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Does anyone have access to endocrinology or Primary care work RVU for APNs. My organization uses MGMA My current institution is changing all APN over to productivity based. They are meeting with each of us individually. I currently work in a diabete...

I am in midwest at a community hospital. Just found out today that my 36 hour weekly is no longer full time. They want to pay me 90% of my current salary to keep my hours Use do to also get bonus based off quality measures - ranging from 5k -15k th...

I have been an adult NP for 9 years. I have been working in diabetes for past 3 years. As I pursue other job opportunities many listings are for FNP despite not having a lot of peds patients I have been thinking of getting my FNP certification. I h...

Adult NP with 8 yrs experience. Currently working in suburban Endo clinic w 2 docs. I see outpatient DM & thyroid patients. 1 of the docs is leaving and they have approached me to take call instead of replacing the doc. (No talk of salary adjus...

Thanks for all the information. Our community based hospital medical staff is not receptive to hospitalists managing their pts- probably why the Endo gets bombarded with call- but I do believe he may prefer this process of handling these pts. Now th...

Interesting but the Endo states how he gets called all night on dka patients, bg readings. Wonder if this is something he prefers! I do see this as an opportunity to grow but would like to see the salary be in alignment with the responsibility Tha ...

As a clarification of above - I'm here to serve the patients as well but feel our salary should be commensurate with the responsibility and level of care we provide My patients always ask- "why didn't you become a md" my response was because I e...

That is my point precisely. The other endos in clinic salary is significantly more than what I am making. I know the newest is at base of $160k + bonus. I'm at mid90s no bonus- now with a proposed 50% call- which would be one week on, one week off No...

I don't even know where to start with negotiations. I'm just concerned if we don't start setting a precedent- it will be expected as part of our duty. Sure , physicians don't get paid to take call, but their compensation historically has been in alig...

Our primary clinic is looking to transition NP/PA to start taking call but also to incorporate specialty clinics to cover call; I am in endocrine so the thought would be to cover patient AND hospital/ER call (DKA patients) 1 week/month. My issue is...

Just accepted a position with a community hospital setting. I will be a "pioneer" NP in their organization. Unfortunately I do not feel that their HR department is up to par on their salary and benefit offerings. I came from a solo practice provide...

Has anyone ever considered medical school? I do love what I do, but sometimes I consider going all the way--I always see that NP to MD ad in nursing journals but have never inquired. Anyone out there look into med schools?

I did not mean for it to sound "special". It is an ad in nursing mags I have read (Advance for Nursing) that is an ad that states NP to MD- on your terms...whatever that means. I have never called the number. The next time I see it, I will post the...

I used to be with NSO, but then I found Marsh and Affinity Ins services. Very competitive rates. I work part time so they offered p/t premium where NSO did not. This was important for my first job b/c my employer did not pay /cover NPs malpractice.

I did my NP program working part time with 2 children, ages 5 & 1. I started with only 2 classes/semester. After my first year, I became pregnant and decreased to 1 class/semester. I had great family support and I my job at the time was very f...

I would look into your new states licensure--I think it is best to get the NP experience sooner than later. I remember when I was close to graduating, I wanted to stay in my current RN job--it was my "safe, comfort zone". But, I kept my ears open a...

Our first job isnt always our last--I had a bad experience with my first job out of NP program. I was so disappointed. My clinical advisor stayed in contact with me my first yr out--so that was what she said to me when I told her how disappointed I ...

In Illinois, we have the Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nurses--they publish a directory of their members. I think when I was in NP school, membership was $40 for students. I was able to find some preceptors this way--it also afforded me gr...

I use Epocrates Pro. Discounts are available through certain professional organizations~so be sure to check with your organizations to see if you qualify for a discount. I use it all the time to check for RX in pregnancy, lactating moms, and even r...

I am an adult NP in Illinois. I have chosen only to work part time. I work for an internal med/nephrology practice. When I started, the practice had a full time PA, 2 day/week NP, so he was looking for another 2 d/week NP. The full time PA left so...

I was really "bored" with my jobs in nursing. I needed more of a challenge. I thought changing hospitals, fields or transferring to outpatient would help, but it did not. I had been a nurse for 11 years and new I needed to do something. One of my ...

I found Margaret Fitzgerald NP resources were great. I came across her resources after hearing her speak at an Illinois APN conference. She has a myriad of resources but I believe the one I used the most was a comprehensive review for boards. I used...

Your classload seems very heavy. I was married and had 2 children when I started my program. I only took 2 classes/semester. I ended up slowing down even more because I had another baby while in NP program. My program was very flexible. Most of ...

Writing orders and presciptions were exciting for me when I first became certified 4 yrs ago. I remember also getting the RX pad at our office with my name at the top with my name and credentials! That was pretty impressive, too. Congrats!

thanks for the PM-glad I was able to access this/ however I was not able to respond --no contact info. what conference were you referring to?