Riburn3 BSN, MSN, APRN, NP

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    ACNP Compensation

    Riburn3 replied to daddy2aprincess's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That's a rough offer. I've said this in other threads but it's important to know the volume they expect you to see, the services/skills you will be doing, and what the reimbursement rates are in your...
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    New NP grad, passed boards, now what?!

    Riburn3 replied to mcleanstrong's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you go to a school with a large number of students from all over the country it might not be feasible to do this since requirements are different in each state. My university had lots of students...
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    Any nurse practitioners wish they had be physical therapists?

    Riburn3 replied to Ashtimus Prime's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Strange question. You could ask if any NP's wish they had been pharmacists too. I'm sure we all have a job we wish we could do other than our current profession, but I can't imagine too many NP's...
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    FNP student disliking family practice

    Riburn3 replied to MiahMSN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I agree. Some of my best friends are still working as RN's and have no desire to become NP's. It personally took me a long time and a lot of reflection before I decided it was for me. Sometimes it...
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    NP Salaries/Location/Specialties

    Riburn3 replied to tsipareht's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Updating mine since I've changed jobs since I got my FNP in 2014. Specialty: FNP (also finishing my AGACNP) working in an outpatient CHF/Valve clinic attached to a large hospital. I also round for an...
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    FNP student disliking family practice

    Riburn3 replied to MiahMSN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would try your hat in other clinical areas. All it takes is one or two bad clinical sites to sour you when the reality is there are several other places that aren't heavily focused on volume with...
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    Is this something i should follow through with?

    Riburn3 replied to nthestar55's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would love to know where three 12 hour shifts per week equates to $120k a year. That's over $60 an hour. Gotta be California. Pay like that for nurses is the exception rather than the rule, and...
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    Palliative Care NP job

    Riburn3 replied to kbj1125's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have done some palliative care visits and it's pretty easy work. If you're already doing SNF/LTAC, then you likely have some patients that have been on palliative care, and for the most part...
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    Do nurse practioners round with doctors?

    Riburn3 replied to RN to be soon's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In the inpatient setting it's more common. More specifically, if you are employed by the facility proper, you will commonly round with the physicians as they come in since you likely have seen the...
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    Is it bad or unprofessional to hide from drug company reps

    Riburn3 replied to Goldenfox's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Drug reps can be good sources of information, and certain companies require them to get extensive education about their product, so often they know a lot more about it than you. As other's have said,...
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    Becoming an FNP after graduating as an AGNP?

    Riburn3 replied to GoldenRetriever's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just go for a post masters cert in FNP. I first got my FNP and am now completing my post masters AGACNP. In most programs it is only 3-4 semesters more of largely clinical work, and in your case...
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    Doctor's negative view of NP / Psych NP

    Riburn3 replied to Granted Fal's topic in Advanced Practice

    In the year in a half I have been practicing as an NP, I am yet to meet a physician that has such a negative view on NP's. Most in my experience love us because we are cash cows for what we cost. If...
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    New grad ER FNP salary expectations

    Riburn3 replied to mjgernurse's topic in Advanced Practice

    In my part of Texas, companies like TeamHealth are contracted to run the local ER's (which are very busy) and they pay very well. Two of my friends got hired in the ER's they worked in as RN's, and...
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    NPs working in Texas

    Riburn3 replied to BermudaTriangle's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I live in Texas, but literally on the opposite end of the state (I'm closer to California than Houston), however, my classmates that graduated with me had no trouble finding work in the Houston area,...
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    Too many NPs?

    Riburn3 replied to Annachu512's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    OP, it entirely depends on your market. Do you know of lot's of NP's (especially new grads) in your market struggling to find work, and when they do find it, it isn't very good? That's where I would...
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    Just "NP"

    Riburn3 replied to matthewandrew's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    On my business cards I will list all my credentials MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CCRN, but on things like my lab coats (which I never wear) or when I sign something it'll say: my name, FNP-C or
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    Passed AANP FNP Today - Useful Tips

    Riburn3 replied to Riburn3's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    As I went through the exam I would mark on my scratch paper they give you whether I thought I was 100% correct, 50% correct, or guessing. By the end there were 87 notches on my scratch paper that I...
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    Ethical dilemma, what would you do?

    Riburn3 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi everyone sorry for an incoming text wall, but I feel like I'm in a rough spot. I've been an NP for a little over a year and working for an internal medicine practice that I have generally enjoyed....
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    Ethical dilemma, what would you do?

    Riburn3 replied to Riburn3's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for all the great advice. Just an update, I got the new job and when I informed my current employer he begged me to stay on to manage his nursing/rehab facilities for him. I'm going to work...
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    Explaining the NP role to pts and everybody else

    Riburn3 replied to npstudent22's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    How many direct entry programs are there versus traditional? There are none in my part of the country and just about every school in my region requires experience before attending. Doing a...
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    Explaining the NP role to pts and everybody else

    Riburn3 replied to npstudent22's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree with you completely. I work for a physician and defer to him regularly. He has been my mentor throughout this journey and am thankful for him. My comments apply strictly to primary care,...
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    Explaining the NP role to pts and everybody else

    Riburn3 replied to npstudent22's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ouch, this is pretty ignorant. It doesn't take into account that most APRN's have years and thousands of hours as caregivers. It also doesn't factor in like Boston said, that time and again research...
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    Nurse in room for hemorrhoid checks?

    Riburn3 replied to anh06005's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I always have a witness present if it's going to involve private areas or I know the patient has a history of making accusations with other providers. Even then, this doesn't prevent accusations from...
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    Explaining the NP role to pts and everybody else

    Riburn3 replied to npstudent22's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I just tell patients we are a different type of provider with our background founded in nursing, and that from a patient perspective you are likely to notice little
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    NP pay, does RN experience matter?

    Riburn3 replied to Veigar3's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Typically it doesn't matter, although some larger institutions will count all previous medical experience into calculating your pay. I know this is an anecdote, but many of the nurses I graduated...