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Getting mine Saturday. Not sure if Moderna or Pfizer. Thanks for the information. I hope not to have any side effects. I am 60, work full time as a Nurse Practitioner. Only co morbidity is pre diabetic and a few extra pounds.

My RN son is leaving nursing after spending $$$ on a BSN. He worked in NYC metro at the beginning of the pandemic. He said he realized quickly that the hospitals could give a damn about him. They wore garbage bags over their scrubs and got one N95 mask for the shift. They had to do their own respiratory therapy, phlebotomy, IV's and accompany their patients to other locales in the hospital. I always worked in hospitals that had RT's (and I am in the southeast). He is looking in to counseling as he is having flashbacks and nightmares over this. He said not worth the money. He is going back to school for IT.

I dropped out of my Psych NP Program after my first clinical rotation. I was spending 5 minutes with someone to throw meds at them. I am already a FNP so it was an additional certification. Thousands of $$ down the drain but I just could not do it. I felt that it would make ME DEPRESSED.

Be VERY careful with a NP position that has been open that long. Is it due to covid? I know around 50 NP's and PA's were furloughed at the large hospital system in our area. They were considered non essentials as they did not take care of covid patients.

I have been telling my RN friends this for a few years. It is all based on supply and demand. Schools have been churning out APRN degrees for quite a few years at this point. I am also a APRN. I had to start my own practice. You are correct that their are no decent jobs out here. I would think being a midwife would be a good field to start your own practice (I am not a midwife). So many have no insurance or insurance does not pay that I started my own practice seeing low maintenance patients for a $65.00 visit. No one breathes down my neck about seeing a patient every 7 minutes. I am closer to retirement (what is that?) than most. I make less than my RN kiddo. That said it is somewhat rewarding and I get to know alot about my patients. This has been almost a 5 year venture. Lots of mistakes and everyone assumes you are rich (not!). However, I can see myself doing this until I can't anymore. I have to even do my own phlebotomy as I cannot afford a $15 an hour employee. I do not mind as I was always very good at it. Anyway, just thought I would share my experience. I am also a third career. Marketing, BSN, MSN. I am done with formal education.

I was thrilled to get out of the hospital. I am a retired working nurse. This means I pick my days and who I see. I was concerned I would loose skills. I see patients for low cash prices. NO INSURANCE. I loved nursing at the beginning of my career but as someone else said I went on vacation for a week. They called me on my ride back from Florida and fired me while I was driving with my family. I came to hate the profession. In fact I am terrified to age out in the United States. I would like my next career to be phlebotomy. I was the one that was called from all over the hospital to draw blood. I have a gift for it. That said I would only do it if I did not have some psycho manager. It would be mainly to get me out of the house and keep in the medical field. Not sure this would be allowed with me having a NP. Although, I can see myself doing this into my 70's.

This is exactly what I have been predicting for years. If everyone goes back to school to get a NP there will be less demand for employment. Wages will also go down significantly. My son is a RN in the emergency room. He is 25 and already seeing this. States that he has zero desire to spend $80k for a NP degree to make MAYBE ten dollars more an hour. Nope, no thanks. I am on the other side of the coin. Looking to retire from this madness in a few. Many of my docs I work with are sick of this as well. Tired of administration owning everyone.

My RN kiddo just returned from New York. He was a traveler. They did not renew his contract which I see as a good sign!

I worked as a RN at Piedmont in Fayette county. I enjoyed my time there however, it started getting crazy busy as so many of the baby boomers are retiring to Peachtree City. However, over all good experience (at that time).

My son who graduated with a BSN 3 years ago is choosing to leave bedside. He told me it is unsustainable for him for the long term. He worked in New York city during covid and I believe that did him in. They were short so he was doing 5 shifts per week. The good news is because he went to an inexpensive college and used the pay to pay off his student loans. His brother is going in to engineering. I also will add that 2 of the nurses in his group succumbed to covid. I think he is also depressed about their passing.

My recruiter told me to stop ambien for 7 days. She said this even though I have a legal RX. She was sure it would show up on a test.

I stopped taking ambien (have a script) for a week because my travel recruiter was concerned about it. She had told me the 7 priors presented to this position were denied because of drug usage. We were not sure if that meant legal or illegal.

I was not paid for completion of modules. I believe a few years back we were. However, hospitals are scrambling to make profits so this does not suprise me.

I finished NP school at 52. It was somewhat difficult to find a first job but I attribute that to over saturation and not age. Many MD's work into their 80's but at a less capacity. That is my hope. I just do not know what I would do in my retirement years. I do not play golf or tennis. On a side note my son finished his BSN 2 years ago. At his graduation I met two people in his graduating class that were going on to become NP's. Both were in their 50's. I believe one has to weigh the cost. If you are borrowing 100k do do this I would say "no." If you can find a lower cost school I would go ahead. I moved across the country to save 80k plus I went to a brick and mortar school that set up my clinical rotations.

I am at a point where I absolutely hate medicine in the USA. I have been a NP for 10 years. It is a third career for me. My second was an accelerated BSN that I completed 15 years ago. I loved being a nurse in the beginning. I loved my patients and they loved me back. I went on vacation and when I came back I was fired (absolutely no reason given). I said the h@ll with it and went through a NP Program. I still love the patients but the system makes me want to retire every day. I DETEST it.

The difficulty of finding a position at this time is directly related to covid 19. My son had to end up taking a travel position in New York. In our state there have been many lay offs. I believe he told me they had furloughed approximately 50 NP's at his hospital. He was reduced to working only 12 hours (essentially one shift). He is coming back to our state but it is still difficult to find employment here. Many non essential services are still cancelled. He made a very good income in New York but he may have to take another travel assignment out of state to another one of the "hot spots". I fear this is the new norm for the rest of the year especially if another wave comes upon us.

It is all stressful. People have incredibly high expectations (if you are in the USA). I would retire but between cost for healthcare and taxes I do not think will ever be possible.

I am extremely angry. My son is a RN. Huge hospital system. Works in ER. I just text him if they have implemented masks yet. He text back "no and followed by mom they tell us its just the flu". I am also a RN. I would fight this but I do not work in this hospital.

I am old. Definitely not a cheerleader.

Our state sells off the licensing of nurses. It is a business pure and simple. I would imagine other states are doing the same. This is why I have over 100k emails in my inbox.

I would be willing to bet that rural Georgia is lower paying than Florida. NP's get around 85k or less in this part of the country. We only stay because we have family here.

Old/Improved, It is not better for our medical doctors either. My son wants to go to med school. I have had more than one doctor say they "want to set him straight." Healthcare has changed immensely. Sadly, I have no answers.

TREMENDOUS waste in healthcare. I am a nurse practitioner and the amount of paperwork involved is horribly wasteful. My opinion is that healthcare is a business. The hospitals are making tremendous amounts of revenue. My husband went for a treadmill test last week. We pay $700.00 plus per month for our policy. His treadmill test (at the hospital) was $8,900.00. We are responsible for 30% of that. My husband is not in healthcare so ASSUMED that it was covered since we pay so much per month. We both have decent incomes. We will eventually have to file banktrupcy. These are not good times for healthcare. I could write for hours on this topic. Unfortunately, I just finished my 5 minute lunch.

Healthcare is so bad that I really am not sure if I want to continue on this path. I am a nurse practitioner. Triple charting now mandatory on a patient. Like all of you, I am very ethical. I CARE about my patients. Some days I am so stressed as I want to spend time with my patients. I have told my child NOT to go into healthcare. It is not possible with the requirements and expectations today.

Being a Nurse Practitioner is not much better (these days). Patients demand certain medications, will not pay co pays, rude and expect us to be their servants. Complete melt downs in the waiting room. Of course, not everyone is like this. However, enough are that I want out. Anyone spending $$$ to go to NP school seriously needs to think about it. EVERYONE wants instant gratification....RIGHT NOW. I guess the robots will take over soon enough.