Annaiya NP

Yes we are still nurses, and we have to maintain our RN licenses. Most NPs I've met still call themselves a nurse, but they might say something like "When I worked at the bedside..." or something like that.

I think the best thing to do I'd watch your fellow nurses who have a lot of experience. Watching what they did taught me a lot. I think it's hard to describe in writing when so much of it is based on actually seeing and touching the patient.

It was 2 jobs and I list them under a separate category. I only list significant employment on my résumé and then list all of my jobs if they require that as part of the online application process. But even then I don't go farther back than my first ...

I don't necessarily agree with this statement. I go back 13 years on my résumé although I've only been a nurse for 4 years. My prior career has absolutely nothing to do with nursing but it shows a certain level of professionalism and critical thinkin...

You will do great, don't worry about it! If you managed a 4.0 in school I have no doubt you'll commit the same time and effort to your new job. The ICU is a hard place to start for reasons that are different from floor nursing but I don't think it i...

My employer reimbursed for the first certification but not for any subsequent certifications. I really wanted my CCRN, so I paid for that myself. I feel it was totally worth it and encouraged my coworkers who were on the fence to do it. It's just nic...

Is there something wrong with your resume or cover letter? If you aren't even getting called for interviews, I would look there first. You should at least be getting some interviews. You can google nursing resumes and look on here for advice for r...

How is wanting to give your patient appropriate sedation for a painful procedure wanting to be an MD? Many of the barriers are absolutely ridiculous and hurt our patients. That's the part of your argument I don't understand. If you don't want to d...

I think the reason it seems to not be that bad is because its what everyone is used to. So the extra hoops are invisible until you've worked somewhere where they don't exist. There are constant issues where I work due to the fact that NPs can prescri...

20-30. Just depends on what is going on that week.

A lot of people aren't interested in Texas just from a cultural perspective. If you fit in then it's great but it isn't the place for everyone. As for the BoN, they require your education and training along with your certification to match the job th...

Overall the TX job market is good. Most people do not want to live in TX and then with the stricter BoN rules for APRNs the NP jobs here can be really hard to fill. The only person I've ever heard who had some trouble finding a job was a new psych NP...

Congratulations on getting into school! I do not recommend studying before school starts because you never know what your school is going to have you learn and there is plenty of studying to do after school starts. If you absolutely can't hold back, ...

There is always stuff you can look up in terms of conditions and treatments, but a lot of that you'll learn about from your preceptor depending on what types of patients you are seeing. I think the most important things to focus on before you start ...

I know several people that went to TWU and worked full-time. It's doable but if you can afford to work part-time that would make it less tiring.

I'm surprised that you've experienced this. Maybe you live in an area with really low RN salaries? Most of the discussions I've had with the RNs I worked with was how they make more than NPs. The experienced RNs that I work with all make more than I ...

Whether or not a job classification should be paid hourly with overtime or salaried is a legal definition outlined in the DOL's wage and hour laws. It isn't a choice. If you look at what constitutes an exempt vs. non-exempt employee, an NP is defin...

Im in TX, of course. And I realize that it isn't a lot of states at this point, but if the consensus model becomes more widespread throughout the states I think it is something that people considering school should be aware of. By the time they are...

Only in some states, in the state I live in, an FNP cannot be a surgical NP.

By your name "pediOR" I'm guessing you're working in peds. One surgeon I know has 2 NPs working for him and they are both ACPNPs. If you want to stay with kids that is what I would suggest getting for your certification. I did clinicals with a ped...

I think this attitude is very hurtful of the professional image of nurse practitioners. When you look at the wage and hour laws with regard to exempt and non-exempt employees, we are definitely in the exempt category. We are professionals and shoul...

Just a comment on autonomy, my experience has been that clinic based NPs have a lot more autonomy than inpatient ones. In the inpatient setting, there are so many people checking things behind you, questioning orders, discussing plans of care, etc. ...

I think you really need to look at what it is about your current job that you dislike so much. It actually surprises me that so many people here have said that being an NP opens up more doors, because I see it as the opposite. Once you are an NP yo...

OR is not my background, but I agree that it doesn't seem like RN OR experience would be overly helpful. As a surgical NP, your job will be very different from an OR RN. I think it would be much better to concentrate your clinical hours in surgical...

My experience has been that in a primary care office, there really isn't an orientation, you just see fewer patient a day to start. But for acute care, there seems to be around 3 months orientation.