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Yes, I meant a_.s._s. My wife thinks I sound condescending because I talk about my day with emotion. In all honesty, if I were my wife's provider, she would be my PITA patient. I had to pull up the NIH NIDA website about "Talking to Patients about their Drug Use" and forward it to her.

Question. Do you have a spouse, not in the medical field, that tells you how you should do your job as a nurse practitioner? My wife tells me I shouldn't be asking my patients if they do illicit drugs, and if they do illicit drugs, I shouldn't be telling them or encouraging them to stop. Not that it matters that I work as a cardiac NP, and that a lot of illicit drugs are cardiotoxic. She has it her mind that I should not be telling patients how to handle their health and that it's only the doctor's place to do that. My wife thinks I'm an *** to my patients just because I act like an *** at home. Every time I try to talk to her rationally about patient care, she thinks that I'm being awful to my patients for giving them health advise and telling them to stop doing drugs. How can I educate my wife about what we do as nurse practitioners without her flipping out?

For those of you that do get into the the GWC nursing program and would like a head start, the nursing theory model that GWC uses for the program is the Roy Adaptation Model. If you can get a book from the outgoing students that would be good as the book new is almost $90. The material is mind numbingly dull but you will be tested on it and required to use it when doing your nursing process records. I graduated from GWC in 2008 and would like to get rid of all my nursing books which are all still very relevant. One of the students in the program was supposed to pick them up from my house but flaked out and never responded back to me. I also have the entire programs syllabus from that time that will give you an idea of what to expect in the program. There's a medical math test a couple times a semester that if you don't pass, you will be dropped from the program. I don't remember how many times you can fail it, but if you suck at math, I suggest you watch some medical math for nursing on Youtube and do practice problems (focus on drip calculations and grains). I had a couple classmates fail out for not passing the medical math test. If you get into the program, and want my books, send me a direct message and I'll pick someone at random to get all my books. Would prefer to get them to someone who would be financially in a situation where the cost of paying for books would be prohibitive. Good luck.

all nursing positions for the VA are posted on USAJOBS.gov. If you have your BSN, SCI at the Long Beach VA is always looking for nurses. Of course, it's the hardest job in the hospital working in SCI, but you learn a lot and it's the foot in the door.

Most acute-care hospitals these days are now only hiring BSN RNs. If you need a job now, look into long term care, SNF, Sub-acute, long term acute care. Try the VA and talk to your nurse manager in the unit you used to work in. See if any medical groups are looking to add an RN to their outpatient clinics.

Hi Students, I graduated from APU's online accelerated BSN program back in 2012. I have the books from the program I no longer have any use for. It's too much of a hassle for me to sell them, and the editions are quite dated but still relevant. The only caveat is, I'm too lazy to ship them and you would have to be willing to pick them up in Westminster or Long Beach, CA.

Hi, when I applied on my 4th application, it was automatic entry. At the time, GWC was a lottery based system, no points that I can recall. This was back in January 2007. I had a classmate and we applied at the same time for the Spring 2005 entry, he got in on the first application and I didn't. He graduated 2 years ahead of me. For anyone that gets into the program, I have my nursing books that I want to unload. They are all still relevant as nursing fundamentals hasn't changed. I have all the ATI study guides as well.

Hi students! I graduated from the GWC Nursing program in December 2008. I have a ton of books from the program that I'd like to unload that are still very relevant. The fundamentals of nursing have not changed. I live in Westminster fairly close to the school, you'd have to pick up the books as there are way too many and too heavy to mail. Let me know if you are interested.

Hi, I'm a cardiac NP. I would say, if you wanted more options in your career, become an NP. I work with three interventional cardiologists and a heart failure specialist. Prior to that I did a year of family medicine. Was 11 years as a bedside RN doing tele, emergency, med-surg, and spinal cord injury. Did outpatient cardiology for a year as well becoming proficient with cardiac stress tests. Personally, I'm glad to be out of the hospital setting. I'm strictly outpatient follow up, simple consults, and run the stress lab. M-F, no weekends and holidays. I actually get to spend time with my kids now. I'm learning to read ECHOs, getting better at ECG interpretation, and getting better at medical management of cardiac patients. One of my coworkers is a PA with cardiothoracic surgery and assists in surgery as well as hospital rounding and post op follow up. I think adult acute care NP would probably fit with what you are looking for.

The last day in my bedside nursing position was on 2/14/2020 before this whole situation unfolded. I now work in an outpatient clinic as a cardiology provider. The unit I left was a 30 bed spinal cord injury unit. It has since been converted to a med-surg unit in anticipation of the surge. All the SCI patients have been moved to the remaining 2 wards. Census has dropped from the 60s to the 40s. My unit's staff has been split. There are now cases of positive covid-19 among the SCI patients. The hospital is locked down pretty tight, no visitors. My current affiliated hospital has 18 positive cases with 18 suspected awaiting confirmation. Cath lab is only for emergent cases.

So what will happen to me come Jan 1, 2020? I'm not sure if my doctor follows this. Do I have to tell him he has to hire me as a W2 employee? What happens to me if I keep working as 1099?

I'm a 1099 employee that works 2 days a week in a primary care clinic as a Nurse Practitioner. So, starting Jan 1, I can no longer work in my clinic if my doctor doesn't hire me as a W2 employee? This would really suck.

I live in Orange County, CA and my inbox is always filled with positions for FNPs at various clinics in and around the LA and Orange County areas. For a person without a job, these would be great opportunities. I always get requests for locum tenens as well. USAJOBS.GOV has many NP positions all over the country if you are willing to move. They also have civilian positions in the the Armed Forces as well. There is always a need for NPs as an active duty commissioned officer in all the branches of service.

Schedules are done on a biweekly basis, not weekly. You can place your days wherever you want as long you complete the 80 hours in the 2 week period. The manager puts out the final schedule based on your requests. You won't always get the days you want, but you can always switch days with co-workers.

I work at the VA in Long Beach as an RN. 7+ years, currently making over $100k. It depends on your lifestyle and where you choose to live. The pay is pretty good compared to the cost of living. I live in Orange County near the beach, so cost of housing is definitely more than other areas. I don't know if we will be getting a COLA raise this year due to Trump wanting to cut federal pay raises across the board. I am an NP and work in a private family practice clinic part time and make less than what I make as an RN at the VA. Want to get into Aesthetic Medicine as an NP, something the VA doesn't offer.