I too am looking at locums work as a psych NP and hope you find something that works for you. I don't have too much to say but will share that I'm working with locumtenens.com and have done one...
Thank you for these thoughts. I think every community mental health and/or outpt clinic has different levels of acuity and there isn't one method that will work for them all. I have a lot of clients...
I'm back in my old role as a psych np, this time in community mental health. I put all I have into the job, trying to provide the best care I can. I have 20 min. for follow-ups and 45-60 mins for new...
BabyNP, I've never heard of that. Glad you feel good about what you're getting, so that's awesome. That's like this job for me, I thought it was an amount I was comfortable with, so I didn't feel the...
NRSKaren, and everyone else, great information! Boy do I wish I had access to all this before I accepted. I don't think I am far off at all, but still can't help but kick myself a little for not at...
Hello, I just needed to vent a little... Today I accepted a psych NP position without countering on their salary offer. All I asked for was annual CME conference allowance, separate personal...
Thank you Jeremy, and Psychcns for your information. Yesterday I was reading about "incident to", and SBIRT, and it seems like there are services that can be billed. I don't know if other states have...
Hello, Does anyone know if there are any outpatient (or inpatient) behavioral health codes that nurses with master's degrees can bill? My situation is that I am a RN with a master's that used to be a...
Just this week I met a gal who was preparing for graduation from Frontier's NP program and she had lots of positives to report about the program... just commenting on that since you just mentioned it....
While networking today, I spoke with a local pediatric NP who said that her office gets DAILY requests from NP's needing clinical hours and preceptor time. She said that there is just not enough time...
Thanks UNCNP. It's an issue of time, yes. One of my colleagues in SC precepts at the VA and is already so slammed with her regular job duties... chillnurse, you're correct in that some people just...
I'm renewing PMHNP certification (following a few years away from practice for family leave) and need 400 clinical hours. When I graduated in 2003 the only enticement for a preceptor to have someone...
Focus Cares, Inc is advertising on Craigslist again in my area, NC, advertising for RN Care Managers. The position if for doing short health in-home assessments for Medicare recipients. He said they...