New NP grad, passed boards, now what?!

[mcleanstrong]

Hey all! I could use a little direction here. I recently passed my ANCC FNP boards (YAY!) and now I could use a little help in getting my ducks in a row to begin practicing.

I'm in talks with a few physicians to join on to their teams part-time. They are both privately owned practices and neither is sure of what paperwork needs to be in order for me to start practicing. I'm in Michigan, and the state BON said it would take about 6 weeks for me to receive my NP license.

So when I receive my license, my understanding is that I need to apply for a bunch of things: NPI, DEA, CAQH.

Also need to create a collaborative agreement with each physician/location I'll be practicing with.

malpractice insurance is probably going to be paid for by me. Any tips?

Anything else I need to do in order to be ready for practice?

This is difficult to navigate alone. Would be much easier if I were seeking employment with a hospital or a large group who had a dedicated person to help me with this. But such is life, I guess.

Any tips would be much appreciated! Thanks!!

[rnkaytee]

Isn't that funny - at my school this all was an actual assignment. I sort of rolled my eyes when I was completing it but I was glad in hindsight that I was at least familiar with the process.

[aprnKate]

Don't they have office managers as well to help you out?

[Jules A, MSN]

Isn't that funny - at my school this all was an actual assignment. I sort of rolled my eyes when I was completing it but I was glad in hindsight that I was at least familiar with the process.

This is excellent, something actually useful! It really should be the schools duty, imo, regardless of if its one of these wonderfully well known TV commercial schools on the edge of the earth or a local brick and mortar.

I'd also urge all NP students to have investigated this before they graduate. Hopefully you will get a significant raise in income and every week you delay starting practice the money you lose increases.

[Cindy-20]

So I just got my NPI number and searched it and my home address and cell number come up....how do i change that or make private ?!KL@

[BostonFNP, APRN]

So I just got my NPI number and searched it and my home address and cell number come up....how do i change that or make private ?!KL@

You can't hide it, that's why your normally don't want to sign up for it until you have a job. I'm not sure you can leave it blank but you could change it to your current RN work address/number of your school or something.