No I am not an acute care NP I am a hospitalist NP. My NP degree is Adult NP. Sorry if I confused. I had just said acute setting (hospital) versus nursing home, dialysis unit. I am not an Intensive...
I am an NP with 9 years experience. I am in Eastern Tennessee and make 100K + bonus. I work in a acute care setting and work nights, weekends and holidays. I work 5 days and have 5 days off ( work...
As far as transplants ,since the kidney transplant is not "cure" but a treatment for ESRD which will eventually chronically reject hopefully not until years later. I would always document as "ESRD...
I was a nephrology NP for 8 years and a dialysis RN for 8 years before an NP. I am now a hospitalist NP. I had a lot of experience going into the nephrology NP role but the docs I started out with...
I don't see how anyone just out of school whether it be an NP or CRNA could possibly have enough cash saved up to pay for a BMW or Corvette unless you are financing it. In my opinion, UGH!! financing...
Sorry. I didn't mean to make it sound like a chore at all. I love the NP role but I cannot stand the schedule. It is a totally different lifestyle working 5 days a week compared to 3. There is alot...
Any other NPs out there sick of an 8-5 Mon-Fri schedule???? Well, I'm finally escaping from it. I have been an NP since 2000. It was a very worthwhile and rewarding career move. I have love...
Thank you all for your input. I am waiting for a call back from the hospitalist job position. My husband actually already found a job in the new area merging his business with one already established...
I have had my current position for approximately 5 months and am just not being utilized to my abilities and I took a 20,000 pay cut to come here for my husbands job. Well his job is not working out....