Tony1790

Tony1790 BSN, MSN, NP

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. CEU/CME for recertification with ANCC??

    Tony1790 posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    Hello all, I'm a little bewildered on how/what/when/which CEU/CME's count and where to get them for recertification with ANCC. I'm currently an FNP with board certification through ANCC, and it...

  3. 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...

  4. 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,...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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,

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

    Tony1790 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Howdy, brand new FNP here! Good news: I received my FNP license on March 8th, interviewed on March 9th, will job shadow for a final decision on monday March 13th to start asap, with starting salary of...

  11. 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...

  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. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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

  16. 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,

  17. 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...

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

    Tony1790 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I admit, that I may be the only person that didn't know that NP's can apply to some of the specialized Fellowships, like Emergency Medicine, Psych, GI, etc but then again, I really didn't know that...

  19. FNP Oversaturation

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

    From my limited experience, I had a friend that was working for the county health dept in TN as an FNP, she was making $60,000 yr full-time. I get emails from recruiters, wanting to hire NP's for...

  20. Nurse Practitioner Overtime Pay

    Tony1790 replied to JRay813's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm lucky in that I get OT pay, I work with 4 MD's and I help out with their patient secure messaging and calling patients, putting out fires, etc at the end of the work day, but they pay me +70/hr...

  21. VA Nurse Practitioner

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

    NE TN? VA ER? Seeing as how I left a certain NE TN VA and I had previously worked in that ER, hmmmm, I wonder who you might be? :-) Not that it matters, I'm hoping that I get to get back there...

  22. Questions about Pain management job

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

    I would not recommend a pain clinic job, having worked at a pain clinic as my first NP job, it can be rewarding, especially if you can help someone reduce their pain and hopefully their dependency on...

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

    Tony1790 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi, I work in a federal facility, and I'm a newer (1 yr) FNP but an Older NP (51yr), so I'm weighing my options and trying to figure out the best work/life/income/career balance. Do I focus on a low...

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

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

    What's wrong with Beaumont specifically?? I've just about talked my way out of moving to Beaumont anyway, I start orientation in the Emergency Room next week.........nervous would be an...

  25. VA Nurse Practitioner

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

    Great information, however it's somewhat misleading, the Office of Personnel management is for GS nurses, which we are and much of what is on the OPM website doesn't apply to VA nurses or NP's because...