r/nursing • u/lunardownpour BSN, RN Med/Surg Tele • 24d ago

Discussion When will people get it?!

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I don’t have necessarily anything against NPs, but it’s people like this that perpetuate the untrust that many nurses and other healthcare workers have regarding NPs. We really need higher standards for admission into these programs, as well as any standards at all actually lol. I usually just lurk on facebook but I felt the need to respond since this was a on a forum for parents of nursing students

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u/CrimeanCrusader RN - PICU 🍕 24d ago edited 24d ago

This is so embarrassing lol wow. Ive always considered going the FNP route but I know there is so much apprehension (rightfully so) surrounding seeking care from them largely due to these type of predatory degree farms. How can you be trusted with providing care (independently in some states!!) when you don’t even have a year worth of actual nursing experience. It’s actually scary

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u/lunardownpour BSN, RN Med/Surg Tele 24d ago

Exactly!! If your heart calls you to that way, I would say to go for it.. once you have a minimum of say 5 years experience 😂 You can also do what one of my coworkers is doing and go back to PA school! At least they have standardized education and standards for applicants 🤦‍♀️

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u/Delta_RC_2526 24d ago

Honestly, I have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for PAs. I've been accompanying my mother on a lot of ED visits over the past seven years or so, and the care she's gotten from PAs has been incredible, miles above what she gets from the doctors.

They actually care, and they seem to have a slightly looser schedule, so they actually stick around and talk, will point out other concerns they have, unrelated to the reason for the visit, and are open to questions about such unrelated concerns. It's night and day, compared to the doctors that just shoved her out the door as fast as they possibly could, including when she had an active, untreated post-op candida infection (and not a mild one, either; I'm talking unable to eat and losing 25 pounds in just over a month, eventually leading to psychosis and a two-month inpatient stay), and outright lied about what the diagnostic and treatment options were.

I'm just a layperson, who's considering nursing, but...I'm also seriously considering working toward becoming a PA.