ThePrincessBride MSN, RN, NP

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    FNP...a bad career choice?

    ThePrincessBride posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    So I will be starting my FNP program in August and everyday I browse indeed and other job sites for postings. I am a little concerned about the lack of job opportunities for FNPs. Even though I am...
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    How would Medicare for all affect nursing?

    ThePrincessBride replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    You've got the conversion wrong. The pound is worth more than the dollar. 34,000 pounds is worth 44k in the US. Furthermore, the UK nurses do not have the exhorbitant medical and University costs as...
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    How I Made $93,000 My First Year of Nursing

    ThePrincessBride replied to acc1223's topic in Nursing Career

    So if you make 20 per hour, your overtime rate is 30. Then you would add differentials and bonus. But your OT base rate would be 1.5 times your normal
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    How I Made $93,000 My First Year of Nursing

    ThePrincessBride replied to acc1223's topic in Nursing Career

    Actually, 6 or even 10 percent is far too low. Most financial experts recommend a minimum of 15 percent of gross going into retirement funds, even more if you are behind in savings. Most youngins like...
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    NICU vs Pediatric clinic

    ThePrincessBride replied to babynursebri's topic in General Nursing

    NICU RN here. I guess if you are looking for better hours, the clinic may be better. But what is it about NICU that you don't
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    I think I'm gonna quit nursing

    ThePrincessBride replied to ChooSoul's topic in General Nursing

    Not all of nursing is created equal. Med-surg and step-down units suck as a whole, but they are not all bad. NICU is a hidden gem, as is OR, PP, and Labor and Delivery. I also hear great things about...
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    Generation Z

    ThePrincessBride replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    Gen Z is younger than 25. I am 27/28 and am a firm millennial. Gen Z starts at around 1998-ish and beyond. Most of them are still in college and high school and they are developing
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    ThePrincessBride replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it will. In my state at
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    ThePrincessBride replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    I get a kick out of people who believe nurses make "good" money. For the level of responsibility nurses have, we are severely underpaid. Many nurses themselves don't realize it because many women are...
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    Fast Paced NP Programs?

    ThePrincessBride replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    They do. I have a coworker doing their women's health long-distance and will be done in a few
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    Fast Paced NP Programs?

    ThePrincessBride replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    You can go full-time and be done in 2 years. Also, Vanderbilt has a program where you can be done in 1
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    Looking for advice: I don't like my salary

    ThePrincessBride replied to EternalFeather's topic in General Nursing

    Topping out after only four years is not the norm in nursing. In fact, most places take twenty years of experience to get at the top of the pay scale. And having 2 percent be considered a higher raise...
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    Looking for advice: I don't like my salary

    ThePrincessBride replied to EternalFeather's topic in General Nursing

    Leaving one job essentially increased my pay by 15 percent (and I didn't even have to negotiate). Factor in way cheaper and better insurance and I come out even more ahead. Stay a year and then ask...
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    Is this crazy?

    ThePrincessBride posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    So I got to into a Family Nurse Practitioner program. It is part-time, online and associated with a B and M school with a very large hospital. It is extremely expensive. In order to get my tuition...
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    Is this crazy?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I actually went from adult med-surg to NICU (stayed contingent on adult med-surg) and now I am going back full-time and kind of dreading it. I am not too picky in terms of the position and am willing...
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    Should 40 year old mom become a psych NP?

    ThePrincessBride replied to HetherV's topic in General Nursing

    Psych NPs are one of the most in-demand specialties of all the APRNs. In my medium cost of living area, NPs are coming out with 6-figure offers doing a job that they love. Hell, I am even thinking...
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    Is this crazy?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Sorry for all of the threads, but I am stressing out a lot and I could use some insight from wiser people. I am in the middle of getting ready to go to graduate school for FNP. I got into a university...
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    Is this crazy?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Sorry for all of the threads, but I am stressing out a lot and I could use some insight from wiser people. I am in the middle of getting ready to go to graduate school for FNP. I got into a university...
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    Is this crazy?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Meaning you thought the workload was light? My first semester is going to be two classes totaling 8 credit hours. Is that considered a lot? It has been a while since I have been in undergrad, and I...
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    Is this crazy?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Most of it. The full-time med/surg job is the same job I have worked at for almost four years. I think everything will be okay with it as I have been there for a while. They are cover the vast...
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    Is this crazy?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Klone, I am surprised you even attempted that. Were you in grad school full-time or part-time? And was it
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    Would you be insulted?

    ThePrincessBride posted a topic in General Nursing

    Would you be insulted if you were never asked to precept and people with less experience than you were being asked to precept left and right? I have been at my job for three years. The clinical nurse...
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    Would you be insulted?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Funny you say that. I work in a different unit contingent that is extremely diverse and I stay because I love my co-workers, there are no cliques. And with so many people leaving and some who have...
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    Would you be insulted?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I actually just asked to go part time and part-time workers can and do
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    Would you be insulted?

    ThePrincessBride replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all the replies. It really means a lot! To answer your questions, I am going back to school to become a Nurse Practitioner, so not quite education-related, though I thought precepting...