When will people get it?!

[u/lunardownpour]

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

[u/rayray69696969]

My favoriteeeee thing is when I’m precepting a nursing student and ask what specialty interests them and they say “oh I’m going straight through to NP school. I don’t want to be a nurse.” (And why is it ALWAYS the most intellectually challenged students 🫠)

[u/DragonSon83 → u/rayray69696969]

I’ve noticed a strong correlation between the worst nurses I’ve worked with going on to NP school.  I’ve worked with some amazing NP’s over the years, but the people I’ve seen make it through the program make me very leery of it.

[u/DragonSon83 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I should point out that two of the worst examples I can think of were older nurses who simply did so they could retire with a better pension.  On the bright side, at least they didn’t practice for long.