I just attended the 3 Day Advanced Procedures Workshop led by Ava Chase, DNPFNP (c). She was fantastic. Our class size was small. We covered many useful procedures seen in Walk-In/ Urgent Care, and Family Practice Clinics. This was an excellent review, and, sharing of new material. She is fun, positive, full of energy, enthusiastic, and willing to share knowledge for the sake of knowledge. She does not have a superior attitude. I felt this was invaluable to ad to my bag of NP tricks of the trade. Great job Ava! I also networked with some fantastic FNP's and PA's. Thank you everyone. read more

Advanced Practice Prep - Nursing caps! - Educational Services Near Me - Encinitas, California

-The class started several minutes late despite lots of information stating that if we are late we will not be admitted and will not get a refund. I was worried that I was the late one and I would not be allowed to enter so I called rachel. -Two students were not muting mic's the instructors were I believe trying to be polite in asking them to mute, but when they didn't there was no follow up so it was very hard to hear. Eventually I texted Rachel and at 11:36am it was fixed. -I think the slides were updated, the did not match what I printed, I was missing a few. -For the chest x-ray portion it definitely was not what I was expecting, or looking for, but it wasn't the worst experience of my life. Quite a bit of slide reading, not really a high energy or fun presentation like previous workshops I've been to. -No one really interacting or asking questions. With the first question which was well over 1hr in, John kept stating "did I fix your problem? Did that answer your problem?" now I came to learn so it isn't a "problem" it's a question and it's a good thing that someone is asking a question. Just made me feel that he was not really open to questions. Just seemed like they were making a big deal out of the question being a problem. -After lunch john came on and said how glad he was Mary was teaching the abdomen part that he really didn't know it well. Mary said yea I know you're glad I'm taking over.. laugh laugh laugh.. so then Mary's audio was breaking up. Everyone was saying they couldn't hear on the chat but Mary and John were just going along saying well hopefully it resolve tech issues .... laugh laugh laugh... eventually people were saying no this is really bad. So Mary apologizes and eventually they decide that she needs to log out and back on. John is sighing very loudly and hanging his head I think he even said oh man. He said well I guest my only option is to teach you. He said more than 5 times he hates ab x-rays. It was very uncomfortable. He CLEARLY did not want to teach us. -He started "teaching" again after a few minutes and it became apparent immediately thta he did not understand the content in the least. It was like he was reading the slides for the first time. For a minute or two he went on about female have female parts so be careful about that. He spent a lot of time on textbook s/s GI complaints and what diseases those are. He said that chest xrays are sometimes abbreviated cxr and ab xrays are sometimes abbreviated axr. Other than that slide reading. -Same time 2 people did not mute themselves one person playing with their kids, another talking to husband/wife I do not know. -I actually wrote in the chat that I wasn't getting much. John said oh no my internet isn't working now? I (in chat) no I just mean that i -I contacted Rachel who was super sorry and very nice and explained that this was John's first time leading a class and that you never get those complaints. She said she tried to contact you but that you were at work. She asked me to call Mary which I did but went to VM. -At this time I asked about next steps. This was at 1:50pm. I left the class and called rachel. She kept trying to get Mary to keep teaching but she couldn't. Eventually within the last 5 slides Mary started back teaching. I let Rachel hear what we were learning. He went to a slide about air in GI and he said "sometimes air is in the GI. This is air." Racheal heard this and was very apologetic; she said that this class was never like that. Racehl wasn't able to answer what my next steps were, just saying that I could retake the class. -Per the intstructors, the breakout rooms didn't work during the entire class. I wanted some time of personal attention to see if I understood the content well, but with so many people and no breakout rooms, so many connectivity issues, it just wasn't possible. The only persona interact I got was when I mentioned that my name wasn't called during role call. -I did not learn anything after the end of chest X-ray. -About Mary's internet. When she logged in initially her picture was small and her picture said "low bandwidth" after which time her internet bars were "yellow" which I assume means that her internet was not good. Your materials clearly state that if the student is having tech issues then that they would not get a refund, it is up to us to have our internet working ect. I would hope that your teachers would take careful time and attention to ensure high speed internet functional prior to class. Racheal said that she was teaching from another location. I am sorry that she had internet issues, I'm aware that they were not intentional at all. read more

I can't say enough good things about this company and the services they provide. I searched over a year for a preceptor, getting shot down at every turn. A fellow student told me about Advanced Practice Prep and I am so glad she did. Not only did they place me with amazing preceptors in a short period of time during my first two rotations, but then when I threw a curve ball for the third rotation which was 1 month away (I told them I was moving to a completely different city) they found me someone within ONE DAY! These ladies work hard, provide results and take the stress away completely. Their fees are very reasonable considering the amount of pressure they remove at a time when you run out of options and you are consumed with school work! I feel like one lucky guy....THANK YOU! read more

I had a flawless experience with Advanced Practice Prep. On my own, I searched for a FNP preceptor for about 6 months and only managed to cobble together 50 of the 500 hours of supervised experience I required. I had tried everything I could think of: leveraging my contacts, networking at NP conferences, contacting recruiters. Then I heard about APP and contacted them, had a phone conversation with one of the owners, and they had a preceptor lined up for me one week later. I began the supervised clinical about one month after my first contact with APP, and it is going great. The preceptor and I are a terrific fit, and doors are opening for employment after I finish my clinical hours. The networking that the APP folks do is invaluable. I can't recommend their services highly enough. read more

Written words cannot adequately express the tremendous amount of respect and appreciation I have for the people at Advanced Practice Prep. Education has changed dramatically in the last decade with the introduction and popularity of virtual and online educational options as well as the traditional college setting. Some of the nations best universities are now offering accredited programs at almost every level of education possible. These educational systems are moving quickly and many of the universities are not equipped to deal with the demands of their programs. Even the top universities, whether online or on campus are leaving it up to the student to find their own clinical preceptors. This has had disastrous results for many students. I am a busy working professional in a demanding NP program that lacks sufficient university support. I would not be on my way to graduation if it were not for Advanced Practice Prep. My educational process has not been slowed down at all. I strongly feel this is because I have had the attentive support of Advanced Practice Prep securing me competent and reliable preceptors. By having Advanced Practice Prep as part of my educational process I will graduate on time thereby saving myself time, money and unnecessary stress and anxiety. Roxanne F. read more

Advanced Practice Prep was great! I needed help finding NP preceptors for a Pediatric and Women's health rotations. They were able to set me up with both of these preceptors within a few weeks! I was skeptical at first about putting out the money for this service but I was desperate and it turns out that It was worth every penny! They took all of the stress out of finding preceptors. Everyone was nice and they followed up multiple times to make sure everything was working out with my preceptors! read more

I am a FNP student and I have tried everything to find preceptors since the first semester. I had to hold my clinical rotation for two semesters because I could not find a preceptor. I really didn't know if I could find preceptors and complete the FNP program or not. I found the name of "Advanced Practice Prep" on Facebook when someone mentioned APP in a NP group. I was very impressed by the efficiency and understanding of APP staffs. When I first time contacted APP, there's only ten days to the due date of submitting application to school. I went through the intake interview and APP found the preceptor for my first clinical rotation in two days. They explained to me in detail about the fee and charged a very reasonable price. Now, they already found me the preceptor for my second clinical rotation and they are working on my third clinical rotation. No doubt they will find me my third preceptor. I have talked with one owner of APP. I felt they run APP more than a business. They are trying to help NP students like me to overcome obstacles and move towards success. I can't thank enough for their effort and support. I will definitely recommend their services. read more