shortly after I posted the topic up actually that the sticky was at the bottom as opposed to being at the top. A question regarding SuperUser. Is that just a person who's good with the EMR who just helps other staff with it? That's what I already do, I'm known as the computer guy on the unit, because if there's a computer problem chances are I can solve it, unless the network goes down haha. Is this an official title I have to obtain from somewhere? Do I need to get it in writing?

Hello, I'm 24 years old a Male RN who has been working 6 months on Med/Surg and regretting( sort of, mainly) it. I feel SUPER guilty, however I don't like it so much. Actually, there are days I like it, and most days I don't. But I'm still going to stick through it best I can. Currently have my Associates RN and have to go back for my BSN or Bachelors degree of some type. I have a background of working with computers in my local Electronics store as a Computers Sales/Retail as well as Computer Technician and Repair I did that for about 3 years. While I did that I gained more experience on fixing software, and hardware issues as well as meeting the requirements of clients and customers for their electronic and computer needs. I was great at customer service, and was known as the "Customer escort* because I was great with customers. My question is, how do I get into nursing informatics? Do I have to have a background in Computer Science? Programming? Would my experience of sales and repair be of help? What do RNs do in Informatics? How does my RN play into Informatics? Are there subspecialties? such as programmers? Technicians? Sales? I like using computers, building, repairing, they're sort of puzzles to me. I also like the medical field and absolutely love using gadgets and tech stuff (what guy doesnt). I'm thinking of informatics or OR Nurse. If anyone can be of help please share anything they may have!! What is the typical day like? Stress?!?!?!?!!? Pay? Demand?

Thanks a lot Slave diveRN. I have to agree haha, I've been running into situations patients don't want to take the meds or they take a longggggg time taking them, or G-Tubes or NGT (the worst, got to make sure the meds are crushed to powder) haha. You're right too Grntea, they're the ones who train everyone they've seen plenty of new grads and new hires to see the potential in me and everything. I saw the Nurse Educators again for my weekly review. They said again I'm doing well, and I let them know how I was feeling and everything. They said the way I feel is a typical New graduate haha. They said to relax, and to take it easy. They said New grads tend to think too much of themselves to quickly. I definitely see myself doing that. I noticed that I expect myself to operate as a fully fledged RN like my preceptor who has been a nurse for 5 years. The educators said that, I shouldn't be doing that and should just concentrate practicing safely and effectively the rest comes with experience and practice. Thanks a lot so far. Made me feel a lot better.