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What are our general thoughts about non-compete agreements for those of us NPs who cannot practice independently? Is it reasonable for an employer to not allow you to work for a year and within 30 miles of their practice if you left? I signed one tha...

I'm a WHNP who had no interest in FNP because I knew I loved OB/GYN. However, being specialized does limit your opportunities. If you like other things besides Women's Health, I recommend staying in FNP! That way if an OB/GYN job is hard to find, you...

I am an NP in Women's Health near Northern Virginia (depends on your definition of Northern Virginia). I can tell you according to ADVANCE for NPs, the average hourly pay is $50 (for part-time). They say the average salary from 2014 in Virginia was $...

Hi everyone, So this was my first week of NP school through ODU. I am on the WHNP track right now. It's the end of week 1, and I am having some serious doubts about whether this is something I want to do or not. When you were in NP school, how did yo...

Has anyone heard of/practiced giving newborns Vit K PO? We have a patient who is requesting it so the baby won't get a painful injection. (Ironically, also wants to circumcise the baby). Anyway, since we have all seen many a birth plan...I thought ...

I just graduated from an online program in December. It took me 5 months to find a job but I did WHNP

Does anyone have any information on the typical NP starting salary in the Northern VA area..specifically Fredericksburg/Stafford? Or know where I can find a good resource? Most of the websites I have found are the "average" NP salaries which don't ta...

Hi everyone, If you are the nurse who verified a wrong med dose because you werent being careful and the pt. was given too much of a drug by another nurse, but the pt. didnt have any harm and you checked the pt, called the doc and monitored the pt......

Thanks for all of your feedback. I can't discuss the details of the situation in too much depth in case someone is familiar with the situation...but the nurse never had a history of med errors. I wasn't implying that she wasn't equally responsible. B...

I have also heard that if we mention the word "union" we are canned. But could someone tell me how we are supposed to unite together and stick up for ourselves? We all know that our hospitals can not run without nurses. And yet our voices are being s...

I have been a nurse a mere 3 years, but I am learning how true it is that we don't have control over our own professions or environments...for example...I work in the nursery at my hospital where an RN is required to be present at all times. We are n...

Here's our weird name of the week: Chevy...as in the car company...for a girl.

1) Last week at the office a soon to be mom at 39 weeks said "If I don't have my baby this week I will be devastated! My mom is only here for a week!". Um sorry, the baby doesn't go on your mother's timetable, or yours. He will get here when he's rea...

So it's the middle of my second semseter and I decided to look on the boards and found lots of replies to a thread I posted last semester that I wasn't aware of! How are things this semseter? I am more convinced that this is right for me even though...

Hi fellow students, I know that some of us have started our NP programs this week. How does everyone feel so far? I am having doubts myself about whether or not this is right for me. Anyone else?

As far as studying....whenever I am not working my 24 hours a week, I am at home doing some type of work, whether it is reading, studying, projects, papers, etc. But, I am also taking 6 classes, so I feel like if I don't spend all that time doing thi...

There has been a lot of talk about PDAs. My program doesn't require one...and I know nothing about them. Does anyone suggest them? And what programs do you have on them? Do they make your life any easier?

At least in your patho class you are starting at the beginning with the cell My program threw me right into immunology. I had to go back and look up the def. of an interleukin, among other things. My book is very detailed, and I keep reading it and g...

Thanks so much for the comments! I think that makes sense about feeling overwhelmed at first when you learn about everything you have to do. I decided to stick it out and try to get myself together. Thanks so much for the encouragment everyone! Leesi...

Yes the papers are horrendous!!! We have to write a proposal for a research project...a paper that is stretched out over 3 semesters. I couldn't care less about designing a research project either, and I can't even come up with a topic right now that...

Yes, all of those classes are in one semester. I could go to part-time and do a couple of classes a semester and stretch it out over 3 years, however I would prefer not to do that because I'd rather not wait to start a family for three years...I was ...

we had a patient say her baby's name was savannah because that was "heaven spelled backwards."...sigh.

i am starting a women's health np program tomorrow through odu!! and thinking i am crazy...it's full time and i am also working part-time. my classes this fall are: advanced patho pharm for np's advanced assessment foundations of nursing theory (re...

Last night a nurse I work with recognized her patient, who had just had a baby, as a friend of her son's. When she left a message on her son's phone that night she told him that his friend had a baby. Her son's ex-wife listened to the message and thr...

Hi NP's :) I am an RN who is considering attending a master's program to be a Women's Health NP. I have worked as a nurse on mother/baby for two years and lately I have felt like I need a more challenging job. A friend told me about the program, and ...