Ximena2008 RN

Ximena2008 has 9 years experience as a RN and specializes in Home care, Infection Disease.

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1. New FNP Questions

   Ximena2008 replied to drbeckrn's topic in NP

   I just passed the AANP exam. I am also in Florida. Once you get a certification num,ber from either certifying body and they have sent it to the Board of nursing you can then apply for the NP license. Once you get the license, you can go ahead and ap...

2. AANPCB versus ANCC

   Ximena2008 posted a topic in NP Students

   Hi: I am looking for recommendations. I am in my last semester of the Family Nurse practitioner program. I just started researching on taking the Board and found that there are 2 certification exams, one is through ANCC and the other is the AANPCB. F...

3. Exhausted; I want a way out.

   Ximena2008 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

   Also, don't know if can do it, not everybody can but Hospice (admission nurse) pays really well too. Few friends of mine in Ohio are in the 75-90K as case managers in Hospice. Sorry I just want to give example of things I know and have experience wit...

4. Exhausted; I want a way out.

   Ximena2008 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

   I forgot to mention, that in home care here once you meet your productivity of 30-32 points a week (a SOC is 2 points, a RV is 1 point, a DC/ROC/Rec is 1.5 points) anything above that is bonus. You work to meet your productivity or you work to over p...

5. Exhausted; I want a way out.

   Ximena2008 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, sorry to hear. I don't know where you live or who you work for but here in Naples FL the basic salry in home health is 72K-75K with all the benefit of health insurance, paid PTO, vacation, miles, phone reimbursement. Patients are 6-7 every day y...

6. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   Ximena2008 replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   Most NP programs are 24 months of which only a certain amount of hours is hands-on with a preceptor, the rest is a self paced online desing for most universities were written assignments, discussion threats and a few quizzes and maybe a final exam ta...

7. HELP. Need FNP advice

   Ximena2008 replied to schoolisexpensive's topic in NP

   This is a site I bumped into after searching your question online: https://www.midlevelu.com/blog/when-should-new-np-grads-start-job-search

8. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   Ximena2008 replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   Oh! I forgot to mention. We, as NPs should not strive to be paid as an MD. We have to recognized that regardles of our capacity, intellectual or for doing the same as a physician does, MDs have a lot more years of school as well as years of residency...

9. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   Ximena2008 replied to guest416560's topic in NP

   I am in my clinicals for my FNP here in Florida and the more I hear NP's the more discourage I get. I have many friends in Miami, FL that graduated a year ago and don't have a job. There is not only the RN becoming NPs but also the foreign MD becomin...

10. Should i postpone the NCLEX exam?

    Ximena2008 replied to newmom17's topic in NCLEX

    Congrats!!!!

11. Accepted to FNP program, an $80,000 student loan worth it? I need advice!

    Ximena2008 replied to Aik0's topic in NP Students

    Hi Please tell me about your program. Because I am about to pay over 60000 for my MSN

12. Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

    Ximena2008 replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

    I am a true believer that higher education combined with experienced hands on patients is ideal. I have been a Nurse (ADN) since 95 until recently that I completed my BSN and just a week ago got admitted to a Family Nurse Practitioner Program. I am i...

13. Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    Ximena2008 replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you this, is not as bad as it looks. I'll tell you my story. When I came to the US: minimal English, foreigner, came with the clothes I was wearing, no friends or family. Worked cleaning homes, doing errands, babysitting. In the mean time ...

14. Failed Rn boards 4 times

    Ximena2008 replied to michelle.duncan's topic in NCLEX

    To discourage someone that has completed a nursing program and to assume that it won't be safe to practice as a Nurse after several times of trying and passing the exam it is just ridiculous for you to say. There are many nurses, those that pass the ...

15. low GPA, any hope for NP?

    Ximena2008 replied to NCcardiacNurse's topic in NP Students

    Hi, I am also in the process of entering a NP program. I have a 2.6 GPA, so I was as worry as you about it because of it. Anyways, I did applied to 2 Universities and I already got a call for an interview. GPA is a very important aspect but it is not...