mimicarey

Hi BCgradnurse could you PM me?I have so many questions for you about DE programs etcs.

Well you can say this about NPs who do have RN experience and choose to find a different path then they are used to to work as a provider- aka l and D nurse working out patient clinic as an internist. Does not have prior IM experience and outpatient is different then what she does as an NP yet she is trained on the job. Also, at the end of the day what NPs practice is medicine, yet docs can go practice medicine without RN experience, and have been doing so for years, so whats so different then a non NP doing the same? A lot of prestigious schools have DE programs Vandy being one and googling will show you physicians don't see a difference from NP RN to DE NP and neither do the patients but RN NPs seem to have issues with this

How can it bother them? They basically do half of their schooling--and want all the same pay ? .seems greedy. My girlfriend is a PA, and you know what, she understands with her role. She understands surgically they are some things she just cannot do, even though she has a lot of autonomy. She understood her limitations with being a non physician practitioner, She's happy leading but limiting to what she knows is her scope.

Where is the study that suggests that there is not a difference of provider competency when you have an NP with no RN background, versus NP with RN background? I'm trying to do my research on this subject, but would like to look at data, thank you. I've tried googling, but cannot seem to find this information, maybe I just don't have the magic touch the computer is looking for either.

Hi all. I am highly interesting in becoming an NP. I have a degree in a health field, and have decided going back to become an NP is what I want. After telling my girlfriend this-she works as a PA for a medical specialty group that hires NPs as well, she informed some of her coworkers of my plans, while making small talk. My girlfriend is now a bit in doubt, I can make a living off going the direct entry route. She only goes by what she is told as she is not a NP. All the NPs at her job were RNS, thus their view of someone who does not have their BSN is a bit skewed they state clinicals are important prior to being an NP and the direct entry NPs fall short. Any positive advice on how to educate my girlfriend so she knows this is the best choice for us long term, and how it can be done would be beneficial. She is supporting me but of course mentions what her coworkers tell her and also, a friend mentioned a lady she plays rec softball with is an NP, and did a bridge program, so I'm suppose to get in contact with her soon. It seems this lady had two degrees before deciding to go back and get her NP. I was planning on working as an RN once in the direct entry program and work until I graduate, if accepted to gain experience. Although I don't think the lady from softball who did the bridge program did, from what friend said. Any stats on clinical NPs and direct entry NPs and their job market outlook? Can direct entry NPs be successful? Does having RN background matter or is it the NP experience that counts? Thanks all.