emsguy MSN, APRN, NP

emsguy has 14 years experience as a MSN, APRN, NP and specializes in Urgent Care, Occupational, Travel Medicine.

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1. Provider not found

   emsguy replied to agiboma's topic in NP

   Do you have an NPI number? This is how they look you up and/or with your DEA.

2. Do you have your own malpractice insurance?

   emsguy replied to tgod288's topic in NP

   Yes, I have maintained my own policy since RN times and would recommend you do the same as tramaRUs states. It's not that expensive about $1k a year depending on NP board certification and practice.

3. How does physician oversight work

   emsguy replied to riquelle's topic in NP

   It doesn't. They read some of your charting, and pretty much that it is, lame extra cost that takes away from NP's. When I was in California I wrote my own protocols. I had one supervising physician that did not understand the scope and role of my cl...

4. How Much PTO did you get as a new grad?i

   emsguy replied to OncRN2015's topic in NP

   I made $145K a year, 6 weeks PTO annually, $1,500 CME credit, PPO Medical, dental vision and other benefits, plus a 6% 401k matching, 3 year contract.

5. Nobody gets my credentials right

   emsguy replied to haitwun's topic in Advanced

   It happens all the time in my clinic. Even when I was an RN. Since I'm a male in scrubs and a stethoscope. I do the same thing, introduce myself as so and so Nurse Practitioner, and add "you can call me by my first name or nurse". Invariably, I am ca...

6. Any NPs start from LPN?

   emsguy replied to BabyFood26's topic in NP

   Wheel chair van driver, gurney van driver/first aid tech, EMT, Associates in life sciences-pre-nursing, BSN, almost done with MSN/FNP.

7. Question from a doc on NP education

   emsguy replied to clamchow's topic in NP

   Doc, I am an RN with a BSN currently in my second semester as an FNP student. As a Family Nurse Practitioner we are trained as primary care providers and sometimes generalist. So our education is geared towards managing this population in the outpat...

8. 1st two quarters of FNP program no different from my BSN

   emsguy posted a topic in NP Students

   So....I have just completed my second quarter of my 8 quarter FNP program and although the classes have different names, it is nearly the same subject matter and course work I found in my undergraduate BSN program. I would love to have more pathophys...

9. Anyone ever been in this situation

   emsguy replied to jaznia15's topic in NP Students

   My FNP program is standard grades except....anything below an 80 is an F. so you can only get an A or a B.

10. Frontier Nursing University CLass 113-115

    emsguy replied to Mary C's topic in CNM

    I got into class 115 cfnp! Got email this morning. Good luck all!

11. Strange encounter at flu shot clinic

    emsguy replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    I would never let another RN care for my patients medical needs even if they were the mother. Those patients are my responsibility. Yes this is a hard line I take, but there care no matter how trivial is my responsibility. If anything happened who's ...

12. New name for nurses who are men

    emsguy replied to midlife101's topic in Men

    Did anyone mention "Murse" as an option? I also don't like the word penis so lets change it to mangina. Yes "nurse" is not as exciting as Para-medic, or Physician Assistant or Respiratory Therapist. How about Registered Osteopathic Medical Technician...

13. UCSF 2012 MSN/FNP applicants

    emsguy posted a topic in NP Students

    HI all! So any working RN's gong from a BSN to a MSN with FNP? I applied for the 2012 fall UCSF MSN/FNP and was wondering how many others have done so? I went to an information meeting earlier this year and there were a lot of people in the meeting, ...

14. Cost of Classes for SFSU Sequoia/Canada Progra

    emsguy replied to lf1158's topic in California

    Yes it is much cheaper than Samuel Merritt. The only reason to go there is for their CRNA program (only one in northern california). I was at the informational meeting last year, sorry if this was not clear.

15. Cost of Classes for SFSU Sequoia/Canada Progra

    emsguy replied to lf1158's topic in California

    I am a graduate RN from this program and yes the cost is correct. The federal student loan program will max you out at $6,250 a semester excluding summer and tuition and books will run you about $5,000 a semester so you have some extra to put away to...