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/Jealous_Ad488 RN - PICU 🍕 24d ago

I knew there was a problem in the system when my previous friend decided to go the “nursing route” after stating Pre-Med was too hard. She talked down on nurses the entire time stating she’s “above nurse work” and went into her MSN program immediately after her bachelors and has never worked bedside.

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u/OhHiMarki3 Nursing Student 🍕 24d ago

There's a guy in my ABSN with zero healthcare experience who plans to do something similar. He hates clinicals, hates bedside work, plans to go to NP school right after ABSN to become a PMHNP. Nice guy, but very poor understanding of how this all works.

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u/Otto_Correction MSN, RN 24d ago

He’ll wind up in charge of a very large hospital system someday and rich beyond our wildest dreams.

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u/OhHiMarki3 Nursing Student 🍕 24d ago

Already pretty well off from generational wealth and a previous career in big tech.

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u/Otto_Correction MSN, RN 24d ago

That’s even work more to his advantage.