Goatie

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1. NP in Nursing Home/SNF

   Goatie replied to anh06005's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   This is a reply for Susan D.H. I admire you for taking a break from nursing to take care of your family. Kids grow up way to soon; before you know it, they are teens and off to college. I have LTC...

2. Anyone accepted into USC (southern california) FNP program?

   Goatie replied to dJAYRN639's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Nursing@USC is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and pursuing initial accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). ... Request...

3. Anyone accepted into USC (southern california) FNP program?

   Goatie replied to dJAYRN639's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Sorry, this is a duplicate

4. Anyone accepted into USC (southern california) FNP program?

   Goatie replied to dJAYRN639's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

5. In home health risk assessment

   Goatie replied to Kitkatfnpbc's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   For an old dinosaur like me, HRA's are great in terms of flexibility and pay. You are often paid per case, not per hour. So I do 3 assessments a day (each lasting 1-2 hours depending on complexity...

6. FNPs don't let me down!!! Where's the Money?

   Goatie replied to Cwoods's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I believe hospitalist NPs and anesthetists make the most bucks. Psyc NP's too, coz not everyone has the constitution for mental health problems/illnesses. If you work in snf's, this is a high paying...

7. Nurse practitioner lives?

   Goatie replied to taylordawn's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   OMG, I remember a job where there was no end. Just because the time has ended seeing pts face to face, you have to deal with all the tasks as stated above, plus doing admin emails, calling...

8. In-home NP Medicare Assessments

   Goatie replied to lvICU's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Hello! RN's cannot do HRA's- You must be an NP, PA, or MD because you are diagnosing and the health care companies are using these diagnoses very heavily for Medicare reimbursement. And of course...

9. NP in Nursing Home/SNF

   Goatie replied to anh06005's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Its so awesome to hear Snf/ltc NP's who like what they do. More power and best regards. For me, I did not like it and I swear I will not do it again. I used to work for a large HMO. I had a panel...

10. Professionalism Issues/Questions

    Goatie replied to AAC.271's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Sorry to hear that. Maybe its all in your demeanor? I mean, some patients may think you are too loud and "overly friendly" (which helps to calm people down during an emergency when you were an EMT,...

11. Any Psych Nurse Practitioner's out there?

    Goatie replied to HealingThoughts's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There is a huge demand for Psyc NP's. With that being said, there is a large demand because these jobs are hard to fill for the employer- not everyone has a stomach or the constitution for psyc....

12. Nurse Practitioner

    Goatie replied to urp007's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I looked up the H1 b Visa now... It looks like the reason the admin said 'mandatory' $130K salary is to discourage companies from hiring foreign NP's (or other highly trained foreign workers) and...

13. Anyone accepted into USC (southern california) FNP program?

    Goatie replied to dJAYRN639's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    USC places students in clinicals; you don't have to go around time searching for your own clinical hours (as I know other universities require you to do, and is a shame. If a school will charge a lot...

14. Nurse Practitioner

    Goatie replied to urp007's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That's interesting. Ive never heard of this. Ive never heard of any salary being 'mandatory' at all at 130K. I mean Ive been an NP for 20 years, and the NPs who make above $120K usually work as...

15. Passed my adult/gero AANP boards!!

    Goatie replied to mimiclack's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    CONGRATS!!! I had to take the ANCC Gero test twice coz I didn't seriously study the first time around. I definitely would suggest ordering study guides/CD's for anyone who wants to take the test....