Tony1790 BSN, MSN, NP

Tony1790 has 15 years experience as a BSN, MSN, NP and specializes in Rheumatology/Emergency Medicine.

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1. Travel RN to New FNP - Is it worth it?

   Tony1790 replied to SublimeEMTP's topic in NP

   I’ve seen travel RN here in WA state advertising $130 an hour, I’ve been an NP right at 5 years now and I work for a federal agency and just got a pay raise to $60/hr, $46 he when I first started in 2017, I work in Rheumatology, my RN pay rate would ...

2. Best States for RN's and NP's both in terms of pay and practice?

   Tony1790 replied to myoglobin's topic in NP

   Of your top three choices Washington, Oregon, California, I would pick Washington, as there is no state income tax, there are cheaper parts of the staDo you live in beside Seattle, Oregon has approximately 10% income tax, and California is approximat...

3. Pay update for newish NP

   Tony1790 posted a topic in Advanced

   As an update to anyone that is interested, mainly new grads, I’ve battled and continue to battle the pay scale issue for nyewish NP. I graduated with my FNP 2016 and became licensed in March 2017, and started working three days after I got my licens...

4. I walked out of a job fair after being Reminded why I left the southeast

   Tony1790 posted a topic in Advanced

   I work as an independent licensed Rheumatology/arthritis provider in Washington state, I am currently attending a Rheumatology conference in Atlanta, they are having a job fair and I swung by my old alma mater, ETSU, and like most places, they are ...

5. NP Salaries

   Tony1790 replied to TamTamRNBSN's topic in NP

   Arthritis/Rheumatology/Emergency Medicine 32-36 hours main job mon-fri with tuesday either off or a training day, 5 patients/day 14-28 hours OT on weekends, double time 26 days vacation time, 13 days sick time per year, 3 days CME time for annual con...

6. FNP Job Outlook

   Tony1790 replied to Melane's topic in Advanced

   I've worked TN, NC and WA state, I would NOT recommend NC, it is not very NP friendly, the MD's have a lock on that state, you may NOT even have a NC NP license without first getting a MD supervisor that will be your boss, so, yes you have to have a ...

7. FNP Oversaturation

   Tony1790 replied to brinksta's topic in NP

   I moved to Seattle for a job as a new grad, the VA has several openings currently and the local market has several available jobs, I would have a job lined up before I moved to anywhere though, it won't be fun getting a new lease on a rental and then...

8. Working in Rural Primary Care and Love It!

   Tony1790 replied to FullGlass's topic in NP

   I like your post, honest, realistic with pro/con's thrown in, love it, nice.....

9. New NP, take Integrated pain management job or keep looking?

   Tony1790 replied to Tony1790's topic in NP

   I can't believe that it's been a year in the "Seattle" area. I work as the only full-time Rheumatology provider at the Tacoma facility, four days a week, and I work as an emergency room provider one or two days per week, my main job is $97,400 per...

10. Hitting a wall, I hope it gets better fast

    Tony1790 replied to Tony1790's topic in NP

    I appreciate your view point and to be honest, maybe my whining in a public forum, isn't appropriate, which I will now stop. I am working to resolve the problem, and thankfully Rheum is a chronic problem and not usually life and death, essentially w...

11. Hitting a wall, I hope it gets better fast

    Tony1790 replied to Tony1790's topic in NP

    Yes, it was supposed to be mainly injections, gout and Fibro, which is easy cheesy, but as my clinic has the most openings, it acts as the pressure relief valve for the clinic, in order to meet the CID, clinically indicated date, in order to meet the...

12. Hitting a wall, I hope it gets better fast

    Tony1790 posted a topic in NP

    I've been an NP for 1.5 years, but I've only been seeing patients at my new job for about 5 months, I work mon-fri seeing Rheumatology and Arthritis patients, and on the weekends I work ER/Fast track, I'm seeing a good number of patients and charting...

13. Favorite Urgent Care NP Pocket Guide?

    Tony1790 replied to FNP_CCL's topic in Advanced

    PACK OF OXFORD HANDBOOK OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND OXFORD HANDBOOK OF ACUTE MEDICINE (Oxford Medical Handbooks) 9th Edition Twin pack on Amazon for $38

14. Pay

    Tony1790 replied to rockyroad#'s topic in NP

    Quote from Above: Sad, though, that pay will ultimately be determined by the market, and I fear we are flooding the market with poorly prepared NP's. Flooding the market, indeed.

15. Pay

    Tony1790 replied to rockyroad#'s topic in NP

    Ummmmmm, hate to be a bummer here, but $40/hr = $83,400/yr and is pretty much the going rate in the SE from what I've seen, and it gets worse, I had a friend making $29/hr = $60,000 as an FNP at the health dept. Most of the office mon-fri FNP's that...