FarmerFNP

Hey guys! I'm a new grad from this past May and I just had orientation for my new job as a Private Duty RN at a pediatric home health agency and I'm meeting my patient and his mother on Thursday. I'm so excited and nervous to start! My patient has Do...

Hey everyone! I got my acceptance to UT Health Science Center at Houston's FNP program earlier this week. I'm still shocked! I was wondering if anyone had any information about the classes? I know they're in-person, I'm just trying to figure out if t...

Yes there were several classmates with young children, some of them with infants. Two of my good friends in the program had toddlers and had no trouble with it at all.

Yes, anything below an 80 is failing. It seemed scary to me at first too but it's really not that bad.

They do kinda cram everything in the first fall so that you're ready to start clinical in the spring. My main tip is to stay focused, don't get behind, and try not to feel overwhelmed! It is a lot but completely doable. If you're planning on working,...

It's a pretty good program over all. I graduated in December and am now working in Women's Health - loving it! It's a hybrid program, so there's some in-class components and some online. I did full time with a fall start so mine is a little different...

In nursing and grad school I had recurrent dreams that I forgot about a class until the end of the semester and went to class for the first time for the final to see if I could make up my grade. The professor always laughed at me and then I'd wake up...

I'm a newly licensed FNP and got a job no problem in women's health. It was my number one pick for a specialty after loving my women's health rotation. I was worried going into job searching that the fact that I had no background in OB/GYN as an RN w...

I just finished up my program a couple months ago in Texas, where NPs, despite their best effort, are continually shut down on their attempts for autonomous practice. However, I don't think that affected my education at all. I do plan on working even...

I hate to break it to you, but difficulty getting a new grad RN job in Houston extends to those with BSNs as well. It took me 9 months after graduating with my BSN to get my foot in at a small regional hospital in the area. Sure, there are new grads ...

So a couple of days ago out ER director told the directors on the floor that the ED nurses will no longer be giving report when they send us patients. True to their word, I received two admission from the ED with no report. They now send us an ED flo...

Hello! My undergrad GPA was a 3.4, GRE scores were 155 verbal, 150 quantitative, and 3.5 writing. I had recommendation letters from my director, manager, and assistant nurse manager (that's what my facility called their charge nurses - I used the tit...

I'll be going PRN for sure.

I'm not sure. I wanna say 9 is full time for grad school, but don't take my word for it!

Congratulations to both of you! I'll be full time. Can't wait to get started!

The other day I had a patient saying latex instead of Lasix. That was a new one. And for whatever reason my patients can never figure out dilaudid. I'm always hearing "dilaudy," no matter how many times I say it correctly to them. Drives me crazy!

You sound just like me when I first started. I would stand outside the patient's room for a while trying to sum up the courage to just go in and say hi. I hated clinicals at first for that reason. But honestly, the only way I got any better was throu...

Hi, I'm an RN, BSN in the Houston area. I graduated in May but was applying for positions before that. Out the seemingly hundreds of applications I've put in, I've had only two interviews, neither of which worked out. At this point, I'm feeling prett...

When I was in my last semester in nursing school I precepted on a med/surg floor. On my first day I was doing blood sugars with lancets I'd never used before. So after asking my preceptor, I felt confident and went to one of my patients' rooms to get...

I graduated nursing school this past May and about halfway through the program I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. For me, it leaned towards social anxiety and some hypochondriasis. As a nursing student, hearing about all these differe...

Anything that goes into a suction canister. I gag a bit every time I have to get too close to one, no matter what's in it.

As a nurse, you are expected to be able to transfer and lift patients, but you are taught how to without causing injury to yourself and you can always ask for help. I have back issues myself (full spinal fusion) with chronic pain, but lifting/transfe...

Nope, that was my only orientation. I've worked a few days with him, and other than having to search for some things it's been going pretty well considering :)

The company is called Angels of Care. I believe it's only in Texas at this time, but it's still growing. Good luck with PSA!

Already voted Romney/Ryan :)