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Makes me sick that NNU/CNA opposes this legislation. What do RNs have to lose by having NP's gain more autonomy? I've never been a fan of NNU/CNA and this just reinforces my beliefs. I hope this...

I work in geriatrics doing home visits for Medicare patients. They are the type of patients that belong in an ICU for the most part but come home for whatever reason so I take care of them. I see 10...

When you leave school you can defer your loans for a year. I finished with my FNP and didn't make any payments for 12 months. At the end of 12 months you can apply to repay your loans via the...

My understanding is that you must first have a job in Alabama as a NP before the state will license you. I am in the same boat as you. I'm a native of Alabama but went to NP school in Florida. ...

As a NP who sees numerous patients with severe mental illness, I am all for more institutionalizing of the severely ill patients. I can prescribe all the typical, atypicals and lithium I want but if...

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I do this and get paid $80 per visit for just the physical assessment. If I get labs ie blood or urine they pay an extra $20 so I try to get labs on all of my patients. $100 per visit with 10...

just last week, california medical association filed a petition with cms asking that corrective action be taken to address current reimbursement rates and access standards. “what we’re seeing...

It is low. California has one of the lowest Medicaid reimbursement rates in the country. The majority of Medicaid patients are illegal immigrants. How they get Medicaid I will never know. $15 is...

What you fail to realize that it really doesn't matter if you have insurance if nobody accepts it. I rarely see Medicaid patients because of the low reimbursement. Just because you add millions to...

What can go wrong is providers like me will quit seeing all Medicaid patients. I work in California. If I have a patient who is straight Med-Cal which is Medicaid for California I get paid $15 for...

The first time a patient goes apnic after you push too much fentanyl you're toast. I wouldn't think twice about leaving. You don't want to be on the witness stand testifying about how "you were...

http://www.locumtenens.com/media/49325/2011-lt-crna-salary.pdf?elq_mid=4621&elq_cid=233337&code=0160&sc_cid=EMAIL:1-SeptemberNewsletter2-CRNA3-CompSurvey4-text Salaries are coming down. Latest...

sanfordguide.com You can download it to your smart phone. I love it. Much easier to use and almost idiot proof compared to the book

Friend of mine is a home health RN. She sees 30 patients a day on average and to save some time dictates her notes to be transcribed for a portion of her patients. For some of her patients she...

My friends who are expected to graduate in December from CRNA school have told me that they have been exposed to sub $100,000 job offers for full time work. There is currently an oversupply of new...

I used it and found it fairly worthless. I passed and believe Fitzgerald will give you everything you need to pass. I wouldn't waste my money...but the way, I passed AANP.

Don't believe what everybody tells you about low wages for NPs. It isn't true. I will graduate from my FNP program in two weeks and have accepted an independent contractor NP job where my first...

I just had a potential employer, MD in California tell me as a NP I will not be able to prescribe Schedule II drugs. I looked at the CA BON practice act and it says that we can. Has something...

I wouldn't recommend USA to anybody. Got my BSN there and thought the program was horrible. Moved out of state to get my FNP even though I had to pay out of state tuition.

Floor nursing is hell. Doesn't matter where you work, it sucks. You have the right idea. Get your CRNA or NP and be on your own. It is worth the extra effort and work.

State of California makes you work with a physician for six months before they will give you a "furnishing number".

Hey Spode, Don't let dropping of anesthesia school get you down. I did the same thing. Best decision I ever made career wise. I was halfway through my program and just hated it. The surgeons...

2.8 is not competitive. Get your GPA up and get over a 1200 on the GRE before you consider applying.

If you lie on that form and get caught.....I guarantee that you will get kicked out. Be honest. If you lie now, what would prevent you from telling a lie on an anesthesia OR record? That is what...