FNP jobs with RN schedule: 3-12 hours shifts

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Other than hospital or inpatient, where else can I find an FNP job that has the 3-12 hour shift schedule? I don't mind working every other weekends. Thanks

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17 minutes ago, KatieMI said:

In Michigan, new grad FNPs are hired in UC all the time straight from school with 3 months orientation. It is "dependent" state, so M.D. provider must be there on regular basis to sign charts. Many students, knowing that their chances to get first job in UC are pretty high, try to arrange as much clinical time as possible in this enviroinment.

In California, that is not the case. I was offered a UC job as a new grad, but this was a large UC, part of a hospital, that had multiple providers on all shifts.

Even in remote rural areas, which are desperate for providers, I was told they absolutely would not hire a new grad for primary care or UC if they were going to be the only provider on site. I ended up in a rural clinic, but one that had 6 providers every day.

My favorite clinical rotation in school was UC, and that UC was trying to hire someone. My preceptor said I did a great job, but she was not going to hire a new grad for the role. She tried that once and she said never again, and that UC had 2-3 providers every day.

Maybe I'm a lot dumber than other NPs on this forum, but when I graduated, I was very anxious and felt like I knew nothing. I was running to my MD and NP mentors multiple times a day. That tapered off, of course, but I have no idea how any new grad NP thinks they are going to be competent to be the sole provider in a UC or primary care clinic.

New grad NPs should be very careful to choose a first job that will provide them with ample support and mentoring. Training is fine, but that is no substitute for the real thing. It took me 6 to 9 months to feel more comfortable and it was 1 year before I started to feel confident inside as an NP. The goal should be to provide the safest, highest quality care to patients.

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On 5/25/2020 at 8:31 PM, FullGlass said:

New grad NPs should be very careful to choose a first job that will provide them with ample support and mentoring. Training is fine, but that is no substitute for the real thing. It took me 6 to 9 months to feel more comfortable and it was 1 year before I started to feel confident inside as an NP. The goal should be to provide the safest, highest quality care to patients.

Ain't it the truth...I remember when I first started I would feel really good and "confident" about my diagnosis and treatment but often turnaround to one of the more experienced providers and "double-check"?. Now, years later, it's more "it is what it is because I say it is...and that's good enough"...LOL

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On 5/25/2020 at 12:46 PM, ThePrincessBride said:

Nope. I have plenty of NP friends who started as new grads

That sounds like a recipe for disaster....

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On 5/25/2020 at 5:31 PM, FullGlass said:

In California, that is not the case. I was offered a UC job as a new grad, but this was a large UC, part of a hospital, that had multiple providers on all shifts.

Even in remote rural areas, which are desperate for providers, I was told they absolutely would not hire a new grad for primary care or UC if they were going to be the only provider on site. I ended up in a rural clinic, but one that had 6 providers every day.

My favorite clinical rotation in school was UC, and that UC was trying to hire someone. My preceptor said I did a great job, but she was not going to hire a new grad for the role. She tried that once and she said never again, and that UC had 2-3 providers every day.

Maybe I'm a lot dumber than other NPs on this forum, but when I graduated, I was very anxious and felt like I knew nothing. I was running to my MD and NP mentors multiple times a day. That tapered off, of course, but I have no idea how any new grad NP thinks they are going to be competent to be the sole provider in a UC or primary care clinic.

New grad NPs should be very careful to choose a first job that will provide them with ample support and mentoring. Training is fine, but that is no substitute for the real thing. It took me 6 to 9 months to feel more comfortable and it was 1 year before I started to feel confident inside as an NP. The goal should be to provide the safest, highest quality care to patients.

Overconfidence. People don't know what they don't know. Thinking 600 clinical hours and a 1-2 years as a med surg medication passer will prep them to independently assess and properly diagnosis patients is the definition of insanity.

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20 hours ago, Numenor said:

That sounds like a recipe for disaster....

Not really. Retail clinics usually have very strict protocols and a narrow amount of conditions they can treat.

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On 5/25/2020 at 5:13 PM, FullGlass said:

The reason CVS, at least in California, does not hire new grads is because the NP usually works alone in these Minute Clinics. I find the thought of a new grad in such a role to be truly alarming and a very irresponsible hire. A new grad NP would be OK in an Urgent Care where other providers are present.

Aside from care quality, a new grad that puts themself in this position is just asking for a boatload of stress and is also creating a huge liability for themselves (working as sole provider in an UC)

I agree that they shouldn't work as a sole provider in an UC. From what some of the NPs I know have told me, they are usually alone but help from multiple sources is just a quick phone call away.

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On 5/28/2020 at 7:20 PM, ThePrincessBride said:

Not really. Retail clinics usually have very strict protocols and a narrow amount of conditions they can treat.

I know exactly what they can and cannot do. I get UC and minute clinic F ups all the time who are admitted inpatient. Protocols mean nothing when red flags are routinely missed. So yeah this is a problem.

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Specializes in Neurology/medsurg/PCU.

I currently work on a neuro med surg floor and the hospital employees a handful of FNP to work in hospital medicine overnight, 7 on 7 off. I talked to them a few times (I am also in FNP school) and they said it is super uncommon to have a hospital hire FNP to the in patient. I don’t think that answers your question but some food for thought

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Specializes in ICU, Triage, Home Health, primary care FNP.

thanks for your comment, Steph. I have thought about working inpatient as an FNP, and a few hospitals here have a year long fellowship/training program for new grads FNP to work inpatient. I think this would be a great option. Good luck on your FNP school!

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Specializes in Neurology/medsurg/PCU.

That’s awesome! Best of luck ?

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