OBigdog26

New grad here. Will be working 4 shifts per week. Starting at 105K with $2500 for CMEs. Located down south. I’ll

That's pretty low. Nurses with a few years experience can make that working some extra hours.

Most of the interviews that I have been on with different organizations will cover all onboarding costs.

Hi! Any updates on your career in pain management? I'm in a similar position that you were in. I interviewed at a few spine and pain places. The first one wants me to see 20-25 pt's per day, the second practice appears to be better suited for me as a new grad where I can spend more time with patient's and average seeing about 16-20.

That's great. I'm still going through the interview process as well. Just be patient.

That's just ridiculous and hard to fathom. As a provider, I would certainly like to earn more than I would make working as a nurse. All that education and you are not getting properly compensated.

Seems like a legit place and not a pill mill. I'll have the opportunity to do procedures such as nerve and joint injections. I feel like this place is very similar to my orthopedic rotation in sports medicine when I was in NP school. I don't know, maybe I'm just too green.

Some questions I came across were: 1. Tell me about yourself? 2. Why do you want to get into (insert field/specialty)? 3. Tell me about an incident....what would you do if...tell me about a time when you did this....what happened? What did you do? 4. 65 yo pt with T2DM has HgbA1c =11, what would you do? 5. Pt x has syphilis, he is married, he is not sure how to tell his wife. What would you do? Look at some generic practice questions and practice responding so you don't fumble with your words. It is a pretty nerve-wracking experience especially if it is a panel type interview. Learn from this experience to help you prepare for other interviews.

Any NPs here in pain management? I am a new grad FNP with a specialty in ortho. Any thoughts or experiences in this field? It seems like this field has many benefits in the long run.

I am a new grad myself and have had several interviews. They are all different with questions ranging from behavioral type questions to clinical questions.

Nice read. Very helpful.

Thank you! It is a primary care clinic. This interview was way more relaxed.

The one I looked into was 60K/yr, $500 for CME, FT employee benefits. No guarantees if you will be hired post-fellowship. Also, 20K sign-on bonus for a 2-year commitment into the specialty.

So I have a second interview coming up, this time it's to interview with the director of the organization. My first interview was a panel style with 3 to 4 interviewers and I felt intimidated even though it was supposed to be "relaxed" or "casual." I was asked behavioral questions as well as clinical management of adult patients. I'm very anxious about the interview being that it will be my first provider position. I recently graduated from NP school. I posted this thread in 'Advanced Practice' it's probably more appropriate in this section. Need some advice....

It took me a good 2 months to really polish my statement of purpose. I only applied to Duke, so for me it was go big or go home. I thought I bombed my interview (phone). Then was relieved when the professor said that she is recommend me for the program. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses. Pardon for any misspelled words, I blame it on auto-correct.