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babyNP. APRN

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  1. Extra income?

    babyNP. replied to PediatricNP2017's topic in Advanced Practice

    A great book I read once was called "The 4 hour workweek" by Tim Ferris. For non-traditional income, you should look at your strengths- what are you better at than anyone else? You should go niche...

  2. Starting 2020 NO MORE LOCUMS IN CALIFORNIA

    babyNP. replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No I agree and I think this will ultimately hurt rural patients who depend on locums to provide care. Which is a shame that we will have people suffer while waiting for a

  3. How long it took you to find your first NP job

    babyNP. replied to singleye's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Relocation may be your best bet. I was open to almost anywhere for the right fit and had an offer a month before I graduated with several interviews that I later declined to take. The region wasn’t...

  4. Starting 2020 NO MORE LOCUMS IN CALIFORNIA

    babyNP. replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don’t know think that NPs are vulnerable employees but I would argue that a lot of the other gig economy folks are- ala uber drivers. A big part of their wage depends on tips which not everyone...

  5. BSN vs Direct Entry MSN for Goal of NICU Nursing

    babyNP. replied to Hopeful_Future_RN_121's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Depends on what the program is- there isn't a lot of overlap in many MSN programs (particularly non-clinical MSNs) and it would be essentially spending $$ on courses she/he doesn't need to become a...

  6. BSN vs Direct Entry MSN for Goal of NICU Nursing

    babyNP. replied to Hopeful_Future_RN_121's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Direct entry MSN in what? There wouldn’t be much if any advantage to nurse managers. ADN vs BSN

  7. NNP Programs

    babyNP. replied to babynurse47's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes, as long as you meeting the other requirements for the school. It's not common for FNP but there are folks who frequently do PNP and then NNP for various reasons. Some schools require the...

  8. NNP Programs

    babyNP. replied to babynurse47's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes as long as you meet the requirements for admission, the big thing being NICU RN experience. I’ve recently went through all the schools and virtually all of them require at least 2 years on Level...

  9. American Nurses in U.K

    babyNP. replied to LotusFlower777's topic in United Kingdom

    Keep in mind that as an immigrant, you have to pay an extra 400 pounds per year to use the NHS (relatively new rule) on top of your 20% tax rate (40% if you make over 46k GBP after

  10. Moving to UK - looking at nursing school?

    babyNP. replied to srp139's topic in United Kingdom

    It's extremely difficult to get validation at individual state boards of nursing with a current UK degree. 1. UK nurses are trained as adult, pediatric, or community health nurses. What this means is...

  11. Starting 2020 NO MORE LOCUMS IN CALIFORNIA

    babyNP. replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    can you speak to the tax benefits of being an independent contractor? I know with a 1099 you have to pay employee + employer share of medicare/medicaid/SS which is like 15.2% whereas if you're a w2...

  12. Starting 2020 NO MORE LOCUMS IN CALIFORNIA

    babyNP. replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    But why? I don’t understand the

  13. Positioning an older, chronic lung baby

    babyNP. replied to leopardprintnurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Won't help in a crib, but try putting them in a swing. It sounds a little crazy if you've never seen it before, but it worked great for our 6 month olds that were still intubated or had a trach. They...

  14. Full Practice Authority

    babyNP. replied to rkealy's topic in Advanced Practice

    In regards to neglect or malpractice, it's my understanding that NPs are held to a similar level as physicians. It's not like if a NP screws up a medication prescribed to a patient that harms the...

  15. What are most lucrative specialties for an NP?

    babyNP. replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

  16. ACNP vs FNP: My Summarization of the Great Debate

    babyNP. replied to rauscht's topic in Advanced Practice

    Not sure if you were referring to my post. What I meant was that yes the consensus model is coming as it should be and is already true for many states. But it's going to take awhile to filter through...

  17. ACNP vs FNP: My Summarization of the Great Debate

    babyNP. replied to rauscht's topic in Advanced Practice

    I feel like maybe we should just say "cool story bro" at this point, lol. It will probably take a couple of decades, but the battle of trained as primary but work as acute as a non-starter is decided....

  18. capnography

    babyNP. replied to zzyzx's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Generally their vital signs tank and that’s how you know. Most babies sick enough to be intubated and transported don’t have much reserve. We did not use any special monitoring other than pulse ox...

  19. capnography

    babyNP. replied to zzyzx's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I’ve only seen it used in the PICU. I don’t know the exact mechanics but I don’t think it’s quite as accurate with neonates plus it’s another device in between the ventilator and the baby-...

  20. New subspecialty (ELBW and Neuro) NICU certifications?

    babyNP. replied to adventure_rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I’m assuming you need 2 years NICU experience like the NIC test so not for new grads. EDIT- oh I misread your post, sorry. Looks like not but I can’t imagine a new grad passing this kind of exam...

  21. What are most lucrative specialties for an NP?

    babyNP. replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well that’s a bit of a can of worms on this forum. Please note I said barrier, not downside. But I meant it in more of a that it can be hard to get into a NICU for nursing experience. It’s not...

  22. CAN NEONATAL/NICU NURSES WORK OUTPATIENT??(CLINIC, DOCTOR'S OFFICE,ECT...)

    babyNP. replied to MareBear112's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You got some good answers here. I did want to address the idea of mistakes- You will make a mistake while a nurse. You are not perfect. Hopefully it does not cause irreversible harm (perhaps you...

  23. Are we intervening too much?

    babyNP. replied to NovaFNP22's topic in Advanced Practice

    Yeah a 32 weeker is not physically developed enough to bottle feed let alone breastfeed and would have starved to death without gavage feeding. More likely to be a late preterm baby 35-36 weeks that...

  24. What are most lucrative specialties for an NP?

    babyNP. replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Neonatology is one of the higher paid NP specialities, but has the barrier of schools requiring RN experience, generally in at least a level 3 NICU. Other downsides are nearly guaranteed night shift,...

  25. 7 weeks in the NICU, feeling overwhelmed - need advice

    babyNP. replied to Nurse Magnolia's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I just wanted to say good for you for being self reflective and brave to admit when a place isn't for you. That can be a hard thing to do, especially when one gets caught up in a mindset of a goal and...