travelRN555

travelRN555 specializes in ER/Trauma.

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1. Primary care in urgent care

   travelRN555 replied to travelRN555's topic in NP

   This is just solely an urgent care system with an EHR designed specifically for urgent care. Most of the time the MAs don’t enter the proper history and there has been more than one occasision a provider has prescribed a medication that the patient i...

2. ED case-manager as NP? Advice?

   travelRN555 replied to Amber Brown's topic in NP

   It seems like an odd position... Why can’t the admitting provider put their own orders in? If you have no contact with the patients how do you know what orders are or are not appropriate?

3. Primary care in urgent care

   travelRN555 replied to travelRN555's topic in NP

   Djmatte- I think you are absolutely right about the money..... we were also told we have to check in EVERYONE, even if we know we can’t treat them in the clinic and then bill them for a visit even though we are sending them to the ER- because ‘it’s ...

4. Primary care in urgent care

   travelRN555 replied to travelRN555's topic in NP

   No, most have insurance, they just aren’t set up with primary providers. These diagnoses would be made from incidental findings during an urgent care visit- ie they came in for bronchitis, but have a high blood pressure reading —>check CMP because...

5. Primary care in urgent care

   travelRN555 replied to travelRN555's topic in NP

   They are to come back every 2-3 days for blood pressure monitoring and adjustments and same for blood sugars and then every 2 weeks for fructosamine levels - which I had never heard of before our lecture. But they could, and will most likely, see a d...

6. Primary care in urgent care

   travelRN555 posted a topic in NP

   I recently started what I thought was going to be my dream job- Working in an urgent care with another provider with me as the clinic is typically busy. The reality is I’m often alone and see 35-50 patients in a day with limited support staff. Door...

7. Just got an ED RN position, Advice needed PLS!

   travelRN555 replied to Gem13's topic in Emergency

   Learn to go with the flow, adapt quickly, and constantly reprioritize. In the ER there is no refusing to take a patient/report from the new EMS that just arrived, and it's not uncommon to get 2-3 new patients land in your rooms at the same time. The...

8. Walden University FNP

   travelRN555 replied to Kristy_p's topic in NP Students

   Yes, but it took forever. I got hired at a brand new urgent care. I have yet to start though because they are still finishing construction.

9. Good school that offers FNP programs online

   travelRN555 replied to ajr329's topic in NP Students

   Hospitals are beginning to crack down on the hiring of online program graduates. Hospitals in my area won't even bother looking at your application if they see that you went to an online only school. I went to a 100% online program and while I passed...

10. no contract job offer

    travelRN555 replied to travelRN555's topic in NP

    I'm just worried that if I'm on salary they can make me work a billion hours a week (the clinic will be open 24/7) or change up their medicial benefits Bc initially they said they wouldn't offer any, but then the medical director said they would have...

11. no contract job offer

    travelRN555 posted a topic in NP

    OK... So I've been on the struggle bus trying to get a new grad NP job. I had an offer back in February and turned it down because of bad contract terms. A couple weeks ago, I was offered another job and accepted it at a brand new facility. They sent...

12. guaranteed hours?

    travelRN555 replied to guest974915's topic in Travel

    I work in ER and we never get called off and it's extremely rare that we are flexed when it's a slow day because you never know what will walk through the doors. My agency guarantees my pay, but not my hours and there are stipulations. For example, t...

13. Travel nurse insurance revoked

    travelRN555 replied to Nurselyfe92's topic in Travel

    My agency offers day 1 medical and you can take up to 2 weeks off between assignments without losing coverage. You can stretch it to 3 week with creative scheduling, but I've only ever had one assignment start on a Friday. If you take approved time ...

14. Walden University FNP

    travelRN555 replied to Kristy_p's topic in NP Students

    I graduated from their program last year. There is a lot of 'busy work' with papers and discussions. If you want to get the most out of the program I would not advise doubling up on courses as you are responsible for teaching yourself all of the mate...

15. New nurse practitioner

    travelRN555 replied to ulvikap's topic in NP

    You just need to keep at it... I graduated last August and just finally got a job this week. I think I applied to 100-150 jobs and only had 1 other legitimate offer that turned out to be super sketch when it came to contract review - and that was onl...