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No 3500 was the offer for carrying a pager from 1730 on friday until 7 am on monday morning. IT would be any calls incurred during that time, along with rounding on hospital inpts. Any new admits that need neph and d/c pts. This is one weekend a month every month. Also if MD goes out of town we would do this for the entire time he is gone & make rounds at the dialysis clinic (3 times on monday and 1 time on tues). Any clue what going rate for this is???

Hey, I am working on a much smaller scale than you. On weeks that MD is gone I will round 3 times at one dialysis clinic on Mondays and once on Tues. I will be taking hospital call and rounding on our inpatient neph pts. (usually about 10 or so pts) Also doing new consults and D/C if necessary. I will have the pager on me 24/7 on those weeks he is away and then also the one fri/sat/sun a month. I am a brand new NP so I realize that everything is going to take me a lot longer than someone with experience. When our MD goes out of town, I will have to do all that on top of seeing my pts at a community walk in clinic so it will make for some hectic days for sure. What do you think is reasonable for this type of work? I don't want to be taken advantage of and I don't want to accept something too low, and then get stuck working too hard for too little.

hmmm that's a new one I have never seen it done that way. But if you were to get called you would make even more correct?

Yeah there is no way I am doing that, and was actually kind of insulted that was even the initial offer. We are having a meeting next week to discuss it further and I just wanted input to see what I should expect.

I have recently started a new job in an acute care clinic that will be my full time position, but this office shares office with a nephrologist who is acting as our supervising physician. (clinic and neph are hospital owned). Anyway, part of the job is taking call for nephrologist when he is away (already know of about 6 weeks), in addition to one fri/sat/sun per month. This includes rounding at dialysis clinic, rounding on inpatients, and new consults. All in addition to my full time spot at the clinic. So a good amount of responsibility. However, they are offering next to nothing as far as compensation for this role. Is anyone else in a similar situation or taking call and getting compensation. I don't know what is necessarily reasonable in this unique situation, but I do know that their current offer of $3500 for the entire year is bogus. If anyone has any input that would be fantastic! Thanks

We just recently finished a trial of using the foam kind out of a pump bottle or the liquid from small blue bottles. It did not show a decrease in the number of infections for us and so our unit went back to our regular soap baths. We have not had a VAP in over 2 years, but we have had some CLBIs.

I am looking into possible programs to get my NP, but I was wondering...If my plans are to work in a hospital initially as a nurse practitioner (hopefully in the ER), but possibly later in life move to a doctor's office (this would be a long ways down the road most likely)...what would be the best degree for me to seek. ACNP or a general FNP? Any input would be great thanks!

Will NP with a masters be grandfathered in when (if) they change the standards in 2015? Thanks

will there still be an online option for the FNP?

well alrighty then...guess that answers all of that. Thanks so much :)

I am looking into the RN-MSN at MUSC...their website isn't very helpful, but I would prefer info from someone who has been there. I want to know if it is a good program overall, or if I am better off getting my BSN and then getting my masters? if you go full time can you still work too or is it pretty much impossible? Is it offered online?

I did get my info..thank you though.

Basically we have a pt coming by helicopter who was involved in a single-car MVA. Something ignited in the passangers seat and the pt was burned. He has a GCS score of 8 at the scene. He was intubated and is being ventilated. HR-120, BP-80 systolic. He has bleeding from an open perineal wound where he experienced blunt trauma from the hydraulic cylinder. EMS reports he has femoral pulses, but no radial. He is cool, pale, and diaphoretic. There is blood coming from under the pts pelvic area. His pre-burn weight is 160. ~~it goes on to say that "due to excessive bleeding the patient is given multiple transfusions of O- blood in the ED."~~ Then my question ~The patient undergoes a FAST. What is this test and why is it used? Please help I cannot find this answer anywhere....