Purrsx2

Purrsx2 has 6 years experience and specializes in Operating Room.

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1. Credentialing

   Purrsx2 replied to Xcbanditbravo's topic in Advanced

   I started working in the end of February for an outpatient ENT clinic of a large teaching facility. It is mid-May and I am still waiting to be credentialed... I am seeing patients, diagnosing, prescribing and referring, but I pend all prescriptions t...

2. Salary and Negotiation

   Purrsx2 replied to brista's topic in NP

   Question for all working NPs: if Glassdor gives NP salary range for a particular employer as 41 to 45 per hour, and the offer states 41.02 for a new graduate NP (38400 for 18 hours), is it worth to try and negotiate, or is it really non-negotiable be...

3. ENT NP

   Purrsx2 replied to Purrsx2's topic in NP

   BCgradnurse, Thanks for the response. I am expected to start allergy testing program in the office. They have 2 LPNs there, I don't know if the surgeons (they have 3 of them there) expect me to do the testing and then analyze the results, talk to the...

4. ENT NP

   Purrsx2 replied to Purrsx2's topic in NP

   Thanks, BostonFNP and BCgradnurse! Since I work in OR, I have seen my fair share of intubations with glidescope (it has a monitor that shows the trachea and vocal cords to assist with difficult airway), EGDs, Bronchs and FESS, so I have a very good i...

5. ENT NP

   Purrsx2 replied to Purrsx2's topic in NP

   Thanks for advice, BostonFNP! How difficult was it to learn how to do fiber-optic endoscopy?

6. ENT NP

   Purrsx2 replied to Purrsx2's topic in NP

   Anyone with ANY experience in the above procedures? I am a new grad and I am offered a part-time position in ENT office. I was wondering if these procedures are something that a new grad can be trained to do in the office setting by the hiring MD (s...

7. When does a contract become null & void?

   Purrsx2 replied to NovemberLove's topic in NP

   You can also contact your local Labor Department. If you are not being paid your earned wages, Labor Department will get involved and you will receive all your back pay pretty quickly.

8. DEA license, apply now or when offered a job?

   Purrsx2 replied to flipper628's topic in NP

   When applying for DEA license the form requires to state the address of the practice where you are prescribing. What do you put there if you are not working/prescribing yet?

9. ENT NP

   Purrsx2 posted a topic in NP

   Is there anyone who currently works or worked as Nurse Practitioner in an ENT office? Have you done the following procedures: 1) Nasal bleed cauterization; 2) Scoping with flexible fiber-optic scope (visualizing throat and vocal cords); 3) Salivary ...

10. Helping patients kill themselves

    Purrsx2 replied to Cwoods's topic in NP

    It is a known fact that Andrew Wakefield, a British former gastroenterologist and medical researcher, published a fraudulent 1998 research paper in the world-known peer-reviewed medical journal Lancet, claiming the link between the administration of ...

11. Helping patients kill themselves

    Purrsx2 replied to Cwoods's topic in NP

    I would really appreciate if you provide your source for this statement (reliable one).

12. Helping patients kill themselves

    Purrsx2 replied to Cwoods's topic in NP

    Thank you for the provided article, written by J. Pereira . I read it and looked up the sources that were quoted in this article. Some of them were not listed, and others did not have information that he referred to. No wonder, this ERRATUM IN was po...

13. Helping patients kill themselves

    Purrsx2 replied to Cwoods's topic in NP

    Thank you for the googled links. I carefully read all the information provided on those links, but still did not find any cases where "patients and children have been euthanized without their consent or knowledge". Here is the quote from the articl...

14. Helping patients kill themselves

    Purrsx2 replied to Cwoods's topic in NP

    I would be very interested to see your source of this information. Thanks in advance.

15. America, party of 2

    Purrsx2 replied to Cwoods's topic in Talk Politics

    Thanks to everyone who actually answered my questions. I agree that president can't change state regulations. Is he able to appoint a healthcare "Czar" who will initiate changes in Medicare/Medicaid rules, since these are federal entities? If Medic...