Tony1790 BSN, MSN, NP

Tony1790 has 16 years experience as a BSN, MSN, NP and specializes in Rheumatology/Emergency Medicine.

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1. Travel RN to New FNP - Is it worth it?

   Tony1790 replied to SublimeEMTP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I’ve seen travel RN here in WA state advertising $130 an hour, I’ve been an NP right at 5 years now and I work for a federal agency and just got a pay raise to $60/hr, $46 he when I first started...

2. Best States for RN's and NP's both in terms of pay and practice?

   Tony1790 replied to myoglobin's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Of your top three choices Washington, Oregon, California, I would pick Washington, as there is no state income tax, there are cheaper parts of the staDo you live in beside Seattle, Oregon has...

3. Pay update for newish NP

   Tony1790 posted a topic in Advanced Practice

   As an update to anyone that is interested, mainly new grads, I’ve battled and continue to battle the pay scale issue for nyewish NP. I graduated with my FNP 2016 and became licensed in March 2017,...

4. I walked out of a job fair after being Reminded why I left the southeast

   Tony1790 posted a topic in Advanced Practice

   I work as an independent licensed Rheumatology/arthritis provider in Washington state, I am currently attending a Rheumatology conference in Atlanta, they are having a job fair and I swung by my old...

5. NP Salaries

   Tony1790 replied to TamTamRNBSN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Arthritis/Rheumatology/Emergency Medicine 32-36 hours main job mon-fri with tuesday either off or a training day, 5 patients/day 14-28 hours OT on weekends, double time 26 days vacation time, 13 days...

6. FNP Job Outlook

   Tony1790 replied to Melane's topic in Advanced Practice

   I've worked TN, NC and WA state, I would NOT recommend NC, it is not very NP friendly, the MD's have a lock on that state, you may NOT even have a NC NP license without first getting a MD supervisor...

7. FNP Oversaturation

   Tony1790 replied to brinksta's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I moved to Seattle for a job as a new grad, the VA has several openings currently and the local market has several available jobs, I would have a job lined up before I moved to anywhere though, it...

8. Working in Rural Primary Care and Love It!

   Tony1790 replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I like your post, honest, realistic with pro/con's thrown in, love it,

9. New NP, take Integrated pain management job or keep looking?

   Tony1790 replied to Tony1790's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I can't believe that it's been a year in the "Seattle" area. I work as the only full-time Rheumatology provider at the Tacoma facility, four days a week, and I work as an emergency room provider one...

10. Hitting a wall, I hope it gets better fast

    Tony1790 replied to Tony1790's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I appreciate your view point and to be honest, maybe my whining in a public forum, isn't appropriate, which I will now stop. I am working to resolve the problem, and thankfully Rheum is a chronic...

11. Hitting a wall, I hope it gets better fast

    Tony1790 replied to Tony1790's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes, it was supposed to be mainly injections, gout and Fibro, which is easy cheesy, but as my clinic has the most openings, it acts as the pressure relief valve for the clinic, in order to meet the...

12. Hitting a wall, I hope it gets better fast

    Tony1790 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've been an NP for 1.5 years, but I've only been seeing patients at my new job for about 5 months, I work mon-fri seeing Rheumatology and Arthritis patients, and on the weekends I work ER/Fast track,...

13. Favorite Urgent Care NP Pocket Guide?

    Tony1790 replied to FNP_CCL's topic in Advanced Practice

    PACK OF OXFORD HANDBOOK OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND OXFORD HANDBOOK OF ACUTE MEDICINE (Oxford Medical Handbooks) 9th Edition Twin pack on Amazon for

14. Pay

    Tony1790 replied to rockyroad#'s topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Quote from Above: Sad, though, that pay will ultimately be determined by the market, and I fear we are flooding the market with poorly prepared NP's. Flooding the market,

15. Pay

    Tony1790 replied to rockyroad#'s topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ummmmmm, hate to be a bummer here, but $40/hr = $83,400/yr and is pretty much the going rate in the SE from what I've seen, and it gets worse, I had a friend making $29/hr = $60,000 as an FNP at the...