New Nurse Practitioner Pillars of Primary Care

[@PinayNanayNP]

Hi Liz! It was nice to see you post videos again. You truly inspire me even before I decided to enroll for my APN program in 2019, then now as a new AG Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care. I just passed my boards a a few months ago. 🥰

[@RealWorldNP]

Congrats you got this! U.S. health care is in desperate need of good NP's.

[@jenniferbockrath3791]

Liz, you are saving my life. I am a 20 plus year RN who just started my new job as an NP. I am struggling. This helped me tremendously, just knowing what I am experiencing is normal is helpful. Thank you!

[@RealWorldNP]

I'm so glad!

[@Ciseriously]

I wish mentorship was more embraced by the working NP community. I am one semester in to my DNP program and am facing the reality that it's going to take luck and a lot of work to secure clinical sites because I have no connections in the OB, women's health, and primary care areas.

[@RealWorldNP]

Make sure to check out your local Nurse Practitioner Association as they often have NP preceptor list.

[@fransinigiraldo4695]

Thank you for your wisdom. I’m a year from graduating and I’m glad to learn from your experience.

[@RealWorldNP]

You are so welcome!

[@projectlevelup2386]

Please make more of this content. I’m new to the primary care world as an RN.

[@RealWorldNP]

So much more to come. Glad you are enjoying it!

[@isamypardo8216]

Hi Liz, I have been following you for some time now. I think what you do is very important for the nursing profession. I graduated back in 2023 and I have not been able to get a job a year after. Part of this is bc I have little kids and commute would be brutal but also because I have been off the hospital so ce 2020 a d just did prn jobs until 2022. Im doubting myself at this point and thinking to maybe do a fellowship to feel more confident. Do you think this would be a good option? Thanky ou so much

[@RealWorldNP]

I totally hear the self-doubt that can creep in. The good news is that it comes back pretty quickly once you start doing it again. Fellowships are great, I think the upsides are the oversight, mentorship and additional training, but the downsides can be competitiveness and decreased pay compared to other jobs. I don't think it's required, but any job that you start at first should have adequate support for new grads (like a slower onramp of patient visits and scheduled mentorship!). Definitely check out the new grad NP playlist of videos for help with a first job. Best of luck!!

[@frankgyamfi4743]

Am a registered nurse and I want to be NP. Can you give me guidelines?

[@RealWorldNP]

Of course. Check out these post here: www.realworldnp.com/blog?tag=np+student

[@cawilfariidfaarax6637]

😂❤😂 wow ok thanks

[@RealWorldNP]

you are welcome

[@mariangely9546]

I feel like there are huge knowledge gaps and things i don’t know, despite being an RN for 8 years prior to NP school… patients ask very vague questions that I often am not sure how to answer, and it makes me feel inept 🥲

[@RealWorldNP]

In my experience using a patient's "vague" question as a starting place instead of an end point. Often it is an open door to the great mystery of a disease process or problem.