In response many of the posts we find on here. What would be some of the biggest struggles that nurse practitioners, np students, new grads, vets, etc experience in this field? Does not have to be related to anything specific, but if you had one problem in regards to being a nurse practitioner, what would it be?
I guess to start mine would be something along the lines of attempting to understand what the future holds for nurse practitioners in this ever-changing world.
I don't worry too much about the drug problem government is cracking down on it pretty well
Although younger providers seem to be less inclined to pile on the narcs, benzos and stimulants other than a few written notices stating we should consider before prescribing things like suboxone and benzos together I don't see the govt doing much else. I wish I could agree with you because its a huge problem.
We had an RN skills day a few weeks ago (required for all RNs yearly, roughly 150 in attendance) and one of the speakers asked who was pursuing grad school, specifically NP. I kid you not 70-80% of the room's hands were raised.
Glut incoming with or without Affordable Care Act.
We had an RN skills day a few weeks ago (required for all RNs yearly, roughly 150 in attendance) and one of the speakers asked who was pursuing grad school, specifically NP. I kid you not 70-80% of the room's hands were raised.
Glut incoming with or without Affordable Care Act.
I have to agree with the poster who was concerned about the glut of on line NP graduates, or even the glut of traditionally schooled graduates. I know that my university went from 20 graduates in 2013 in the FNP program, to 42 this year., and more than 70 for the 2017 class. They had trouble finding clinical sites for all the students, even hired someone full time to try to make the arrangements.
And the classes have suffered as well, it is very difficult to get the same kind of learning experience from the professor when he/she has 52 students instead of 15. And this is from a university that advertises "small classes"!
I also worry about the NP reputation being affected by poorly educated (and poorly performing) NPs once they get out into practice. Although I am a new FNP, I have almost 14 years of experience as a CNM and have some understanding of the responsibilities as a provider.
BTW, to those who talk about the salary, I did take a RN job as week-end option for a while, I was making over $20 more per hour to be a nurse! I did that for six years until they phased out the program. I also worked in the office during the week, so I had the best of both worlds for a while.
Glut won't affect seasoned nps too much. Everybody wants experience. Just like any job really. If I was an rn now I wouldn't go back for it. But since I am already an np I feel. As we got in before the rush. If all goes wrong we can always do something else. But I doubt it will happen.
And I'm a dude so that seems to help for some reason
Because for once in your life you are a minority and it benefits you in some way. I came to that odd realization after being a male WASP for my entire life the first day of nursing school. It was a weird feeling.
Glut won't affect seasoned nps too much. Everybody wants experience. Just like any job really. If I was an rn now I wouldn't go back for it. But since I am already an np I feel. As we got in before the rush. If all goes wrong we can always do something else. But I doubt it will happen.
I agree, although I am just starting I delved for the niche ACNP and avoided FNP for the over-saturation reasons. Pulm and cardio groups can't hire enough ACNPs in my area, I see the slow down in FNP jobs mostly which influenced my choice.
Our group would prolly hire an acnp asap since we are a hospitalist group. We use fnp and pa since there are no acnp around here.
Would be be nice to be able to put chest tubes in and stuff. I actually could have used that training just a few hours ago but our surgeon had to do it.
all the medical stuff we got down pat but the procedure and such none of us have been trained on. Our docs don't do too much procedure ether tho. Only procedures we do are intubation and rest goes to the ccu care group which is just two pulms
I struggle with the stress of working full time and going to grad school, although my job is nowhere nearly as stressful as it was when I worked in the ICU. I work in informatics now but I'm 48 and I'm tired! I haven't stopped studying for the past 6 years. I did two certifications, a Bachelor's and now a Master's but it's the road I chose and I hope it will lead me to better things. I struggle with the fear of how hard clinicals will actually be. I have 22 years experience, much in the ICU, but being an ACNP is a whole new thing and I'm not used to being the newbie. I struggle with the fear of taking out more student loans but worrying that if I don't go back to school that the bubble will burst in informatics and I'll have to go back to the bedside and run my butt off for the next 20 years. I just can't do it anymore. I feel fortunate in that I attend one of the top schools in my state and they only accept 15 students a year to my acute program so it's highly competitive and 99% pass first time and 100% get hired. My goal is to earn over $100,00 which I know is very doable. I also struggle with worrying about working really hard only to finally get there and be disrespected by doctors and still have to prove myself constantly. I guess that happens wherever you go but it's very wearing to work with judgmental people and I hope that reaching a certain level of professionalism will eliminate that but I bet it won't. Let's face it, signing on the dotted line to be an NP is a challenge and we knew that out of the gate. I think it's worth it.
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I don't worry too much about the drug problem government is cracking down on it pretty well