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Any Nurse Practitioners work at a Medical Marijuana Referal Clinic? Please share your experiences, I'm going to interview at one to see what it's all about, some / any info will help. Thanks.

I've read all the "interview do's and don'ts" I can google but I've had 5 NP job interviews and no offers. Is this normal to have that many interviews and no offers? 1st interview: at a pain management practice. I made it to the 2nd day of interviews...

+1 on having an MD evaluating your practice. My "admin supervisor" does my eval at my hospital and it's a nightmare. It's this way because my consulting MD is only paid 1 hour per week to take my calls (he is not on site).

Pain management, yes. It was so nice there and you can tell the profits from the practice were bring put directly back into the practice and not someones pocket. Derm, yes. the Derm MD used to have an office across from mine and he actually requested...

Thanks for the reply Cardiology EP NP. I’m an FNP and you’re right, those jobs weren’t a perfect fit for me. But I entertained the interview to really find out they weren’t for me. But if any of those 5 wanted to hire me I would do it for about 3 y...

An anticoag practice.

If you have the financial means to job search for the job you want full time. Do it. Especially while your in the "student finances" mentality. I feel like I've been "pigeon holed".

I have taken every college Spanish class my university offered and aced them all, even Spanish for healthcare professionals. But Spanish isn't my 1st language and when it comes to something important like diagnosing abdominal pain I would really rath...

Anyone know how the job market in the Bay Area, CA is? From my point of view its pretty tough. 15 applications sent out. 4 interviews (3 of which I only got because I had a friend working there). Interviews went fine. For 1 position I got beat out b...

Thanks TX RN. What do you ride? Some of my 50 year old patients say that your body will want to give up motorcycles (sportbikes) as you get older (they used to ride). It just gets too hard and no longer becomes fun. I'm going to wait for that to happ...

Thanks TX RN, I'll look at usajobs.gov. I ride a Monster 696, I think I was turned down from a NP position at a Spine Rehab place because I mentioned I had a motorcycle.

Management favors the other NP in the practice I work at. The manager lets the other NP get away with surfing the internet for half her day. I feel like that's letting her get away with too much, like the lazy NP is almost stealing from the practice....

Thanks for your reply WestCoastGirl. About patient volume and satisfaction; the lazy NP sees about 8 patients a day, and does recieve complaints. The manager turns a blind eye to it. For volume, the Lazy NP actively seeks out new easy part time NP...

Thanks Sunray, Your #1: Thanks for pointing that out. That just confirms Gator's response that the manager is making excuses for the lazy older NP. Your #2: I am in a larger organization and I probably am on the higher end of the pay range. But I ...

Thanks Gator, When your new employer asked, how did you word your bad situation into something constructive? And how many months or weeks notice did you give resignation to your old employer? Thanks.

How do you politely tell a drug rep to shut up? What really gets me is when they tell me to check to DNS box! If the patient wants brand name they'll ask the damn PharmD! Other than that my interactions with drug reps are good, they are knowlegable a...

I'm in my 1st NP position and from what I learned in school, all you needed to practice was a Standardized Procedure which is about 2-3 pages in length. Now my Admins are requesting me to make my Practice Protocol and Drug Formulary for them. Typin...

I'm content with my clinical preparations from school. A physician once said to me, "So, your in year 8 of Medicine. I remember that year, the steep part of the learning curve is still ahead of you." I think that is true. The more I know about Medic...

I'm just asking because my admin sees that I have some breaks in between patients, some almost an hour long, and while I can do 'backburner' things for my clinic (my job), she wants me to go the Outpatient Medical and act as an RN when they are busy....

Great point, I am held to the NP standard of care! I was trying to put that into words when (without warning) the admin RN had me 'watch' / orient to the advice nurse position. I said to my administrator, "You know, I CAN do the workup for the probl...

Thanks Selke, 1) I'd think it would set a bad precedent for you to start "helping out" the MAs/RNs in the clinic; they will come to just see you as a glorified nurse and expect you to fill in whenever THEY feel you should, and the administrator will...

She evaluates me because I'm the main healthcare provider at my anticoagulation clinic, the MD is just available for consult by phone. I also get evaluated by the MD. RN duties are not in my contract. But 'working cooperatively with other health team...

Hek no. When I prescribe I know enough about the med (it would be unsafe not to). It's just nice to get answers to off the wall peer reviewed study questions. I don't need their info, the stuff is really really nice / helpful.

What is a USP?

~ $70 dollars per hour right? Wow, I'm behind.