Thanks all - the original post was from me but I had lost my login credentials. I have done a lot of boundary setting with this rep in no uncertain terms and he clearly isn't listening. Hasn't brought me any good offers either - similar to BCgrad, ...
coast2coast replied to Palliative Care, DNP's topic in Advanced
same. Great experience, great coworkers, but I am getting the hell out of dodge when my NELRP contract ends this year. Life is too short to work that hard forever!
coast2coast replied to psychNP2013's topic in Advanced
Minimum 30 days ... My last position I gave them a 'soft' warning at 6 months and official resignation at 90 days, but that is probably an extreme situation (large patient panel being left and clinic couldn't retain adequate number of providers).
There's no way you will see 25+ patients/day and leave at 3pm if this is family practice/primary care. The 'productivity' bonus is a joke, as is lack of benefits. Keep looking.
No offense was intended, I was merely trying to counter what I see as a widely-held belief that things like legal status are not a routine part of healthcare delivery. An acute care example would be someone needing dispo to rehab or skilled nursing. ...
interestingly enough, this is not actually true. Having worked for multiple FQHCs,I can tell you that determination of eligibility for medi-caid/obamacare takes place on site and is an integral part of the workflow of community clinics. Specifically...
coast2coast replied to Mavrick's topic in Advanced
this. Any goober with MD behind their name can fling scripts. TLC (which oh by the way might mean the difference between compliance and noncompliance, life and death) is where NPs impact both quantity and quality of life. (Name-calling only in the...
Chronic hgb in the 3.5-4.0 range. Dying of metastatic probably rectal dancer, survived almost a year. a1c 16.9, very alive and one of my best-behaved diabetics now. TSH 490. Manic but definitely alive a1c's of 15, systolic BPs in the 200s, and trig...
coast2coast replied to CocoaLoverFNP's topic in NP
I may be too late for this but ... THAT IS WAY TOO LOW! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay under average for SoCal. New grads in community centers are starting over 90 at multiple locations in metro LA. I know you are a new grad and need to get hired, but man ...
coast2coast replied to automotiveRN67's topic in Advanced
Never. I have also stopped giving out my direct extension at work and am now directing patients to the receptionist or nursing line. 99% of my calls and messages could/should be handled by someone else. I found that by my being involved they gener...