ghillbert

Why? You make no sense. You can have acutely or complex chronically ill patients at specialty outpatient clinics just as much as inpatient. Decompensated heart failure with concomitant poorly controlled diabetes, cardiorenal syndrome etc.

I am talking about the definition of Acute Care NP, as per the Consensus Model, as I stated. I know many ACNPs who work outpatient specialty clinics.

This is not confusing. Acute care NPs work with acutely ill patients. Family NPs work in primary care. If you want to do a critical care NP fellowship, yes you need acute care NP Program of course. You don't need to stay in ICU all your life as an acute care NP, but you are limited to acute care.

This is not correct. Acute care can take care of acutely ill or complex chronically ill patients, regardless of the setting. See: Consensus Model.

UCSF is in San Francisco...

More than 50% inpatient = union NP at my system (southwest PA). UCSF, for one is union but there are plenty.

In a hospital where RNs and NPs are in the union, years of nursing experience absolutely contributes to the starting NP salary.

I don't think a hiring manager owes you an interview. Perhaps they didn't think it was a good fit once they met you. Perhaps they had another applicant who fit in better. Maybe they got feedback from a current supervisor that was not good. Perhaps a bunch of things. I would just move on. You can always apply when they advertise again. Making waves with HR etc will guarantee you won't be hired to that unit.

Read the patient, not the chart. Sooooo many times someone tells me something based on what is documented but they didn't check it themselves. Don't go by someone else's assessment - do your own, as soon as you can get in the room.

Also if you'll have fresh postops, make sure you know the consequences of cardiopulmonary bypass and you will understand what you see in your postops a lot more easily. Agree regarding reviewing anatomy and physiology. Knowing which valve is where, what preload/afterload/contractility is, and which receptors your drugs work on will be a huge headstart.

Yes. All you need is please accept my resignation effective xxxx. Check your contract if you have one to ensure you give adequate notice to get any PTO etc paid out.

From memory it was about 770 clinical hours when I did it, they found placements (they are affiliated with a large hospital system), all profs have doctoral degrees but no idea about tenure, academics required GRE, admission essay, I can't recall the GPA requirement, comprehensive exam to graduate.

Disagree. I went to Pitt in person, and it was entirely not like that at all. I am clinical faculty for other schools that are entirely not like that. I agree that the schools need to be held accountable to provide appropriate preceptors and programs, but I do not agree that 90% are bad.

Local professional associations you can join as a student to network with NPs is the best, if your school doesn't provide preceptors.

I was referring to the poster above me. I know what NY BON requires, but I think they have the terminology confused.