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   NP salary too low?

   abcdefg posted a topic in NP

   I have recently accepted a NP position in North Carlina for 77K. It is a federal job with 7 weeks leave, comfortable working hours, no call and excellent benefits. Still, I have one year of experience in neurology (the new position is in the same spe...
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   New grad FNP- will taking this job pigeon hole me?

   abcdefg posted a topic in NP

   Hi, I'm a new grad FNP living in a smaller college town with few NP jobs. My best offer is a position in pain medicine where I would work one day per week in an outpatient clinic and the remaining work days doing consults to help med-surg patients ma...
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   Don't like kids...ANP best bet?

   abcdefg replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in NP

   I know several FNP's who do not work with any peds. I also several NP's who have held jobs in many different outpatient settings during the course of the their career. FNP really is more marketable for this reason. The peds rotation is totally surviv...
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   Good/bad idea for new grad FNP to specialize?

   abcdefg posted a topic in NP

   Hi, I won't graduate from FNP school until Dec, but that's not stopping me from looking around for jobs. I happen to live in a college town that has a number of FNP openings in specialty outpt clinics, some of which are quite narrow in focus (sickle ...
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   Normal working hours and part-time

   abcdefg replied to abcdefg's topic in NP

   Thank you trauma, this is the kind of conversation I was looking for. I've been a RN for three years on a med-surg floor. The plan has always been to work full time for a year or two before hopefully working my way into a part time position. Though I...
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   Normal working hours and part-time

   abcdefg posted a topic in NP

   i am in the middle of my first fnp clinical and so far, i love primary care! i do notice, however that my preceptor works m-f from about 8:15am to 6:30pm, and sometimes stays on later than that. she usually sees 25-30 pts a day. this concerns me beca...
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   Tell me again why I should choose FNP over ANP

   abcdefg replied to abcdefg's topic in NP

   Well, not two days since I made my "i'm doing the ANP track" declaration I'm having doubts again. I found some old theads on the subject and it seems to be a somewhat common problem that the ANP can't find a job, especially if in the case of an unex...
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   Tell me again why I should choose FNP over ANP

   abcdefg replied to abcdefg's topic in NP

   This thread has been very useful toward helping make the FNP vs ANP decision. I spoke with another faculty member and apparantly Florida is like some other states in that ACNP's work the inpatient side of things and ANP/FNP are more restricted to th...
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   Tell me again why I should choose FNP over ANP

   abcdefg replied to abcdefg's topic in NP

   What path are NP's taking that PA's chose not to 30 years ago? The history of a profession is always interesting. Also, are you saying that given my background/interests the ANP is a better way to go?
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    Tell me again why I should choose FNP over ANP

    abcdefg replied to abcdefg's topic in NP

    hey, thank you for your thoughtful reply. I had not considered the wider political ramifications behind FNP scope of practice. But I completely agree that is seems strange that the 500 hours clinical instruction would be enough to be competent when m...
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    Tell me again why I should choose FNP over ANP

    abcdefg replied to abcdefg's topic in NP

    So then, for someone interested in outpatient adult primary care but who would also like to have ability to work in an IM specialty is the ANP the better fit over FNP? Do do you see the profession moving to a place where FNP's do everything outpatien...
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    Tell me again why I should choose FNP over ANP

    abcdefg replied to abcdefg's topic in NP

    Where I live (north florida), I've been warned that they are "cracking down" on FNP's working in hospitals- apparantly it's outside of the scope of practice. So, if that is true wouldn't the ANP give you the most versatility in that you could work bo...
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    Tell me again why I should choose FNP over ANP

    abcdefg posted a topic in NP

    Hi, here's my scenario- tell me if you think FNP is the way to go: I am currently working as an RN on a general med-surg-oncology floor and I'll have about 3 years of experience when I graduate with the MSN next December. I would like to work in prim...
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    How is the NP role different from MD

    abcdefg replied to abcdefg's topic in NP

    Yes, that's exactly right Pinoy- I'm concerned that I'll be expected to function on my own, doing everything the MD does and only consulting with questions when strange things arise. It's reassuring to hear that I won't be totally on my own and that ...
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    How is the NP role different from MD

    abcdefg posted a topic in NP

    Hi, I started my FNP program this year, part time and have not yet begun clinicals. But I'm already getting worried- it seems like NP's diagnose, treat and chart just like MD's do. They say NP's see mainly 'routine' illnesses but I'm quickly realizin...