ghillbert MSN, NP

Thanks for this comprehensive answer - as an adult CTICU nurse with minimal peds experience, this is super interesting!!

I don't work in a full practice authority state, so I can't speak to that. I would NOT say procedure heavy jobs necessarily command more money - most NP jobs in my area at least are based on experience and negotation rather than the job tasks, and I ...

Salary is determined more by supply and demand than specialty, and varies widely by location. In my area, acute care jobs tend to pay more than family NP jobs, but they also often involve evenings/nights/weekends/call, so they demand more $$. Again i...

Allowing schools to get away with this, and calling it "the norm" does not make it an acceptable option. The school simply cannot guarantee the quality of your education as a provider without managing who is precepting their students.

Yeah but they do a hell of a lot more clinical hours during their program, including critical care.

My first NP job was CT surgical/transplant step-down floor with ICU cross coverage then critical care. I had offers for ICU jobs as a new grad with the system I did all my critical care clinicals with, but it was straight nights and it was a generic ...

You took a travel NP job as a new grad, or travel RN job? I am in Pittsburgh and we have a lot of job opportunities, I would say more for ACNP than FNP but certainly for both. COL is low, and salaries can also be low though.

1. I don't think you can expect to make "more" after a residency necessarily - it's more that you have a mostly guaranteed job when you're done, and theoretically improved skills and confidence. As above, a lot of places give "extra credit" so you ad...

PA BON has always been suuuuuuper slow. Thanks for the informative post!

I am an acute care adult NP in a SICU and care for various surgical patients but mostly cardiothoracic surgical postop. Obviously I work in the hospital but I do 3 x12s, no weekend or holidays (which is rare) because it is a large teaching hospital a...

There are a lot of reputable programs that use online delivery of education. I would find one that provides your clinical sites, unless you already have good connections, because I read a lot about people having to defer their courses due to inabilit...

CMS regulations

If you're graduating as an NP, do not go get ICU RN experience. Find a critical care residency/fellowship for NPs.

Maybe some of these hospital CEOs or insurance companies would see fit to spare some cash to purchase the PPE which is currently being bid for by various states and the federal government?? The bean counters always rely on our altruism to turn up, ...

How does APLS increase your risk with coronavirus?

Because nurses are "helpers". We put other people before ourselves. This is why HCW are now dying of COVID-19. Our local garbage collectors went on strike until they were provided more PPE and hazard pay. Garbage collectors. I will quit before I ris...

Are you allowed to quit during a pandemic/state of emergency? Are there licensure ramifications? If my employer is not able to supply appropriate PPE does that change anything?

"If you are a nurse with health insurance" was what that poster stated, to me.

I am not quitting to "avoid possible patients with COVID" - I look after patients currently with all kinds of pathologies. However, that is with appropriate PPE. I am someone who performs emergent intubations and airway management, and I am concerned...

Check ELSO> recommend to use VL for intubation instead of DL, avoid bipap, minimize aerosol procedures.

If you want to be a "physicist", go do a science degree. If you want to be a physician, go to medical school. If you are incompatible with the nursing model, change careers.

I know this is not a new post, but for those reading now, I believe for several years now Vermont has required a SSN for initial and renewal RN licensure. What does Texas BON say? I would ask them for approved courses.

There was a Canadian in my Chatham University DNP program. She now works in the US, although she lived and worked in Canada during the program.

Absolutely - hard and fast enough compressions are the key to meaningful survival after cardiac arrest. I couldn't count the number of times I told people to switch out because their compressions were ineffective.

Eh, depends - if I arrested, I'd rather be taken care of by a critical care/ER NP than a dermatology or GI MD.