grammynp

grammynp has 28 years experience.

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1. APRNs should only be DNPs!

   grammynp replied to Lovanurse's topic in Doctoral

   It all about the college/university 's making more degrees to make more money. I have been a nurse practitioner for over 20 years and my patients still do not know what to call me. We need to be unified.

2. What do you guys like to do in your free time?

   grammynp replied to PianoTiles's topic in General Nursing

   I do chores, play with my dogs, talk to my horses everyday. Would to go riding more. Hike more, spend time with my grandson. Mostly I am mentally exhausted at the end of the day and veg on the couch watching Netflix.

3. Working for the VA

   grammynp replied to grammynp's topic in Advanced

   I have 7 years of intensive care nursing. Then I have worked as a NP for 20 years in solo rural Heath medical office. It is very stressful with the the complexity of my patient population. I am 57 years old and make 14,000 more than what i would be ...

4. Working for the VA

   grammynp replied to grammynp's topic in Advanced

   I got an offer for full time no call $100,000

5. Working for the VA

   grammynp posted a topic in Advanced

   Anybody working as a primary care provider for the VA? Positives and negatives? I am looking to make a change. I am now working for a county hospital.

6. Shocked by MD care of my patients

   grammynp replied to grammynp's topic in NP

   Thank you so much for your reply. After reading the article you posted, I will change my practice. Though I will make this change per each patient. Many are ready for this change, many are not. In the rural community we do not have any diabetic e...

7. Is Becoming A NP Worth It?

   grammynp replied to 8mpg's topic in NP

   I have not seen any salaries that high. I finally broke 110,000 after many long years of hard work.

8. Shocked by MD care of my patients

   grammynp replied to grammynp's topic in NP

   Part of what upsets me is these are my patients, not hers. I have worked hard to establish trust and motivate healthy habits.

9. Shocked by MD care of my patients

   grammynp posted a topic in NP

   I have been off one week so far recovering from surgery. I have a new grad MD, covering my patients. I work in a rural community. Today I was reviewing charts from home per EMR. She has told several of my type 2 DM pts that they do not need to che...

10. DOT focused clinic

    grammynp replied to lmonet82's topic in Advanced

    I think this would be a great idea. Low overhead cost. Go for it, you can always expand later.

11. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    grammynp replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Midwest Salary 114,000. Primary care provider LC Nurse practitioner MSN 28 years Full time Work days and evening, some Saturdays, no Holidays On call for Nursing Home Not a manager.