Tony1790

Tony1790 BSN, MSN, NP

Rheumatology/Emergency Medicine

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  1. VA Nurse Practitioner

    Tony1790 replied to serenitylove14's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A co-worker was a Nurse 3 as an RN, when she got her NP, they started her as a Nurse 2, but she subsequently got her Nurse 3 again as an NP, moral of the story, they don't have to hire you at all and...

  2. Newly single :-) where to go in the US for a new and better NP job??

    Tony1790 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm newly single and a very freshly minted FNP! My fiancé is leaving me in 2 weeks, I'm a very recent FNP grad, I'm 50 (old), retired military with benefits, I can move anywhere in the world,...

  3. Low stress job vs more challenging job vs higher income??

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

    Jules, you've been an VA employee before and you know how buttbackwards it can operate at times......I finally found out the email address for the MD that should have been in the interview, it turns...

  4. Low stress job vs more challenging job vs higher income??

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

    I will agree with you that you want to be well rounded as a provider, that's why I'm trying to expand my realm, I've done urgent care, pain management, arthritis, rheumatology, currently credentialing...

  5. Low stress job vs more challenging job vs higher income??

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

    And I"m in Seattle, these gloomy winter days are so blah! My pay here is fairly low, but I get 5 weeks paid vacation, plus another 13 days sick leave and 5% match 401k (tsp) plus pension, but the pay...

  6. Low stress job vs more challenging job vs higher income??

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

    Both,

  7. Low stress job vs more challenging job vs higher income??

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

    Columbia,

  8. Low stress job vs more challenging job vs higher income??

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

    The job in Tx not only has a higher salary than Seattle by $12,000 the cost of living is way lower, but I"m mainly concerned by the lack of response and lack of involvement with the MD's in the hiring...

  9. Regret Becoming an NP

    Tony1790 replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    How do you like the Houston area? I have a pending offer for 5days/wk outpatient Ortho in Beaumont, TX and i don't know how the pay stacks up to the cost of living there.

  10. Job offers

    Tony1790 replied to Bunnygal's topic in Advanced Practice

    I'd take the hospital job with better pay and benefits, the $5k will offset the increased cost of day care and you get an extra day off to run errands, enjoy life more, etc. Good

  11. 4 (10hr days) vs 5 (8hr/w/ed day)??

    Tony1790 posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    Hi all, Currently I'm working outpatient Arthritis/Rheum, and I work 5, (8hr) shifts with tuesday as an education day (working on adv rheumatology course and EM boot camp). I asked about going to a 4...

  12. NP being used as an RN

    Tony1790 replied to Adam18's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I had a recent issue come up where I work with 4 MD's, 1 RN coordinator and myself as the only NP. When the RN went on extended sick leave, they wanted me to pick up her duties. I said I'm a...

  13. CEU/CME for recertification with ANCC??

    Tony1790 replied to Tony1790's topic in Advanced Practice

    So forgive me for my continued confusion, but as far as Uptodate goes, I just pulled this off of their FAQ on CME credits. Am I missing something?? However, UpToDate is not accredited by American...

  14. CEU/CME for recertification with ANCC??

    Tony1790 replied to Tony1790's topic in Advanced Practice

    Thanks

  15. Endocrinology Nurse Practitioners

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

    Sorry, I don't have any Endo specific relevancy, but I have a similar problem, I'm the only Rheumatology NP with 4, soon to be 5 MD's and they seem to have no consensus on what my role is, and I'm...

  16. Fellow ship (as in MD kind) good idea?

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

    Thanks for the reply, great info. There's always a downside (pro/con) to everything. As to the BON becoming subservient to the BOM, that's the case in some states currently, I was licenses in NC,...

  17. Fellow ship (as in MD kind) good idea?

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

    I can definitely swing it, I'm currently doing a practice run, trying to live on my military retirement income, I almost can do it, but not quite, so I've been pocketing almost 100% of my take home...

  18. Is a government job worth it?

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

    I'm with the VA as well, the pay varies wildly depending which VA you work at and if you transfer, your pay can fluctuate wildly as well. There is FERS retirement, at age 62, with at least 20 yrs...

  19. VA Nurse Practitioner

    Tony1790 replied to serenitylove14's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Unfortunately, I believe the NP's will always be governed by the nursing system within the VA, I have almost no contact with nursing or nurses and I work almost exclusively with the Doc's. For all...

  20. How to get a collaborating physician in NC??

    Tony1790 replied to ehairston22's topic in Advanced Practice

    Having worked in NC as an FNP, it is humiliating, you have to be approved for a license by both the BON and Medical Board, you are not allowed to even have a NC license unless you have a doctor that...

  21. VA Nurse Practitioner

    Tony1790 replied to serenitylove14's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    AND the PA works under the MD's and the NP's are still ruled over by the Nurse system, no matter which service they work under, so it's generally easier for the PA to advance than the NP, from what...

  22. VA Nurse Practitioner

    Tony1790 replied to serenitylove14's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Jules A, you been there, done that with the VA, you know how it works, from your previous posts, your current salary is way better than it would be at the VA, you made the right call. I am...

  23. VA Nurse Practitioner

    Tony1790 replied to serenitylove14's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I currently work for the VA as a NP, some of the info on this post is only marginally correct, VA NP's are NOT GS employees, we are nurses first and NP second, we nurses are ALL classified on the same...

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

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

    Yes, it makes more sense to stay here and get solidified in my current position and I am also going to pick up prn in our ER, so the best of both worlds, Rheumatology doing lots of injections and...

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

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

    Well scratch that home based pcp job, so it's down to a great low stress job far from home (rheumatology) or a fast paced ER that is still not home but is more marketable (ER's are