djmatte

djmatte ADN, MSN, RN, NP

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  1. Evaluation and Treatment of Mental Illness in Primary Care

    djmatte replied to MJC2118's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm not justifying others choices. I'm certainly not at the helm for straying down that path. But for things like severe anxiety, it is textbook to prescribe a short run of benzos to bridge until an...

  2. Evaluation and Treatment of Mental Illness in Primary Care

    djmatte replied to MJC2118's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I wish it was that easy to simply "not push people on benzos". As a new provider, I have patients who have been on benzos and opiates for years that I am struggling to reduce. I'm pretty firm with...

  3. CCNE Accreditation Comments

    djmatte replied to Jules A's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You would be correct. Not all, butt very specific. And I believe one headquartered in its own state

  4. What kind of GPA do I need to get into Nurse Practitioner school?

    djmatte replied to ananana123's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    GPA is usually school dependent. The majority are at least a 3.0 with more selective schools being a 3.5. There are some that will accept less than a 3, but they have specific requirements. I would...

  5. Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

    djmatte replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The frightening part is 3 percent actually said yes to this

  6. Should I pursue an NP degree? I need advice

    djmatte replied to vmm1995's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It's a different kind of "bed side", but yes. You would need an adult Geri acute care np degree to do it. But requires a year of experience in most schools. But mind you , those jobs aren't acting...

  7. Should I pursue an NP degree? I need advice

    djmatte replied to vmm1995's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I say stick to what you're enjoying now and not worry about the np side unless you develop an honest interest in disease management more than improving patient outcomes through stellar nursing care....

  8. eavesdropping

    djmatte replied to orangepink's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If she wants ii94 needs the extra work, I say let her answer all the questions she wants. Either she isn't busy enough or she's a know it all. Both of which she'll burn herself out on our cross the...

  9. Help save my career

    djmatte replied to ccw123's topic in Advanced Practice

    It does make me curious what school you went to for future

  10. Help save my career

    djmatte replied to ccw123's topic in Advanced Practice

    The networking mentioned above is important. I think it would be a good idea to look into volunteer clinics where you might be able to improve your clinical skills at a more moderate pace. Another...

  11. FNP Oversaturation

    djmatte replied to brinksta's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So why on earth would you work for someone willing to pay you less when you can work for yourself and get full

  12. FNP Oversaturation

    djmatte replied to brinksta's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Do you need a collaborator with that

  13. FNP Oversaturation

    djmatte replied to brinksta's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So what should the expectation be?. My salary literally went up 30k a year when I switched from RN to np. What I make for now is exceeding what the market was making when I entered school. What...

  14. Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

    djmatte replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Can we get this thread removed on the merits of its pure stupidity? It's bad enough someone's suggesting and or advocating for us to replace a profession as a whole that's not only well more trained...

  15. FNP Oversaturation

    djmatte replied to brinksta's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There are people here who have multiple specialties. Just need to take a curriculum for whatever one you want to add. Downside is paying for and keeping up with cme for multiple specialties and...

  16. CCNE Accreditation Comments

    djmatte replied to Jules A's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I look at it more from this perspective. While many have some thoughts or opinions on the state of nursing practice, most won't take the time or bother to make those opinions known to the powers that...

  17. FNP Oversaturation

    djmatte replied to brinksta's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It's not hard. I had offers in three spots before one locally jumped in. I was half ready to uproot to Redding CA or Delaware for fqhc positions. Decided to stay put in Michigan to minimize risk as a...

  18. Considering re-entering the Air Force as FNP

    djmatte posted a topic in Government, Military

    Here's some background. I served 9 years in the USAF and separated to pursue nursing school. I completed my ADN and and with that could easily get a job and with BSN requirements never felt inclined...

  19. Considering re-entering the Air Force as FNP

    djmatte replied to djmatte's topic in Government, Military

    I appreciate the heads up. I didn't know that time served pushes it back. Still have another 19 pounds to lose so that helps. Though hoping that 19 is over the next couple months. I'm not averse...

  20. Advice Needed - Current MSN nursing student

    djmatte replied to ss1992's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I used quizlet for studying. For each area, I created three sets of flash cards. So for gi, I had a general description set, management set, and a clinical findings set. Similar for lung...

  21. Rejected from interview?

    djmatte replied to Edcarlosliu's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. In a major organization that has many qualified candidates, they won't give you a yes or no right there on the spot. I've only once been told during an interview that I can expect a call...

  22. Why do some practices prefer PAs to NPs?

    djmatte replied to mep7296's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't think CRNA is as desirable as one might hope. While there is a higher bar of entry, there are still a lot of people going through the programs. In my area hospitals are starting to no...

  23. FNP Oversaturation

    djmatte replied to brinksta's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Honestly I don't feel the wages have changed too much positively or negatively even from 2010. http://www.odellsearch.com/Documents/NP%20Salary%20Report%202010.pdf I'm sure there are people on...

  24. FNP Oversaturation

    djmatte replied to brinksta's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't disagree. But I went into school when the estimated average for my area was sitting around 85k which in 2013 was more than I made 60kish. I'm making 15k more than the 2013 average and about...

  25. FNP Oversaturation

    djmatte replied to brinksta's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Do we have any validation that salaries are actually dropping? I live in Michigan and while my local city of ann Arbor the locations were demanding experience (U of M is awash in np grads so that's...