Alicia777 MSN, NP

Alicia777 is a MSN, NP and specializes in Surgery.

Latest Activity

1. Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

   Alicia777 replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

   I would tend to say no, you have hover mats to move obese patients from the stretcher to the OR bed, a dedicated team helping versus trying to find anyone to help you boost a floor patient or walk...

2. NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

   Alicia777 replied to SurgicalNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I'm a sub-surgical specialties NP inpatient. We get paid a measly $20/hour (this is weekends only 7a-7p) but if we get called in or have to go in assist with a case or even to round, we get 4 hours....

3. Locum Tenens FNP?

   Alicia777 replied to wanna_be's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I've worked with Weatherby Healthcare in the past. I've also spoken with Aya. The one piece of advice is that the agency did not have the correct information about site needs, so I went into the...

4. QC Kinetics

   Alicia777 posted a topic in Advanced Practice

   Hey there— Wondering if any APP's work at a QC kinetics around the county? It's Ortho-focused 'regenerative medicine' franchise that uses a patient's own bone marrow, which is then injected...

5. Can an RN make $200K a year working 24 hours a week?

   Alicia777 replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   200K year is roughly $100/hour. Yes, possible in San Francisco, but its probably based on three 12 hour shifts, 36

6. HANA table question??

   Alicia777 replied to Kelina's topic in Operating Room

   It differs by hospital. At mine the rep runs the table but I interviewed at another hospital where it was the circulator's role to run

7. Returning to OR circulator position after being NP. Yikes.

   Alicia777 replied to Alicia777's topic in Operating Room

   I didn't last more than a few months! The learning curve was steeeep and I was only there a few times per month so was not making good progress They wanted to throw me on the schedule! Plus the...

8. NP in clinic based surgical specialties

   Alicia777 replied to treeye's topic in Advanced Practice

   I worked briefly in outpatient urology. My main training is as a RNFA in surgery. There are many patient who surgery wouldn't be indicated. For instance, I had I had a big segment of female patients...

9. Returning to OR circulator position after being NP. Yikes.

   Alicia777 posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hey there—-so I am a surgical NP. I’m an RNFA and it’s been a great job. Previously I had been an OR nurse both scrubbing and circulating but that was several years ago. Lately, I have been very...

10. NPs and Being On-Call

    Alicia777 replied to ZephieLin's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work in inpatient surgery and it varies. In my particular hospital there is no requirement to pick up call per se, but I end up taking 1-2 Saturdays a month, 7a-7pm. This could require doing nothing...

11. Wound Care part-time?

    Alicia777 posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Hi! So as I'm always on the hunt for the perfect side hustle, I've been contacted by a recruiter for a part-time NP wound care job. Apparently I would visit a few SNFs per day, and change...

12. Wound Care part-time?

    Alicia777 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi! So as I'm always on the hunt for the perfect side hustle, I've been contacted by a recruiter for a part-time NP wound care job. Apparently I would visit a few SNFs per day, and change...

13. How Do You Handle Patients That...

    Alicia777 replied to DrCOVID's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Simple; "I'm sorry I can't do that. Take care and see you at follow

14. Bad Situation At First NP Job

    Alicia777 replied to The Good Nurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Agree, staying on per-diem sounds like a good compromise. Having said that, if your new job doesn't allow you enough free time to give them per diem shifts, drop them. You tried.. Similarly, I am...

15. FNP too soon?

    Alicia777 replied to Guest1030824's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Agree with PP, this is not CRNA school and you can definitely at least work part-time and go to