Emergency/Urgent Care NP Question

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Do you break in the Doctors' Lounge?

Are you welcomed to Journal Club?

Are you invited to the same educational/CME opportunities that the physicians are?

Do you have full digital access that staff physicians have to educational opportunities?

Do you have provider parking?

How do you feel you are treated in your workplace environment?

What advice would you give a new NP who realizes its important to her to work in an environment in which the NP profession is respected, and supported in the role of diagnosing and prescribing?

Are you required to attend staff nurse education nurses designed for RNs and LPNs?

Is your boss the nurse manager?

Have you been in a position in a backwards area when it comes to the NP role, where you've had to advocate for any of these things, and if yes, any insights to share?

Thanks in advance,

Julia

For the record, I am not promoting the notion that NP education is equivalent in any way to physician education, however, I know in some places NPs are treated with more respect, and support and provided with continuing education opportunities, and I am determined to either help facilitate some changes where I am currently employed, find a position I am happier with elsewhere, and possibly negotiate some changes either in a current workplace or a future one. I would love to hear others' positive thoughts or experiences on this subject.

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Specializes in Psychiatric Nursing.

My understanding of continuing Ed requirements are that they have to be at APRN level. This would be CME's or Contact hours for APRN's. If physicians have access to up to date, you should too- you need it. Are you credentialed as part of the medical staff?

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I agree, that we are all professionally responsible to obtain the appropriate continuing education to maintain our licensure, however, the other educational requirements or opportunities our facilities offer, or require may differ from licensure requirements. I pm'd you on your question. Thanks for responding. Julia :)

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Specializes in allergy and asthma, urgent care.

I work per diem in an Urgent Care center. MDs, NPs, PAs all sit in the same room. We all have access to the same resources. We are all respectful of one another and work as a team. I don't get bennies, so I don't know if NPs get the same amount of time and money for Continuing Ed.

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Are all NP and PA charts reviewed, stamped and double billed by MDs?

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Specializes in allergy and asthma, urgent care.

I don't know about the PAs, but the NPs charts are not.

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