Alicia777 MSN, NP

Alicia777 is a MSN, NP and specializes in Surgery.

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1. NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

   Alicia777 replied to SurgicalNP's topic in NP

   I'm a sub-surgical specialties NP inpatient. We get paid a measly $20/hour (this is weekends only 7a-7p) but if we get called in or have to go in assist with a case or even to round, we get 4 hours. If we get called in again later for a new consult f...

2. Locum Tenens FNP?

   Alicia777 replied to wanna_be's topic in NP

   I've worked with Weatherby Healthcare in the past. I've also spoken with Aya. The one piece of advice is that the agency did not have the correct information about site needs, so I went into the interview looking a bit clueless. I would take the post...

3. QC Kinetics

   Alicia777 posted a topic in Advanced

   Hey there— Wondering if any APP's work at a QC kinetics around the county? It's Ortho-focused 'regenerative medicine' franchise that uses a patient's own bone marrow, which is then injected into the affected joint. I had one interview. Sounds ve...

4. Can an RN make $200K a year working 24 hours a week?

   Alicia777 replied to FullGlass's topic in NP

   200K year is roughly $100/hour. Yes, possible in San Francisco, but its probably based on three 12 hour shifts, 36 hours.

5. HANA table question??

   Alicia777 replied to Kelina's topic in Operating Room

   It differs by hospital. At mine the rep runs the table but I interviewed at another hospital where it was the circulator's role to run it.

6. Returning to OR circulator position after being NP. Yikes.

   Alicia777 replied to Alicia777's topic in Operating Room

   I didn't last more than a few months! The learning curve was steeeep and I was only there a few times per month so was not making good progress They wanted to throw me on the schedule! Plus the hospital had big time staffing problems and it just wasn...

7. NP in clinic based surgical specialties

   Alicia777 replied to treeye's topic in Advanced

   I worked briefly in outpatient urology. My main training is as a RNFA in surgery. There are many patient who surgery wouldn't be indicated. For instance, I had I had a big segment of female patients with overactive bladder. Sometimes the meds are all...

8. Returning to OR circulator position after being NP. Yikes.

   Alicia777 posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hey there—-so I am a surgical NP. I’m an RNFA and it’s been a great job. Previously I had been an OR nurse both scrubbing and circulating but that was several years ago. Lately, I have been very interested in taking on a local travel assignment , spe...

9. NPs and Being On-Call

   Alicia777 replied to ZephieLin's topic in NP

   I work in inpatient surgery and it varies. In my particular hospital there is no requirement to pick up call per se, but I end up taking 1-2 Saturdays a month, 7a-7pm. This could require doing nothing if there are no active patients or consults to ha...

10. Wound Care part-time?

    Alicia777 posted a topic in Wound

    Hi! So as I'm always on the hunt for the perfect side hustle, I've been contacted by a recruiter for a part-time NP wound care job. Apparently I would visit a few SNFs per day, and change dressings, perform minor bedside excisions, debride if ne...

11. Wound Care part-time?

    Alicia777 posted a topic in NP

    Hi! So as I'm always on the hunt for the perfect side hustle, I've been contacted by a recruiter for a part-time NP wound care job. Apparently I would visit a few SNFs per day, and change dressings, debride if needed, prescribe treatment. They a...

12. How Do You Handle Patients That...

    Alicia777 replied to DrCOVID's topic in NP

    Simple; "I'm sorry I can't do that. Take care and see you at follow up."

13. Bad Situation At First NP Job

    Alicia777 replied to The Good Nurse's topic in NP

    Agree, staying on per-diem sounds like a good compromise. Having said that, if your new job doesn't allow you enough free time to give them per diem shifts, drop them. You tried.. Similarly, I am leaving a new-ish job and originally was going to...

14. FNP too soon?

    Alicia777 replied to Guest1030824's topic in NP Students

    Agree with PP, this is not CRNA school and you can definitely at least work part-time and go to school...

15. Can an FNP work as First Assist?

    Alicia777 replied to Hefziba's topic in NP

    I'm an NP RNFA. I wrote a whole post about it a couple years back. I love it. I was an OR RN prior to entering NP school (FNP) and my intention was to stay in surgery.