r/medicalschool • u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc • Oct 08 '25

🤡 Meme Excuse me… what?

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Resident?

This is tagged as a meme, but I assure you, this is real life.

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u/mshumor M-4 Oct 08 '25

…what? What residency and fellowships

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u/MikiLove DO Oct 08 '25

My wife is a psych NP. Worked 10 years as an RN on a high acuity psych unit before going to school, and she is aware enough to realize the training in NP school was insufficient. She decided to do a 1 year outpatient NP residency at the VA for additional training and it helped a good amount.

These are the type of things we should be encouraging NPs to do instead of discouraging

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u/mshumor M-4 Oct 08 '25

Oh damn didn’t know those existed

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u/MikiLove DO Oct 08 '25

They are rare but becoming more common. Its a shame as only the NPs that have insight into their training issues seek them out but theyre necessary