NPvampire MSN, RN, APRN

NPvampire has 11 years experience as a MSN, RN, APRN and specializes in Psych, Geriatrics.

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1. Psychiatric nurse practitioner pay

   NPvampire replied to Etgentile's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Chuckle yes I’m metro Atlanta. I wish it were Miami! We have had literally ten people quit in the past year, and countless clerical, nursing, counseling, and other positions quit. Admin doesn’t...

2. Burn out in psychiatry

   NPvampire replied to rr0416's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Wow….I get 20 min fups, 30 min transfers and 60 min new evals. And we’re still getting lectures about being productive. We also have a huge substance abuse comorbidity population and I’m...

3. Psychiatric nurse practitioner pay

   NPvampire replied to Etgentile's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Wow I would love to know where everyone gets these salaries that isn't coastal California. I'm pmhnp who was in psych 6 years before going to grad school. I'm in the deep south, and suburban to the...

4. Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

   NPvampire replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Wow. People are talking about NP residencies only paying 80k per year. Where y'all live-- cause I've been working for 7 years in PHMNP in public health no less and it took 7 years to get above 80k....

5. What's the least saturated specialty in APRN?

   NPvampire replied to soljhs's topic in Advanced Practice

   Wooow. Thank you. Yes, I have been eyeballing New Mexico and AZ for years, in fact, I am attempting to learn Spanish to be more marketable. But unfortunately my family won't move at this stage. My...

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

   NPvampire replied to Tony1790's topic in Advanced Practice

   In Georgia we can only prescribe c3-5. And our salaries suck. Hour per hour I make as much as a teacher with the same exp, degree, etc. This is outside ATL

7. PMHNP compensation and benefits Southeast

   NPvampire replied to srleslie's topic in Advanced Practice

   Da#n I work in suburban ATL and I don't make that after seven years. I am so ready to

8. What's the least saturated specialty in APRN?

   NPvampire replied to soljhs's topic in Advanced Practice

   Ah, don't go into psychiatry for the money. It won't last. And in my state--which has NO autonomy at all-- it's taken me seven YEARS to get to my piddly salary that barely grazes 100. To put it in...

9. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

   NPvampire replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

10. Oversupply of Nurse Practitioners

    NPvampire replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Starting a business depends on your state's autonomy, too. Here, you can't start your own business to work independently, nor can you just pay a doctor to oversee your charts. The doctor has to be...

11. Any NPs working for the VA?

    NPvampire replied to NPAlby's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ugh, guys, I'm turning green! I'm psych NP with 5 years NP and 11 years total nursing. I am so ready to move to AZ!!! Our state is one of the worst in the union for autonomy and the pay shows it...

12. NP Salary vs. RN salary

    NPvampire replied to Health-Nut's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It depends on your specialty, and your state. In my state, we have very restricted NP practice. I have had offers ranging from $30 hour W2 no benefits!! to $65 after 5 years experience and that is...

13. DEA licenses in more than one state?

    NPvampire replied to lellomere's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I wanted to add - the type of DEA that you can get by working for your state/public health, etc (the "free" one) cannot be used in any other setting or employer, same state or

14. Interview this week in Acute Adult Psychiatric Unit!

    NPvampire replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in Psychiatric

    I've been in psych for 11 years now, going strong. #1 if you've ever read harry potter, "constant vigilance!" Never forget where you are or why the patients are there. They did not get to the...

15. Just another "no friends in nursing school" rant

    NPvampire replied to prettywishes's topic in General Students

    I'm like that also, shy, and tend to isolate. Our pre-nursing orientation blabbed about how what great friends we'd become, solidarity. Right. I would not have been surprised to see one slit...