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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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.