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Does anyone know how one becomes an ENP? I always thought it would be a straight program like FNP (ie get masters and take another NCLEX)... But I was researching and I'm gathering that you just first work as an FNP in acute care adult or some other acute care specialty before you can become an ENP? I'm confused...

Thanks everyone!!! I worked in a rural hospital on an adult and peds med-surg and tele unit where we actually did obs as well. It was mainly a med-surg unit so I don't really know what it would be like to have 20 straight obs patients.

Ello fellow Nurses!!! I recently just got a job at a big hospital on an obs unit. I was told by the director that it is an extension of the ED and ICU... But that still leaves much info to be desired. We have obs on our med-surg unit sometimes but it doesn't feel like were on the same page. I currently work in a rural hospital in the sticks. Any info on an obs unit would help. Thank you!!!!

You are absolutely right. When the State came in it was nuts. I was supposed to be off my "orientation" (which isn't even adequate new grad training, more like a crash course..) they put me back on it so that the State wouldn't even talk to me because I was a "new grad". They shave off time off of our hours thinking we won't notice it. But I do and I say something and they fix it. It's ridiculous. Thank God I got my own malpractice insurance, because I've never been at a hospital where they throw their nurses under the bus as much as they do. I just have to keep reminding myself that my first job is NOT my career.

I figured it was fairly new since there aren't many programs out here in California for it. I was just confused if they went the FNP route and then branch off... Hopefully by the time I am seriously applying to grad schools there will be more supply of legitimate NP programs in my area. Thank you. I wasn't even sure that NP's could treat in more acute care specialties.

Is there a real demand for NP's? What about ENP's? I'm looking to go grad school in a year or two and I wanted to know which way to direct my nursing career. How does one even become an ENP? I know the programs must be limited.

There were 4 new grads when I started. In a matter of two months half of them found better jobs and left. I wish I could be so lucky. They're literally pinching every penny over here. That's why I was finally able to get "full-time" status with half assed benefits. And that's total BS about your situation. They can't discriminate against you because you're pregnant. Needless to say, I've been applying since about a month ago.

So update: I finally got a job in a small town in the sticks of California. It's probably considered rural nursing. The only problem is the way the hospital is run. I started off "per diem" but worked full-time hours so they wouldn't have to give me benefits. Recently they switched me to full-time but made me sign a statement that said I was "offered insurance but I declined." I have a feeling that this is rampant in the smaller hospitals. Don't be surprised if this happens to you...

I have been looking for a year and a half. Still no such luck. I'm considering joining the military and moving out of state... But even that looks bleak at the moment... I'm desperate to start my life, get married, do grad school and get settled down like the rest of my classmates. But I can't even move out of my parents house. Not where I saw myself at the age of 26.

Any new grad/inexperienced nurse-friendly states out there? Looking to relocate just to get a job. Cali is dried up for new grads.

I graduated in 2010 and obtained my license 2011. I was burnt out from full time BSN course plus work study plus full time job. So I took a break. Anyway, it is now 2013 and I've had my license for a little over a year and a half and have had to renew it since. I have my ACLS, PALS, BLS (obviously), and my NRP. I've had multiple interviews: 1. Discriminated because I live in Orange County. Joke of an interview and the recruiter was completely condescending the whole time. 2. Got the job. The "internship" aka work me as a slave for free. Mind you, at this point for a little under a year, I worked 7 days a week with my two part-time jobs and this internship. 3. 9 months into said internship they promised me an interview with the director of the med-surg/onc unit for the available position. 4. 2 months after THAT interview with the director I finally got a panel interview. 2 months after the panel interview I quit because they clearly weren't serious about my candidacy. All they saw was free labor. 5. Interviewed for the director of maternal health at a hospital close to my home. MY DREAM JOB. 6. Second interview with said director. GOT THE JOB as I was told but the director just had to get it signed by the CNO. A week later I get a rejection email because of the freeze they imposed all of a sudden. The director who was going to hire me... GOT FIRED. 7. Interview at a small town south of Henderson, NV. Rural health. Will be hearing next week if I'm to relocate myself from Sunny Southern Cali to Henderson, NV. Cross our fingers. Oh yeah, this is ONLY a per DIEM job... On a side note, I signed up to take an expensive ass critical care course in September. I work two part-time jobs at a hotel and at a dermatologist office. Suffice it to say, paying two student loans off, with plenty more in forbearance, plus regular bills is stressing me the eff out. I'm desperately considering the military at this point....

I graduated in 2010 and obtained my license 2011. I was burnt out from full time BSN course plus work study plus full time job. So I took a break. Anyway, it is now 2013 and I've had my license for a little over a year and a half and have had to renew it since. I have my ACLS, PALS, BLS (obviously), and my NRP. I've had multiple interviews: 1. Discriminated because I live in Orange County. Joke of an interview and the recruiter was completely condescending the whole time. 2. Got the job. The "internship" aka work me as a slave for free. Mind you, at this point for a little under a year, I worked 7 days a week with my two part-time jobs and this internship. 3. 9 months into said internship they promised me an interview with the director of the med-surg/onc unit for the available position. 4. 2 months after THAT interview with the director I finally got a panel interview. 2 months after the panel interview I quit because they clearly weren't serious about my candidacy. All they saw was free labor. 5. Interviewed for the director of maternal health at a hospital close to my home. MY DREAM JOB. 6. Second interview with said director. GOT THE JOB as I was told but the director just had to get it signed by the CNO. A week later I get a rejection email because of the freeze they imposed all of a sudden. The director who was going to hire me... GOT FIRED. 7. Interview at a small town south of Henderson, NV. Rural health. Will be hearing next week if I'm to relocate myself from Sunny Southern Cali to Henderson, NV. Cross our fingers. Oh yeah, this is ONLY a per DIEM job... On a side note, I signed up to take an expensive ass critical care course in September. I work two part-time jobs at a hotel and at a dermatologist office. Suffice it to say, paying two student loans off, with plenty more in forbearance, plus regular bills is stressing me the eff out. I'm desperately considering the military at this point....

Thank you! Ya it did. I almost cried in front of my last patient. And I cried on the way home... I had my best friend mock interview me the night before so I was prepared already... But disappointment yet again...

I just want A job. And they are one of the few that actually offers a Versant program. Other than those in LA.