CuriousConundrum

CuriousConundrum has 14 years experience and specializes in APRN.

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1. what makes a perfect job for you? please share

   CuriousConundrum replied to treeye's topic in NP

   Autonomy. Flexibility. Compensation. Status within the organization. I don't really want to interact with management officials or support staff unnecessarily with a preference to work from home and have since before COVID, and I can do whatever...

2. NPs, Please share the reasons you left your old job/specialty?

   CuriousConundrum replied to treeye's topic in NP

   Check out American College of Lifestyle Medicine. If you can segue a specialty change after this then cool. There is a faction of us, like you, who are gravely disenchanted with the traditional model of sick care and treating "stable" patients who ...

3. VA NP Grade Determination?

   CuriousConundrum replied to brsm's topic in Government

   I had to describe, in detail, various perceived dimension of nursing practice and how I met those to come in as a NP III-5 or nurse III or whatever it was. A committee then reviewed those answers and my application details and weighed in on where the...

4. ACNP in Psych Hospital?

   CuriousConundrum replied to Skeptic's topic in Advanced

   How many patients in the psych hospital are admitted for "acute anxiety/depression?" I rounded on psych hospitals for many years, and the overwhelming majority of patients were seriously mentally ill with a good subset of those refractory to standar...

5. PMHNP Opportunity

   CuriousConundrum replied to SN2432's topic in Advanced

   Ten years ago, I could literally call (because I often did) random organizations and get a PMHNP job, get emailed credentialing documents to sign, and start working. At one time, I had a full-time job and four side gigs bending around my schedule. ...

6. Bladder Scan Practice

   CuriousConundrum replied to Jess RNBSN's topic in Educators

   Do you own your own?

7. pay rate

   CuriousConundrum replied to peaceriver's topic in Educators

   I used to make about 2800/semester to supervise NP clinical rotations. I honestly didn't do a thing but go to their training site once and ask if they were showing up and behaving.

8. NP to physician... is it possible?

   CuriousConundrum replied to FamNP123's topic in NP

   It sounds like you'd be ceasing your perceived low income for many years, followed by some very deep debt or other obligations (military, USPHS, etc.), and then at about 55 years, you may start making the living you dream of. I would get a dif...

9. Odd Work Letter Request by Patient

   CuriousConundrum replied to FullGlass's topic in NP

   The "going the extra mile" has nothing to do with reimbursement equity. Altruism has noting to do with compensation. Reimbursement is entirely a product of decision complexity and procedure. If someone wants to pay me extra to fill out a form, gre...

10. Psych NP working remote in Mexico

    CuriousConundrum replied to futurRN1995's topic in NP

    There are some limitations, yes. I had a contract for several years with a group that rounded on inpatient units. About three months before I resigned, we were given an attestation to sign declaring that we were not attending to patients from outs...

11. Odd Work Letter Request by Patient

    CuriousConundrum replied to FullGlass's topic in NP

    I disagree. You wouldn't be telling them what to do with the note. That's on them. I just tell them I'll include that documentation, and they disseminate it however they choose. We won't send it anywhere without a release. I do mind putti...

12. Odd Work Letter Request by Patient

    CuriousConundrum replied to FullGlass's topic in NP

    I thought ATCs had to be examined by AMEs (aviation medical examiners) as pilots do. This would be something to kick back to them. For the pilots, ADHD is a 100% no go. Frankly, I think for ATCs it's even more of a problem. On anothe...

13. Executive positions

    CuriousConundrum replied to mooshgigila's topic in NP

    Absolutely anyone can be hired as an executive or administrator.

14. Resources for Psych NP students

    CuriousConundrum replied to AspiringStudent33's topic in NP Students

    Read the Stahl book from cover to cover. Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications 4th Edition Then supplement based on that. You don't necessarily need a lot of resources. You only need repetition. O...

15. Are more letters after your name better or ridiculous?

    CuriousConundrum replied to deza's topic in NP

    I only list the initial I'm legally obligated to list with professional signatures, APRN. There are a number of diplomas and certifications available in healthcare, and most of us don't know what most of them are. If you feel you need to explain th...