Stressed as a nurse practitioner resident

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I graduated from an Adult/Gerontology primary care nurse practitioner program 1.5 years ago with a 3.73 GPA. I've been in an adult primary care residency for the past several months and while people say I've done well, I've feel like I've really been struggling. I was selected by my residency to train for a permanent position in urgent care, which I've been training in for the past 5 months. The urgent care is located within the ER of a hospital. However, I find myself really struggling to keep up with the pace of the urgent care/ER work and get all my work done. I feel as though urgent care is too fast-paced for me. So, I'm looking for another work setting that might be more manageable. I know that no nurse practitioner job is going to be very slow-paced or easy, but are there specialties that might be somewhat slower or more manageable? I've researched dermatology and cosmetics, and people have thought that I would be great in that setting. Does anyone have any suggestions?

On 7/30/2019 at 3:21 PM, Oldmahubbard said:

From the comfort of my living room, miles away, with my crystal ball, I already know that 100% of the patients will have sleep apnea.

OK, maybe I am cynical and jaded.

Personally, I think it is mostly a huge, expensive crock. Feel free to disagree. I would love to hear from you.

Of course- how else are they going to bill and make money and pay off their fancy BMW's.

All jokes aside if I am doing a Department of Transportation exam and the driver meets the criteria for sleep apnea testing I have sent them for sleep studies and they all come back with sleep apnea machines - but I have had drivers tell me that they feel more rested 3 months into using their machines- anything to make our roads safer even if it a placebo effect.

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