00:01
So I selected my NP program
based on the fact that
it was a hybrid program.
00:06
So we were on campus twice a month.
00:09
But the rest of the time
we got to be at home.
00:11
So all of our classes learning
was, you could do that at home,
which was important because I
was still working full time.
00:17
So I could watch
them when I had time.
00:19
But I wanted to still be on campus,
so that someone could watch me learn
how to do physical assessments,
and move my hand around
and be like,
"No. Not here. Put it here.
Listen here. Move this way.
00:30
I wanted someone to be able to
teach me skills like suturing,
and all of that in person where
they could keep an eyeball on me.
00:37
We had sim lab, I thought that
would be important to just -
I wanted basically
someone to be there
to actually guide me
through the process.
00:43
And the other huge thing,
the reason I picked my program
was they found our
clinical placements.
00:48
So in NP school,
this is super duper challenging
to find a clinical spot.
00:53
If you don't have that you're
kind of calling ahead years.
00:56
I would have people call my office
as a nurse practitioner
years in advance.
00:59
They're like in three years.
I need a preceptor.
01:01
I'm like, oh.
So that was a huge reason
having that off the table
like schools already hard enough
and having someone else
come in and figure out
where you're going to actually
get your clinical experience
was a huge relief,
so kind of that it was flexible
but also had some oversight.
01:18
And then we also had a huge stressor
off the table was important.