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  1. Having confidence issues in clinical rotation

    carachel2 replied to lvICU's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm an FNP but I have to agree with the others....if you don't feel "dumb" at least a third of the time then you are too confident and actually almost dangerous. Throughout my program, we had one or...

  2. These classes are nonsense

    carachel2 replied to HumptyDumpty's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yeah, the classes stink. Yeah they are boring and have pretty much ZERO clinical value. Just buckle down and get through them. Once you are done you won't have to go back and the classes in front of...

  3. Do I need ICU experience for FNP?

    carachel2 replied to BlessedOne's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wow...now I can totally respect an additional 500 hours of hospital training! I am all for NPs working in hospitals who are trained this

  4. Do I need ICU experience for FNP?

    carachel2 replied to BlessedOne's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am VERY thankful that Texas is making this move. I am trained very, very well to manage patients in an outpatient setting. I think we had three days in a hospital following a hospitalist around. The...

  5. Do I need ICU experience for FNP?

    carachel2 replied to BlessedOne's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree with the others, you need to find an ACNP program. Rumor has it that there is one FNP grad from our class who is working as a hospitalist NP. No way in double hockey sticks would I want an FNP...

  6. How micro-managed are you?

    carachel2 replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    OMG, I remember those days. I had to "round" on my patients in the ER with a cart of warm blankets, juices, etc. EVERY TWO HOURS. We had a script to follow too and then in our "down time" (???????) we...

  7. Scary reading doctor forums about NPs...

    carachel2 replied to thenewguy8's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Have never found one of those forums....sounds like interesting reading! I've personally not encountered the negativity and hate you describe from the forums. I'm sure there *are* quite a few docs...

  8. competency/skills checklist for each area of nursing

    carachel2 replied to cnastud2b's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The "skills" checklist is relatively short. The critical thinking and clinical decision making skills are LONG and cannot be taught by one person. Just the fact that you are even asking for such a...

  9. What made your first year of NP difficult?

    carachel2 replied to BlessedOne's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Oh heavens yes!! I get to pee (!!) AND take a lunch, LOL! Seriously though, I love having the knowledge to make the decisions and I love NOT having to deal with the hospital bureacracy and all that...

  10. What made your first year of NP difficult?

    carachel2 replied to BlessedOne's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've had a great first year. I would say something that has made this first year "different" (but not difficult) is not understanding how much of my day would be "invisible" time i.e. not direct...

  11. is it ok to take advanced pharmacology and health assessment together

    carachel2 replied to PRETTYODD's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think you'll do fine with a PRN schedule BUT for the poster who is working three 12 hr shifts a week you are going to have NO life. Pharm is a HUGE volume of information and Advanced Assessment will...

  12. How soon to apply for position??

    carachel2 replied to Meow's Mom's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A little different here. Through word of mouth, I had three job interviews and then offers lined up before I graduated or shortly thereafter. None of the positions were urgently vacant and they all...

  13. What the heck

    carachel2 replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would never want to work anywhere there is physician hostility and you seem to be right in the middle. I think for the sake of your license you need to call an emergency meeting somehow of all of...

  14. Would you take THIS NP position without looking at other offers?

    carachel2 replied to BlessedOne's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was talking about as an NP student. I was rather alarmed to see that several of my FNP classmates had accepted basically hospitalist jobs when our program clearly did not prepare us for this (that...

  15. hospitals paying for NP

    carachel2 replied to jedi88's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That is INSANE about your cardiology NP friend. Might be worth the $$ to bail on the

  16. Would you take THIS NP position without looking at other offers?

    carachel2 replied to BlessedOne's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sounds like a great package and if you like thr group I would take it! Are you an FNP? How much hospital experience did you get in

  17. Want to be a NP, but not a nurse... so confused!!

    carachel2 replied to magn1jes's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am glad it helped! Truly, nursing is what you make it. The nurses in the hospital who are griping are just nurses who aren't going out and making their own future. The opportunities are endless. I...

  18. hospitals paying for NP

    carachel2 replied to jedi88's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hospitals in my area did not since in their eyes, getting an NP degree would pull you away from the bedside where you were theoretically needed more. I've heard in the past few years SOME money has...

  19. Want to be a NP, but not a nurse... so confused!!

    carachel2 replied to magn1jes's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    First of all, very very normal to have second doubts about virtually everything when you are pregnant. It is probably impossible for you to even imagine your life as a new mom, yet less imagine a...

  20. Any NPs ever been paid this way?

    carachel2 replied to linearthinker's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It sounds fun, challenging and interesting....but I share your reservations. I work for a solo Family Practice doc and his hours are crazy and he provides *amazing* care and runs his business really...

  21. NP jobs at weight loss clinics ?

    carachel2 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Has anyone here ever worked at a weight loss clinic, specifically Medi-Weight loss clinics ? We are having very good success with our obese patients who are going through this program and the NPs who...

  22. NP jobs at weight loss clinics ?

    carachel2 replied to carachel2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Trauma: the main one around here is not a liquid fast program and hires NPs to do initial assessments, interpret labs, EKGs , do some sort of exercise counseling (don't know how much though) and then...

  23. ACNP paper vs exam to graduate?

    carachel2 replied to NPmimzy75's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    First of all congrats on the awesome grades! Secondly, do whatever works best for you as far as graduating. I did the project/paper option and liked it because I could space out the work and do it on...

  24. Adult nurse practitioner

    carachel2 replied to icurn5909's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Forgot the other part of the question: jobs = had three job offers before I graduated and I would say 65% of my classmates were in a similar situation. All of them had jobs within three months of...

  25. Adult nurse practitioner

    carachel2 replied to icurn5909's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I just wanted to add my 2 cents. I am an FNP who ALWAYS worked adult CCU, ER or ICU. DREADED the thought of working with kids even though I love my own. I work in a family practice office now and I...