Should I quit if the job doesn't fit??

[RoadRN]

I am miserable at my first FNP job. I've been there 3 months and have absolutely no support, the PA is a jerk and basically wants nothing to do with me, the office manager is a controlling biotch, and there's an MA who is also a total jerk. The problem is is that I work with Medicare patients and there are very few providers that take Medicare (I'm in family practice) in the small town that I live in. I feel like I have an obligation to stick it out for them, no matter how much I hate it (I am the only provider on the family care side, the other providers work on the urgent care side). I'm so torn. Should I stay and suck it up, worry about making mistakes, not having anyone to turn to? Or should I go somewhere else and risk the chance that I might end up in a job that's even worse?? I feel like I haven't even given it much of a chance. Some days I just wish I still worked at my old job as ICU RN

[Jules A, MSN]

Then why, every July, do my calls to the interns --for about six months--usually end with, "Let me check with my senior."

No clue that wasn't my experience as a RN.

Good lord, most NP educational programs are less than that full time!

Exactly the problem. My guess is there will be residency requirements in the future. Two administrators from two different jobs I work recently mentioned how shocked they were at a new grad NP applicant's lack of nursing experience. I hadn't heard that before from admin so my guess is the cat is out of the bag.

[greygooseuria]

No clue that wasn't my experience as a RN.

Exactly the problem. My guess is there will be residency requirements in the future. Two administrators from two different jobs I work recently mentioned how shocked they were at a new grad NP applicant's lack of nursing experience. I hadn't heard that before from admin so my guess is the cat is out of the bag.

Yeah, I interviewed for an NP job recently and the office manager (who is an RN) said "Oh thank God you had nursing experience before becoming an NP." They've had bad results with people doing direct entry programs.