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  1. New NP, take Integrated pain management job or keep looking?

    That's great! Always wanted to visit the Pacific Northwest. We're also in TN, just about to start my first NP job in Palliative Care. Best of luck!
  2. New NP, take Integrated pain management job or keep looking?

    Tony, have you made any decisions?
  3. Are new grads prepared for the bedside?

    I graduated from a direct entry program, and we were doing skills right away in our clinical sites (for the BSN portion of the program). I agree that our senior preceptorship was the best way to learn, as we basically took an assignment every shift a...
  4. Do I push out the air bubble?

    Like everyone said, definitely just insert with the bubble. Random tip, I started putting ice on the area I was about to inject for just like 30 seconds or so (had to do it for 9 months) and I barely had any bruising at all the whole time (may not ha...
  5. Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    We were required to precept as part of being a teaching hospital. That being said, our director did a really good job of dividing up new hires and students so we weren't constantly required to be teaching someone!
  6. Frustrated New Grad

    Nashville's a tough area, I spoke to a recruiter and they were saying they're not even trying to place people in this area because employers have such a surplus of applicants for NP jobs.
  7. 12 hour rotating shift thoughts??

    I worked 12 hr rotating shifts, we did 2 weeks of nights then 2 weeks of days (7-7). It took me forever to adjust to the night weeks and by then I was back to the day shifts :) We also did self-scheduling and it was really helpful, you could have a l...
  8. Direct-Entry NP Success Stories

    I also did a brick and mortar direct entry program in Boston, but we were required to work a minimum of a year as an RN. Most of us continued to work and waited a little while to go back to the NP portion of the program. I worked for 3 years on a med...