Riburn3 BSN, MSN, APRN, NP

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    Remote NP work while abroad

    Riburn3 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Taking a shot in the dark if anyone out there knows of remote employment opportunities for NPs while living abroad. My family and I currently live in West Africa. I am an NP working for the U.S....
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    Remote NP work while abroad

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

    Pretty much why I joined the State Department. Collect a nice US government paycheck and get to live and travel all over the
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    Remote NP work while abroad

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

    Yeah. There are a few remote jobs out there but most are fairly competitive or are sort of shady where you end up prescribing some random branded drug to a patient you do a phone consult
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    NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

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

    Thanks. I had to crawl through the muck before I got this job, working for a large volume practice, seeing 30+ patients a day all over a decently sized city, and barely was scratching 6 figures. It...
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    Did you feel ready to practice upon graduation?

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

    I didn't feel uncomfortable (but also not really "ready"), but I also was very aware of my weaknesses and not afraid to look things up or ask questions. My first job was in a large IM practice that...
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    NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

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

    Hospitalist NP in Southern, NM employed by a large national physician practice. We work independently within our group and admit to ourselves with no physician oversite. NM is a very NP friendly...
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    ANCC AGACNP Exam Tips

    Riburn3 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I wrote a similar article when I passed my FNP exam back in 2014, and still receive feedback from people thanking me, so I thought a similar review would be helpful for the AGACNP exam since I...
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    ANCC AGACNP Exam Tips

    Riburn3 replied to Riburn3's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Both of you sound like you’re putting in the effort and are on the right track. I scored all over the place on practice exams. The Barkley practice tests are in my opinion much harder than the real...
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    NP Wikipedia Article

    Riburn3 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Has anyone taken a gander at this recently? Looks like someone with a pro-physician lobby has gotten ahold of the page and it really casts NPs in a very negative light. Some of the statements like...
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    NP Wikipedia Article

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

    Meh, our group did fire a physician because they were a giant dumpster fire and couldn’t punch their way out of a paper bag. They were a hangover of the previous hospitalist service. They never...
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    NP Wikipedia Article

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

    I think the issue is the person that edited the article is a preferred editor, sooverriding him/her is more difficult. The article also has a soft lock until
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    NP Wikipedia Article

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

    There are tons of discussions about this over the years on here. Youll see posters say that experience matters. You’ll have some that didn’t have any experience and say it didn’t hurt them....
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    NP Wikipedia Article

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

    To be honest I don’t know. It’s still not a very large sample size and it’s just now only being tried in other places I also mentioned earlier it was really tough finding the right NPs to fill...
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    NP Wikipedia Article

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

    Well it is True True, but I admit one of the program struggles initially was getting the right kind of NPs into the job as it requires a very high level of autonomy and critical thinking (we cover ICU...
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    NP Wikipedia Article

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

    Hmmm you sure like to just make up a lot of bologna. My comment on consults was in regard to you saying they would run away at an NP run hospital. My point is lots of NPs isn’t scaring anyone away,...
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    NP Wikipedia Article

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

    It’s sort of funny you mention “an NP run hospital”. I work as a hospitalist in a group that is 50/50 physician and NP hospitalists. We are part of a pilot program by our company to determine...
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    NP Wikipedia Article

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

    So because those are the only studies you’ve seen makes it definitive I guess? Many states have had independent practice for over 20 years. You’d think it would be all fire and brimstone there...
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    NP Wikipedia Article

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

    I agree most surgeons are adequate. Most I’ve met are fantastic. When you took a generalized shot at the NP profession and our personality not understanding shortcomings (which had you actually...
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    NP Wikipedia Article

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

    Clearly never met a
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    NP Wikipedia Article

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

    I'll also add after doing some digging, that it appears since the end of march, an entity has taken over the page, and started making numerous edits, and now the page is semi locked. While some...
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    NP Wikipedia Article

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

    Never said it was inaccurate in regard to what you just took the time to post, and even mentioned the part about clinical hours and education in my OP as being accurate. My larger issue is whoever...
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    NP Wikipedia Article

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

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_practitioner
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    What's a Nurse Practitioner?!

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

    I think this is a pretty reasonable question and I respect it more than "what is a nurse practitioner". Depending on state, the roles and regulation can be nearly identical. The reality is, a...
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    What's a Nurse Practitioner?!

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

    I definitely believe that. When you look at states that utilize midwives more and infant mortalitity rates, you often find states with more midwife utilization have lower infant mortality rates. I...
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    Continued good outlook for NP job opportunities in Texas

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

    Yeah the outgoing Governor of NM had a big NP recruitment effort. Passed a state law that required the board to grant you a license in 5 business days if you were already licensed in another state...