Melody007_FNP-C APRN

Run very far and fast! This sounds like my first NP job. I have a new job now and in less than 2 months, I am already creditionaled for all the insurance programs my practice accepts, and for the hosiptal as well. My last job kept telling me it takes...

I also feel that you are not getting enough hands-on experience in the 3 mos you have been there. I would feel totally defeated and uninspired if I only saw 1 or 2 pts per day! I am in my second months of a new job at a GI practice, so the training m...

I agree! I just started, my second job as a NP with a Gastroenterologist. He was not advertising but thinking about adding an ARNP to help as he was overwhelmed. I actually got the job because I sent my husband to him for an EGD and colonoscopy (I kn...

I feel I was a bit lucky because when I went from a 10yr experienced LPN to ADN my hospital gave 1/2 credit for my LPN experience. I was also able to stay in the float pool and make double what I made as a LPN. I was doing charge as a "new" ADN becua...

I graduated from South University with my FNP. I passed my boards 16 days after my last day of school with no problem. Got my first job 2 days after my lic was changed from RN to ARNP. I am now working in Gastroenterology and love it. Good luck with ...

Here is a clarification of the bill that allows me to write any med including sched meds in the hospital: HB 1241 was passed during the 2016 Legislative Session and provides authority for an advanced registered nurse practitioner (ARNP) to order any ...

This is the number one reason why healthcare in the US is priced astronmically!

It had nothing to do with regional accred. The NP school only wanted the school you went to to hold one of the 2 national nursing accred (ex CCNE) Several of my MSN courses tranfered fine towards my ARNP.

Hello, Long story short I had an interview scheduled for today at 2:30 pm. I get a call at 12:36 pm that they need to move my time to 4:00 pm. Then at 1:16 pm I get another call from them telling me they have to cancel...blah blah blah explanation......

That's ok, they never called back! BUt I got a better position and with a wonderful Dr.

I did not get it as we don't prescribe sched meds in the office. If I write an order on a pt I am rounding on at the hospital, I still don't need the DEA as I am covered under my MD collaborator. (Fl law). BTW I work in GI

I agree! I am a conservative NP and happy to see a change take place. I think Obamacare causes us to make less due to lower reimbursements. We have insurance through my husbands work. We have a high deductible plan ($5000 for family then 100% coverag...

I was an LPN from 1997-2007 and went back and finished my ASN 2007, BSN 2011, MSNEd 2013, and FNP 2016. Before the LPN I was a CNA.

I finished my last class 3 weeks ago and graduated 16 days ago. I studied for those 16 days and passed. I used Leik and Fitzgerald study guides. I did do Leik's live webinar since there was so much learned in NP school. She was more sticking to what ...

Thanks, IhflanurseNP!

Sorry for the lateness I am studying for the cert test. I like the digital books but I bought my own copy as I like to have access to them once school is over. Locating preceptors at first was a daunting task as I didn't know anyone as I have been aw...

Yes, the next few quarters I transitioned over! I was just frustrated as it was my first practicum and now I am done! I feel confident I made the transition in school now I have to do it by myself!

Is it normal to feel so overwhelmed and defeated that you second guess your decision about school? I am not happy with my schooling the past few quarters and I want to transfer to the online program as that is how I did all my degrees in the past. I ...

I just graduated from the Tampa campus. It was great!

I graduate this week and plan on taking my certification exam end of this month or beginning of October. When is it ok as a new grad to start applying for a position? Thanks!

One can have chronic pain of a 10/10 and show no outward signs as one's body has adapted to the pain to function. I myself have chronic pain and I have pain of 10/10 a few times a month and my body definitely reacts differently than it did when my or...

ruthirvin, stay at USF at least they place you in a preceptorship. Also, many SU students are having a hard time finding local preceptors due to USF, UT etc having locked contracts with local preceptors.

It is not an attack the school is on probation through SACS not CCNE. http://www.sacscoc.org/2014decemberActionsandDisclosureStatements/14cractdecember.pdf

Anybody in the Tampa Bay (FL) area (Willing to drive up to 2hrs away) have a current preceptor that is willing to take on a student? I need a preceptor for 1/2 (90) my hrs for adult/gero starting in Oct and 180 hrs in Women's Health in Jan. Thanks in...