honeykrown

honeykrown MSN, NP

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  1. Starting 2020 NO MORE LOCUMS IN CALIFORNIA

    honeykrown replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    How does it affect jobs with union. In the past, I have known that when Union nurses threaten a strike, the companies are forced to use Locum providers. Also are they just saying independent...

  2. AZ APRN can't get a CO position!

    honeykrown replied to OBrien-FNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    Are you still interested in Colorado Take a look at the board of nursing. There are some restrictions by the board and most jobs require you to have fulfilled a few before they give you interviews. I...

  3. First job NP, i need your opinions

    honeykrown replied to Qka's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think for the most part it's a good deal except CME. That CME might only cover registration for a conference and that's all. Otherwise I think the others are pretty good and standard for a first job...

  4. NP pay, does RN experience matter?

    honeykrown replied to Veigar3's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    At my hospital, they considered my RN experience although they took off a couple of years cod I was a new grad NP. I guess it varies per employee cos most threads I read here said RN had no basis for...

  5. Nurse Practitioner Restrictions

    honeykrown replied to travelNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I did not truly understand this frustration until I decided to move to a state with NP restrictions. Moving from AZ to CO I was shocked that I would be needing provisional prescriptive authority till...

  6. Indian Health Service Advanced Practice Nurses

    honeykrown replied to aprnKate's topic in Advanced Practice

    it does get snow here but we are at such high elevation that it melts by afternoon (but it is still cold). I will bring a winter jacket but not like you need on the east coast. The weather has a mind...

  7. Indian Health Service Advanced Practice Nurses

    honeykrown replied to aprnKate's topic in Advanced Practice

    I work very close to the Chinle hospital. To be honest at this time I like what I do as my bosses are very understanding. We are tribal organization though. One thing about working IHS is things...

  8. Working for the VA

    honeykrown replied to grammynp's topic in Advanced Practice

    I had this talk with a colleague today about VA and pay. She did mention that VA rates are based on "board" setting of pay. Certification, degree experience etc. I did mention to her that VA was...

  9. Indian Health Service Advanced Practice Nurses

    honeykrown replied to aprnKate's topic in Advanced Practice

    I currently work for an IHS facility in AZ, tribally owned. Worked here for 4 years. first as a nurse then a nurse practitioner. tribal centers are great to work for. The locums are mostly used for...

  10. First NP Job and unhappy...What to do?

    honeykrown replied to TCUgirl15's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    TCUgirl,your experience is very similar to mine. I am 6 months into my new position and I just started getting 13pts a day. Not to any fault of mine but pt never show up for appts due to the remote...

  11. Name some part time work for NP's

    honeykrown replied to nyc2011's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There are several part time jobs I have noticed. One doing Locum shift where you work 12-16 weeks at a time and you can fix your schedule. I have seen part time ED (I think that pays the most) and...

  12. Job market for new grads

    honeykrown replied to phosphorus's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Greygoose, although I am not actively searching for jobs I know I will relocate soon. What I have done is checked on indeed, simplyhired and I also do a blind search in Google about clinics in the...

  13. DOT focused clinic

    honeykrown replied to lmonet82's topic in Advanced Practice

    And I was informed Medicaid do not reimburse much for those DOT physicals as they do PEs. We've been trying to get my employer to be on

  14. FNP preceptor for Primary Care

    honeykrown replied to RNtoFNP18's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Frontier provides a list of preceptors used by past students. I will advise you to ask the school for the site and go over it with a fine tooth comb. If you do t find anything there, you will have to...

  15. New grad NP employment search

    honeykrown replied to ms smile's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I got job offers from all my clinical sites before graduation or even applying. Both Primary care and Urgent Care. I chose a different site because it was closer to work. I graduated in July. Started...

  16. NHSC program 2015 comparing the 2 programs and tax break

    honeykrown replied to karlazz83's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I will say to look at the contract really well before you sign anything. Although I am not aware of NHSC, I know the IHS loans are taxable income. For example if you receive 20k in loan, taxes will...

  17. Completely theoretical question

    honeykrown replied to Futurenurse2020's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    When I first considered going back to school, it was more to get my masters and maybe some increase in pay. Now I have better job satisfaction than when I was an RN. I didn't know I would like it this...

  18. Should and do fnp's room their pt's

    honeykrown replied to ozarkstumpjump's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well if I had to do vitals, immunization a, get UA, run it to lab and then do all the other stuff I don't think I will be able to see more than 12 a day. If the MDs are given a nurse then I expect to...

  19. online F.N.P. programs??

    honeykrown replied to nhnurse25's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I graduated from frontier this past July. They prepare you well for boards and well as can be for practice. Had trouble with clinical as I live in a remote area, and even though there were some kinks...

  20. Best prep specialty for FNP

    honeykrown replied to guest769224's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I worked as a case manager in a primary care clinic. Calling patients back with lab results, some diagnosis and ordering medications when patients were discharged from other facilities. This allowed...

  21. Where to purchase practice tests...

    honeykrown replied to BirkieGirl's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    i bought the FamilyNPPrep/ Exam edge. They had the 10, 20 and 30 set exam questions. You could also get coupon codes for 10% off. there were some repeated questions but not that many in my 10

  22. Not working as an np

    honeykrown replied to LookForward's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Have a friend/NP who works as a nurse informatic. I think she just had a bad experience as an NP. Never really asked

  23. Time gap between school and starting work??

    honeykrown replied to BirkieGirl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes you can continue working and if you take the AANP you can take the boards sooner after graduation. I took my boards 10days after graduation and passed. I sent in AANP application 2 weeks before...

  24. Prn/part time pay

    honeykrown replied to Nursetonp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hmmm, I think 45 is too low as you will not be paid any benefits. As an RN part-timers are paid more. I know an NP in a rural ER who makes 70part time. So I say go for

  25. Do I need to keep RN license active?

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

    Well Alicia, I don't know what state you are in, but in Az after you pay for your NP license once you don't have to pay again. When it's time to renew, you renew just your RN license and your NP...