ICU2NP

I work in LTC/TCU/AL settings. We have moved to mostly tele-health visits via the previously mentioned Doxy app- but it has been slow so we are also using FaceTime. Tele-health restrictions have gone out the window, so luckily I can work from home ...

Yes I work for a private company that is local to where I live, they contract with the facilities (I do not work for the facilities). Many of the larger hospitals also have contracts with them. I believe if you just search LinkedIn, Glassdoor, etc....

Wow how awful!!! You will find something great, I'm sure ? Good luck and keep us updated!

I agree with Dodongo... go outpatient and work in a specialty clinic. I think they get longer appointment times than in primary care, also. While I was applying for jobs I saw pulmonology clinics looking for acute care experience. I've heard this ...

I think derm is pretty fast-paced also. An NP I am working with now did derm for awhile, and she said it was patients every 10-15 minutes. So she took a 50K pay cut to leave because it was too much. I am in the TCU, LTC, and AL setting. It is pret...

I would shadow some NPs in both settings before making any decisions. I am an old ICU nurse, was there for 13 years. If you don't want crappy hours and weekends, don't do ACNP. Most jobs I saw for ACNP in ICU/hospitalist were 7 on 7 off, and you u...

I'm not familiar with pediatrics, but is there some type of home care you can do in peds as an NP? I am working in different nursing facilities (LTC, TCU, assisted living) and somewhat making your own hours and not having set appointment times right...

I had good luck with Glassdoor and LinkedIn.

Could you expand on why? I'm not seeing anything written that discusses potential harm to patients.

Are you a primary care focused cohort? That’s probably why they are discouraging inpatient rotations? We weren’t really supposed to do inpatient rotations either, as we are primary care (AGNP). I learned the most in TCUs that had high acuity (not...

I spent the summer doing every activity possible with my kids, drank a lot of wine, and slept in Then I went casual at work (best idea ever), and figured out ahead of time when would be the best time to study. For me, it was to wake up at 5am and ...

I'm not officially an AGNP yet (graduate May 11) but I'll answer anyways... 1) I just signed a contract with a company that goes into various SNF, TCU, and assisted living facilities. 2) My area is saturated, so I was unable to find a job in a pri...

I don't know if that is typical of NP residencies, but no guarantee of a position afterwards? I don't know if I'd like that. I guess it depends on how saturated the market is with NPs in your area. If it's super saturated, I might be more inclined...

I would, and we have been using part of the student loans for some living expenses so that I could go casual at work and concentrate full time on school. I need to give my full attention to my studies, I owe that to my future patients. The last two...

Women's health yes, OB no. I am interested in women's health but every women's health job I've come across so far also has an OB aspect... so unfortunately I can't apply to those.

I agree, if you are not already a nurse then I would go the PA route for sure. Especially if you have no desire to actually be a nurse, which is the initial foundation of a nurse practitioner. I have talked with various respiratory therapists who go...

I agree about finding continuing education for procedures - they are obviously live in person but I found out about them by searching online in my area. I was initially interested in urgent care and looked into those since my school offers no traini...

I'll just offer a different perspective from the previous reply - I believe that my inpatient RN experience has been EXTREMELY helpful for my NP education, mostly due to my assessment skills. As an ICU RN, I am doing full head to toe assessment q4h ...

Congrats! How nice to be able to choose exactly which job you would like. From the information you presented, I believe I would be choosing B. To me, in house resources and appropriate ancillary staff win out. Although, I am still in school so ta...

The question I always get is: "But what's the difference between an NP and PA??" Then I explain (and keep it brief), and then they always ask again at a later date (aka my mother-in-law. OMG. I think she's asked me 3 times).

Meh, I would just worry about finding a place to work where you can get hours that will be conducive to doing clinicals, or a place where you can go casual or is low stress. I worked strictly ICU before going to AGPCNP and it didn't help much. It's...

So have you finished all your clinicals required for adult/gero then? I would switch. But I'm partial - I'm in an AGPC program :) There are tons of jobs out there for me, but I suppose it depends on your area. I check on jobs in my area on a week...

Every area of nursing is a specialty, essentially. You'll train to learn how to work on that unit with that population. Apply to and work where YOU want to work. I started in ICU straight out of school. I've heard from our preceptors, and now tha...

PS I wish there were more posts like this in this forum... instead of just everyone asking about a specific school.

I am SO with you. Been having increase in migraines d/t this semester + clinicals + ICU work. 178 days...