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So I have been accepted into university that will find my clinical placements. This is a big relief since I understand that this is one of the worst parts of practitioner school. With that said, I applied for the family nurse practitioner track, as I am told this one is the most verse at Alain will allow me to work in Acute and also primary care settings.

The professor who offered me acceptance since the University said that, based on my goals in my admissions essay, they feel that I would be better for the adult gerontology primary care, nurse practitioner track. They have always suggested that I pick this path instead.

I did some research and I don’t really understand. I mean, I get the adult gerontology… If it was the Acute path. I work in an ER now and would definitely like that option in the future. But being strictly stuck in primary care was not something I feel like I was shouting toward. Maybe it was just that I didn’t mention kids that much.

What is important to me is to have the ability to work in primary care or in Acute Care should I choose. I am OK with going back later if I want the Acute gerontology specialty so I can deal with critical patients.

My thinking was that the family nurse practitioner license would allow me to work inpatient at hospitals even if it is vertical track type stuff… With the option to do the 9 to 5 thing.

I have a new baby at home and I definitely wanna be there for her life and not stop doing overnight on call weekends, etc. forever. With that said, I like the idea that I can jump around if I need to earn more for my family or if our needs change. So I thought FNP would be the way.

Does anybody have any advice or feel like maybe this Proffesor is on something or if they are just trying to fill out their adult program?

To me it seems like the adult primary program kind of limits you a lot.

About the same price, which is high. Villanova says they find clinicians for you. Jefferson has the big network but says it is students responsibility. Anyone Fido their NP at either of these schools? Any advise?

I got accepted into Jeff FNP. I also did my BSN there. I have time to think about it. It’s expensive and they all but told me I will have to find my own clinical site. I work at a Jefferson hospital so I do get employee Benefit, which is somewhat significant. Anyone have any advise on the program or just choosing a program in general?

My wife and I are expecting our first child in about a week. Brought up to my family recently that the recommendation is the TDAP in the last 10 years and flu shot for anybody that wants to see the newborn in person.

My wife’s family agreed to it, but my entire family is apparently huge anti-VAX. I knew they were against the Covid vaccine, but since me and my three siblings, literally all have all of our scheduled shots as babies, I didn’t realize how deep this ran. I am wondering, if all of the politics of recent years have changed their views, but my parents made it pretty clear. They are drawing their feet in the sand that they will not be getting any type of vaccine to meet the baby no matter what.

My mother has RA, but I don’t even think it is about that. Even she admitted that a lot of the on inactivated lives, attenuated viruses do not affect autoimmune disorders like RA in most cases. My dad is just being kind of an ass about it and standing in solidarity with my mom. All three of my siblings who are 18, 21 and 23 years old are mostly just dead air… Which I am taking as they are just signing with my mom.

What’s really frustrating is I am a nurse and have seen babies who have been affected by whooping cough and it is really fucking scary.

I’m supposed to be responsible for this tiny little creature and my very first action is a parent is to cut my family off from access to my baby because they won’t take the necessary steps for it to be safe?

Am I being overdramatic? My dad is doing this old school “ehhh when I was a kid..” kind of shtick about the whole thing like we are being overdramatic.

Did anyone have a situation like this?

I’m very worried that not having my family for support in the first few weeks or even a couple of months of my infants life will be incredibly difficult. We are all really close actually, and I don’t know why I didn’t approach this sooner with them or realize how against this they would be. I guess I just had a lot of other things on my plate.

Any advise or input is very welcome. Thank you

My wife and I are expecting our first child in about a week. Brought up to my family recently that the recommendation is the TDAP in the last 10 years and flu shot for anybody that wants to see the newborn in person.

My wife’s family agreed to it, but my entire family is apparently huge anti-VAX. I knew they were against the Covid vaccine, but since me and my three siblings, literally all have all of our scheduled shots as babies, I didn’t realize how deep this ran. I am wondering, if all of the politics of recent years have changed their views, but my parents made it pretty clear. They are drawing their feet in the sand that they will not be getting any type of vaccine to meet the baby no matter what.

My mother has RA, but I don’t even think it is about that. Even she admitted that a lot of the on inactivated lives, attenuated viruses do not affect autoimmune disorders like RA in most cases. My dad is just being kind of an ass about it and standing in solidarity with my mom. All three of my siblings who are 18, 21 and 23 years old are mostly just dead air… Which I am taking as they are just signing with my mom.

What’s really frustrating is I am a nurse and have seen babies who have been affected by whooping cough and it is really fucking scary.

I’m supposed to be responsible for this tiny little creature and my very first action is a parent is to cut my family off from access to my baby because they won’t take the necessary steps for it to be safe?

Am I being overdramatic? My dad is doing this old school “ehhh when I was a kid..” kind of shtick about the whole thing like we are being overdramatic.

Did anyone have a situation like this?

I’m very worried that not having my family for support in the first few weeks or even a couple of months of my infants life will be incredibly difficult. We are all really close actually, and I don’t know why I didn’t approach this sooner with them or realize how against this they would be. I guess I just had a lot of other things on my plate.

Any advise or input is very welcome. Thank you
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I am a new grad RN in the ED 3 months. My plan is to return Fall 2027 for core courses and complete NP over 3 years while gaining a few years experience as RN. Tech/EMT 2 years experience prior to nursing school.

Everything I have researched so far has leaned toward FNP for maximum flexibility and range of options in care, but I can’t help but feel like the generalization may be less satisfying than the in depth specialization that the mental health nurse practitioner has, and how helpful this can be to my community. I am highly interested in the work and both directions honestly. It’s all pretty fascinating so far.

Are there any mental health practitioners or family practitioners who can help steal me to some of the realities of the job and maybe some of the pros and cons in your experience thank you

So a little context. I work for a big hospital system in the Philadelphia area that has been purchasing facilities like hotcakes for about 12 years. Named after a president. My hospital is a small suburban community hospital outside of the city in the suburbs. As soon as I got hired, I realized a bunch of people quit my department over the past year and there was all this drama because things have just been terrible there. We had a big Townhall meeting and it turns out the whole hospital is fed up and they are moving to make a union. On one of my first days I got into a photo for the petition that is going out next week. I also plan to sign said petition.

However, after talking to some friends who went through some teachers union fiascos, they made me aware that my vulnerability as a new graduate may put me in jeopardy. Also have my first baby on the way! Whoops!

I believe in unions. I have seen the abuse that corporations will hand down on nurses and other staff when you let them go unchecked.
Mind you, this particular hospital system laid off about 700 people last year because they were in a big deficit after buying so much stuff and having all these Medicaid and Medicare legislation problems and pharmaceutical kickbacks.

Another hospital in the same system also just got a union contract with the same organization which adds some momentum and legitimacy.

At the union meeting that they were discussing the steps, they assured me that the hospital can’t retaliate or do certain things to try to squash us. However, the last thing I believe is that they will play nice. Now I am worried they will get rid of me for some weird discrepancy to try to scare away the union.

Does anybody have any experience with this stuff? Some insight would be great. The last thing I want to do is get fired as a new grad still on orientation and pretty much blacklisted from the biggest hospital system in my area lol.

Edit: had to clarify that my hospital is a small community hospital attached to a giant healthcare system.

So a little context. I work for a big hospital in the Philadelphia area that has been purchasing facilities like hotcakes for about 12 years. Named after a president. As soon as I got hired, I realized a bunch of people quit my department over the past year and there was all this drama because things have just been terrible there. We had a big Townhall meeting and it turns out the whole hospital is fed up and they are moving to make a union. On one of my first days I got into a photo for the petition that is going out next week. I also plan to sign said petition.

However, after talking to some friends who went through some teachers union fiascos, they made me aware that my vulnerability as a new graduate may put me in jeopardy. Also have my first baby on the way! Whoops!

I believe in unions. I have seen the abuse that corporations will hand down on nurses and other staff when you let them go unchecked.
Mind you, this particular hospital system laid off about 700 people last year because they were in a big deficit after buying so much stuff and having all these Medicaid and Medicare legislation problems and pharmaceutical kickbacks.

Another hospital in the same system also just got a union contract with the same organization which adds some momentum and legitimacy.

At the union meeting that they were discussing the steps, they assured me that the hospital can’t retaliate or do certain things to try to squash us. However, the last thing I believe is that they will play nice. Now I am worried they will get rid of me for some weird discrepancy to try to scare away the union.

Does anybody have any experience with this stuff? Some insight would be great. The last thing I want to do is get fired as a new grad still on orientation and pretty much blacklisted from the biggest hospital system in my area lol.

I just watched absentia, and the creepy tunnel where people go missing is pretty much exactly the same tunnel from another movie, but I can barely remember any details. I think it was 2 guys. One of them either dies or goes missing or… something? But it’s the same tunnel. Like a pedestrian walkway under an underpass. If it isn’t horror its at least horror adjacent. I wish I had more I just remember those details. Please help if you can!