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  1. Employment Contract...Standard?

    mammac5 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I assumed a contract was standard practice for NPs, but I've just found a contract will not be drawn up for my new job. Previously I worked as part of a research study so things were all different....

  2. NPs...Would you do it again?

    mammac5 replied to lealee's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    How truly autonomous are you in your practice? (I think this may vary by state?) I am not very autonomous in my current position. I work inpatient and the hospital I work at is just really starting...

  3. Employment Contract...Standard?

    mammac5 replied to mammac5's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I asked for a written offer letter today. No answer

  4. Employment Contract...Standard?

    mammac5 replied to mammac5's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks, all. I will request that tomorrow. Even though I've worked for this employer for the past 15 months and I've been treated very fairly, I still prefer expectations to be in writing so there...

  5. Why go for Adult NP?

    mammac5 replied to NewGrad888's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Depends on what type of work you intend to do, where you want to do it, and what type of patients you want to work with. I am an ANP. I knew (after many years of working in the outpatient arena)...

  6. Drug Rep Hassles

    mammac5 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I worked in apractice in the past that did not allow any reps to come in. It was a teaching practice and they didn't want the interns and residents to be influenced in their prescribing choices....

  7. Need advice

    mammac5 replied to AutumnBreeze's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Agreed - get a good reference and then find another situation. MAs can make a marginal doctor looks great to the patients & public. MAs also can make a great doctor look uncaring and incompetent...

  8. Need new grad advice

    mammac5 replied to bwrightnurse123's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Might be too early to start applying for job openings now, but definitely not to early too start making contacts. By the time a new NP position is posted for applicants, a whole lot of people are...

  9. Need advice

    mammac5 replied to AutumnBreeze's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree with what's been advised so far. You can't make the doc understand that these MAs are making the entire practice look bad, but you can darn well make sure he/she HEARS about it, loud and...

  10. New consensus model for Adult-Gero NP - job limiting?

    mammac5 replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The new changes to the Adult speciality are meant to give clear focus to whether a NP is suited for inpatient or outpatient care - and I think it makes sense because the two are vastly different. I...

  11. Thoughts about this offer?

    mammac5 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Inpatient with 14 shifts per month. $2500 CME with 5 days off. Paid time off that accrues to approximately 24 days per year. Annual quality bonus up to 3% of salary. 2 weekends every month....

  12. Thoughts about this offer?

    mammac5 replied to mammac5's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Southern mountains, where salaries are notoriously low but the cost of living is NOT. The paid time off is for whatever - vacation, holidays, sick days, etc. Capped at 16 patients per day, which...

  13. Very high BGL .... thoughts?

    mammac5 replied to KitkatPRN's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I realize this case is closed, so to speak, since the passing of the gentleman in question. I would just like to add that I am very impressed with the original poster. Kudos to you for using your...

  14. Excelsior Students how are you preparing resumes??

    mammac5 replied to RNFinally12's topic in Excelsior College

    Include the school you did not graduate from and be prepared with a great explanation of why you didn't complete that program and why it worked out so much better than you graduated from whatever...

  15. Thoughts about this offer?

    mammac5 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Inpatient with 14 shifts per month. $2500 CME with 5 days off. Paid time off that accrues to approximately 24 days per year. Annual quality bonus up to 3% of salary. 2 weekends every month....

  16. What does it mean.....

    mammac5 replied to nitasarn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No clue! Could mean the employer has a pay range or scale for that particular position and you would come in at 75% of the maximum pay with your years of nursing experience. Isn't it amazing the...

  17. After hour calls

    mammac5 replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Talk to your cell phone carrier. There is a way to block HER number from calling your cell (she'll get a message along the lines that your number is not able to receive calls from her number) but I'm...

  18. Looking back.. any regrets as NP instead of PA?

    mammac5 replied to gentlerain's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No regrets. I'm an NP who attended a program that has a competitive entry process - and I felt darn fortunate to be offered admission! It was a great program that prepared me to use my gifts,...

  19. Looking for help finding a diabetes preceptorship

    mammac5 replied to FutureDiabetesRN's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I specialized in adult care and knew I would need to be proficient in treating diabetes...or what's the point of taking care of adults? I called an endocrinology office in my area and was delighted...

  20. Do You Feel Adequately Prepared to Enter the Field?

    mammac5 replied to ChristineN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Yes I felt prepared and yes I had a LOT to learn on my first

  21. Interview part 2?

    mammac5 replied to nitasarn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In my experience, physicians like to talk. I would ask things like: What do you see as the challenges to the physicians in this practice in regards to working alongside nurse practitioners? Have you...

  22. National company offering no insurance, no holidays

    mammac5 replied to morganvibes's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think the future will look like what you're describing for a lot of people. Holidays are becoming a touchy subject in America because some of the those that have been recognized for decades are...

  23. Lantus insulin

    mammac5 replied to Lundazi's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    When I order it in split doses, I do ACBHS. I normally order it this way only for patients who require >50 units per dose. Our pharmacy gives us a notification that it is better absorbed in doses...

  24. Was I wrong to hold Insulin?

    mammac5 replied to Anne36's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Appropriate to hold the insulin in an elderly patient with CBG of 75 but if your institutional policy says you must notify the prescriber when you judge that the insulin should be held, then you...

  25. Anybody else in hiring limbo?

    mammac5 replied to nursetim's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think part of the problem is that NO ONE who is seeing his/her own patients has time to "teach or train" a new provider in the office. Docs and experienced NPs are just like the rest of...