[Focault's Pendulum]

You do know that the vast majority of Nurse Practitioners were "genuine RNs" before they went on to earn their NP credentials, right?

All NP's have to be RN's.

[Gamecock]

I wasn’t as clear as I should have been. You are correct.

What I was trying to say with the “genuine RN” comment was they have years of experience at the bedside, in ERs, etc. Very few of them go to an NP program without years of experience.

New grads, in any profession, are not genuine in that they have book knowledge but not the acumen that comes with years of honing one’s skills.