RNpandoraRN

RNpandoraRN has 8 years experience and specializes in Obstetrics & Gynecology,Medical/Surgical.

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1. New NP, embarrassing salary offer!

   RNpandoraRN replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in NP

   WKShadowRN - thanks for the link to that article. Very interesting. And for anyone who is actually paying attention to when I've updated -- in the above article on MedScape, on slide 11, "APRN Annual Earnings by Geographic Region," I'm in a yellow s...

2. New NP, embarrassing salary offer!

   RNpandoraRN replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in NP

   Thank you all for your responses, especially the compassionate ones. I am indeed desperate for a position as this point, as every month I play the game of, "Which bill can I put off paying this time?" This is no joke; therefore I cannot put it off an...

3. New NP, embarrassing salary offer!

   RNpandoraRN replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in NP

   PsychGuy - I've noticed that psych NPs definitely make more than other APRN fields. I frequently see ads in my area, or on recruiting sites. Kudos to you for being a PNP; mental health is definitely not my forte! Definitely could not pay me enough t...

4. New NP, embarrassing salary offer!

   RNpandoraRN replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in NP

   What would you all do for a position in which the current APRNs on staff, with 10+ years of experience, are being paid $77,000-84,000? (to be fair, this may just be their base salary and does not include bonuses or other incentives). It would definit...

5. New NP, embarrassing salary offer!

   RNpandoraRN replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in NP

   Hi LucyLou - I have made a counter offer. Awaiting a response.

6. New NP, embarrassing salary offer!

   RNpandoraRN replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in NP

   Thank you everyone, for your responses thus far! I have counter-offered with Job B, due to CME, costs of maintaining licensing/certifications, and professional memberships, and am currently awaiting a response. At Job B, the employer pays 83% of th...

7. New NP, embarrassing salary offer!

   RNpandoraRN posted a topic in NP

   I'm gathering that this is a theme in our field, unfortunately... So after graduating and spending nearly a year of applying for positions as an APRN, I finally scored several interviews and a couple of offers. I'm particularly interested in one of t...

8. Graduated a year ago, no job

   RNpandoraRN replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in NP

   Thank you all for your responses thus far! Yes, the WHNP curriculum was specifically women. No males and no pediatrics (other than newborn care for the first two weeks following birth). My Med/Surg background was hospital, right out of nursing schoo...

9. Graduated a year ago, no job

   RNpandoraRN replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in NP

   Yes, I'm a member of NPWH and Sigma Theta Tau (STTI). I have several staffing agencies with my information, as well as email/text alerts through Indeed, Glassdoor, LinkedIn, etc. I'm not really in a position for relocation due to family and finances,...

10. Graduated a year ago, no job

    RNpandoraRN posted a topic in NP

    I am in desperate need for guidance. I graduated summer 2015 and have yet to find a job in my field (women's health, ob/gyn). I have reached out to staffing agencies as well, and did have a well-known urban women's clinic interested, but they did not...

11. Georgetown Bound in August 2012? CNM program

    RNpandoraRN replied to madalena2's topic in School Programs

    The tuition is very steep - about $70K when it's all said and done. That's not including travel costs for required trips to campus (airfare, hotel, meals, etc) and you have to attend an annual conference of the American College of Nurse Midwives, wh...

12. Georgetown Bound (CNM) August 2012) ?

    RNpandoraRN replied to madalena2's topic in CNM

    madalena - did you start the program?

13. Georgetown Bound (CNM) August 2012) ?

    RNpandoraRN replied to madalena2's topic in CNM

    Unfortunately I ended up not being able to start in March as planned. A very unsupportive employer wouldn't allow me a couple of hours off a week to attend class, so I ended up deferring my enrollment to the June 2012 cohort, which is the full time ...

14. Georgetown Bound (CNM) August 2012) ?

    RNpandoraRN replied to madalena2's topic in CNM

    I, too, am Georgetown bound, but I am starting in just a couple of weeks (March 19th!)

15. Constantly rejected from OB...

    RNpandoraRN replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't even get into PP (mother/baby in my area). Even with two years nursing experience, I still applied for the graduate nurse position one hospital had listed for mother/baby...I expect they will have to treat me like a graduate nurse and I am 1...