Just wondering how many patients you see average a week in large academic centers? The APPs in my hospital sees about 20+ a week. They have been here 4-5 years and their schedule is never full.
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Layoffs: Two hospital system in my area is laying off people due to low censes. Our area is not the covid 19 hot spot. One is laying off 1000 of their 6000 employees. The other large system is asking...
I started in a specialty NP clinic 2.5 months ago in an academic center. Our pt volume is also way down even with tele medicine visit options. Our MAs and RNs are taking low censes but no one had...
I graduated in August, passed my boards mid Oct, and got an offer from my dream job late Oct. I still can't believe it! Here are my refections and some tips, hopefully it'll be helpful to you. Boards...
I graduated in August and will take my boards in Oct. I like my current hospital and wishes to find a job here. I sent my application to 3 different job listing starting mid July but didn't even get...
I transfered to my current unit for about a year. It's a great unit: my boss is excellent, my coworkers are nice, and the job is easy. However, I feel that recently I felt bothered a lot at work, I...
I want to thank everyone for the comments. I guess I am still grieving... I apologize for offending anyone, I did not mean to. many of the nurses I consider as mentor have ASN and they are the best...
Four months ago I left my beloved med-surg job in a small community hospital for a dream ICU job in a large academic center. My fascination with the ICU job started 3 years ago when my goal was CRNA...
Thanks both! What's your intake for 1.5 hours (one way) commute to work? I live in a small town, way more options and much better rate if I travel to a bigger city 1.5 hours away. rotating shifts...
I am considering going with a traveling agency but surprisingly they offer $10 less since I am a local candidate, plus it's all night shifts. I worked at my local hospital for six years and left 6...
I'm at 16 weeks orientation and just had my first sick patient assignment at week 14. My orientation went well till then. I was told that I am not functioning at the level that I should and I need to...
Thanks everyone so far for the comments. I have wonderful management and they kept someone for 20 weeks but I realized that they think I might not be a good fit for ICU. This is what happened. The...
I'm at week 16 orientation and I was told that I am expected to function at a higher level. I do feel that I'm chasing my tail all day with one sick ICU pt (not very unstable) and one step down pt...
Any seasoned ICU nurse mind sharing your daily routine? I feel that I can barely keep up with the charting every day ( week13 orientation, 3 years small hospital med-surg step-down experiences)....
because I have one stable near step down pt. I caught up with everything including charting, read MD notes a couple of times and truly has nothing else to do for my pt till next VS. I even walked...