Oldmahubbard

Oldmahubbard

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  1. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    Oldmahubbard replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    NP pay is going to be based on market factors, end of story. Still it rankles me that when the NP is paid 40% of the MD rate for similar work in primary care, that margin is siphoned off into...

  2. Taking a break from NP School?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Assaivivace's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I don't know about the saturation in your area, but I did my NP program over the course of 5 and a half years. This was before the online option was available, and the school was 2 hour drive from my...

  3. Trials

    Oldmahubbard replied to anony8204's topic in General Nursing

    You did have a previously successful nursing job, so this sounds to me like standard nursing railroading, gaslighting, bullying, or whatever we call it these days. I had a similar problem years ago,...

  4. Loan Forgiveness for NPs

    Oldmahubbard replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I am truly glad to hear someone did. One friend chased it all over the rural Northeast and it never happened in 15 years. Another friend was denied it when she moved within the same agency to a...

  5. Loan Forgiveness for NPs

    Oldmahubbard replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I have been a PHMNP for 15 years in an area that should be considered underserved. I have known several people who have applied, but no one who has ever gotten any loans forgiven. There is not even a...

  6. What are the low stress nurse practitioner jobs

    Oldmahubbard replied to Azureshunter's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Long term care, by far. Nothing glamorous, but you generally work at your own

  7. Commute to your job?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Power2020's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I go to a few different LTC facilities, and the average drive is 10 minutes. I don't have set hours, but it takes about 30-35 hours a week to cover my caseload. I review charts remotely and do my...

  8. Threatened by employer

    Oldmahubbard replied to wengee's topic in General Nursing

    If you ever did anything to warrant a malpractice suit, his support of you wouldn't mean a thing. I think he was frustrated, just talking out his rectum, and has zero experience with lawsuits. Carry...

  9. Salary range means?

    Oldmahubbard replied to ToBeMSNNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    Sometimes it's productivity based and you have to prove you are worth

  10. 41 yr. old business executive going to Nursing School

    Oldmahubbard replied to ESP808's topic in General Students

    Forget pensions. You may still get one if you take a government job, but it will be at a significantly reduced salary. If someone of any age is contemplating going into nursing, in no way should they...

  11. 41 yr. old business executive going to Nursing School

    Oldmahubbard replied to ESP808's topic in General Students

    A high school friend of mine got her degree in Art, back in the dark ages. She met a man with a big career, married and raised a family. She was a stay at home mother. In the meantime, she had some...

  12. New work pay formats

    Oldmahubbard replied to djmatte's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It will take quite a bit of time to figure this all out. Now I can more easily accept the flow of the very simple visits and the problem cases. Knowing at the end of the day, it works out OK. In my...

  13. Getting my Psychiatric mental health certification.What comes next?

    Oldmahubbard replied to auchip2's topic in Advanced Practice

    Not possible to do this in just a handful of clinical hours. As we

  14. 41 yr. old business executive going to Nursing School

    Oldmahubbard replied to ESP808's topic in General Students

    The problem is not in any way your age starting nursing school. The problem is leaving what seems to be a very good Mon- Fri 9-5 job, although you haven't mentioned your salary. With the belief that...

  15. New work pay formats

    Oldmahubbard replied to djmatte's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The company I work for pays based on RVUs and of course productivity. The folks seeing 20 patients a day make a lot more than those seeing 12. As a new NP, I think you are on target with your numbers,...

  16. Is forensic mental health nursing a "real field"?

    Oldmahubbard replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in Psychiatric

    Yes, I did it for many years as a Psych NP. It was interesting and extremely educational. I appeared in court probably 30 times or more as an expert witness for the state. I only left for a much...

  17. Advice for taking Statistics...

    Oldmahubbard replied to futureRNnicole93's topic in General Students

    Statistics was a little scary and it required a lot of time. It did make much more sense, trying to understand the concepts. Hunker down. Cancel your social life and minimize other obligations....

  18. 41 yr. old business executive going to Nursing School

    Oldmahubbard replied to ESP808's topic in General Students

    An old high school friend of mine became an RN not too long ago at the age of about 55. Thirty plus years ago, she married a man who could support her and any children. She had a silly Bachelor's...

  19. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    Oldmahubbard replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Your perspective is valuable, no doubt. I find it annoying that none of the savings of NPs doing the same job, and working for half of physician salaries- none of these savings are passed on to the...

  20. Do not understand scheduling issue

    Oldmahubbard replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Advanced Practice

    It is unfortunate that your practice doesn't have enough work to keep you both quite busy. And obvious that she has a poor bedside manner and people would rather see you. And it usually takes a couple...

  21. 41 yr. old business executive going to Nursing School

    Oldmahubbard replied to ESP808's topic in General Students

    My thought for you is to keep your present job and retirement funds, get an EMT or even paramedic certification and volunteer with an ambulance company. From what I have observed it is almost never a...

  22. 41 yr. old business executive going to Nursing School

    Oldmahubbard replied to ESP808's topic in General Students

    Amen!

  23. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    Oldmahubbard replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am just praying to make it through without a big salary cut. I only have to work a few more years. This area cannot absorb multiple new psych NP graduates if that program goes through. There already...

  24. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    Oldmahubbard replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It is terrible and very frightening that people are being allowed to take out loans over 100k for NP degrees. Some NPs get a raise over their RN salary, and some

  25. Social Worker Wants to Become a Tech

    Oldmahubbard replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    With your education, I very much doubt the LPN, tech, or phlebotomist route would be