NurseJi

Thank you all. I swallowed my pride and applied for unemployment. I also have one office who told me that they are currently putting together a contract for me to sign. I am very hopeful that this will go through!

Hello all, I have been a nurse practitioner for approximately 18 months. I took a new job in primary care last Fall. I have been in the position for about 5 months, and was just informed "that there is just not enough business to keep you". They have several NPs, and I was the last one hired. I am devastated, but trying to keep a positive attitude. Financial pressures are worrying me. My old job is not hiring. I haven't done floor nursing since Summer of 2010, so I don't think that is a viable option. There are several opportunities pending, but in my (brief) experience it can take several weeks from interview to hire. Has anyone else ever been through this before? Any words of advice?

"within 5 miles of any office of the employer"..there are currently 2 offices.

Has anyone ever had a contract for a job with a non-compete clause? Is 2 years and 5 miles unreasonable? Any suggestions/comments would be appreciated.

Thank you everyone. I am trying to negotiate...they gave me a figure that is 10k below the minimum starting salary I've seen being offered in my area ($70,000 a year). It is not a specialty I've been dying to get into, so I think I will most likely keep looking.

Hello, I am a recent grad, finally certified and looking for a job. i have recently been offered 2 jobs. One was before I was certified, so the practice offered me 10 (!) dollars an hour to do nurse duties and train until I was certified. I turned this offer down. Now I am currently pondering an offer in a specialty area. They want to pay me a salary which is equivalent to my RN salary now to "train", and then increase my pay by a couple thousand once I start seeing patients on my own to "start with". I do not see how I will ever be able to achieve the market rate for NP's in my area with this situation. I am very frustrated that certain practices do not seem to realize that this degree required money to complete, and therefore I will need to make more to recoup those costs. Any words of advice???

Hello, have any May graduate received authorization to test for certification from the ANCC yet? I am getting very antsy waiting...

I am going to turn 27 right before I graduate next year!

I work at St. A's, night shift shift on m/s you usually have 6 pts, maybe 7.

Hello everyone, I am my third semester of an FNP program. Right now, I am just taking the core classes, so I haven't reached the clinical portion yet. However, clinical time is approaching and I'm beginning to question whether or not FNP is the right choice. I have virtually no experience with children. I haven't touched a child since nursing school peds clinicals almost 4 years ago. I like kids but I am pretty much clueless when it comes to interacting with them. I am scared that my lack of experience will not be enough to effectively treat children. Is this something that I can pick up in clinicals? I would appreciate any words of wisdom.

We usually have 5-6 patients, very rarely 7....but no cna, and no unit clerk...we also do mars and 24 hour chart checks.

TGH is the only level one trauma center/teaching hospital around here. St. Joe's is not a teaching hospital but I think it's a level one trauma center too, also about the same size as TGH.

Are you looking to practice in peds only?