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  1. FNP to CRNA

    cgfnp posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Anyone know of any MSN/FNP to CRNA bridge programs? It's something I may be interested at some point.

  2. Rural Midlevel Abuse

    cgfnp posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm sick of hearing and personally experience rural hospitals who are hiring PA and NPs to work in clinic and take hospital/ED call and bundling it all together. Administrators all think this is how...

  3. Midlevels trashed again by MDs

    cgfnp posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Did you see the latest cover of medical economics? Big, bold title showed $200+ million lawsuit, and in big, red letters it says, "It started with a midleves mistake". Turns out it was an...

  4. Midlevels trashed again by MDs

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

    It's too bad that moron fake PA gave the MDs someone to point their finger at. They don't want the bad publicity, so they look for a scapegoat, in this case it was an unlicensed

  5. Too much work, too little play

    cgfnp posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ever feel stretched so thin it makes you wish you never got into healthcare in any form? I'm about spent here.... a rural hospital with the only doc on vacation so I'm it for the ER/hospital/LTCU...

  6. Too much work, too little play

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

    I think it's the 24 hr ED/hosp call that breaks this camel's back. It's frustrating and sleep depriving. I have to do around 25% of the call. Doesn't sound like much, but it feels like a

  7. Too much work, too little play

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

    I could, and have a really good offer, but I'm making too much money now to change. I was having a really bad group of days and venting a bit. There are positives, like the fact that since there is...

  8. Too much work, too little play

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

    I did the same thing. I know how you feel. Hang in there. There are good days and bad. I was getting super stressed and super tired and vented a bit. It's not that bad some days. You will always...

  9. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

    cgfnp replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yep. Primary care clinic, with inpatient rounds on my admissions and 1:4 ER/LCTU/Acute call. 1:4 would be nice, but I somehow get stuck with about 40% of the call time. And I get paid the least of...

  10. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

    cgfnp replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work in one of the most rural places in America. Yes I know what it's like. I don't rotate there. I work there. Once again, I think it would be better to put up with the rural %$&...

  11. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

    cgfnp replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Everything. The call, the pay, the lack of administration, the patients constantly bothering you for more and more, the drug seeking tax-dollar slugs on welfare and medicaid, the movement toward...

  12. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

    cgfnp replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not so much that anyone wants to. We'd just rather live rural and independent than urban and not. Lesser of two evils. Doesn't really matter to me personally, as after 3 yrs out of school, I...

  13. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

    cgfnp replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wrong again. Autonomy won't give any advantage to fam practice NPs in a place with all the goodies where all the MDs have flooded to. I would much rather practice independently in a rural area than...

  14. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

    cgfnp replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Let's see... more autonomy, how about complete so I don't have to have an even higher overhead and startup expense to open a new clinic in a rural place that doesn't have one. Then I see around 5000...

  15. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

    cgfnp replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Compared to yrs ago, they most certainly are starving for students. And so are fam practice residencies. Keep thinking you are on par with God as your last sentence suggests and remember all those...

  16. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

    cgfnp replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This is the school of thought of the general opposition to any change such as a bridge program for midlevels. It makes sense to me, however, in a growing shortage of fam docs... why not create a...

  17. Help! Did I screw myself?

    cgfnp replied to DaisyRN, ACNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Bullseye. You could attempt to find a career field that is loaded with more ambiguous and meaningless material, but you will not succeed. Nursing education makes me nauseous. The nursing educators...

  18. Help! Did I screw myself?

    cgfnp replied to DaisyRN, ACNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    or you could just anonymously run a bead of polyurethane glue along the door of her office, then close it. once it dries within a few seconds, they'll have to saw around it to get it open....

  19. Roll Call! NP Salary in your area?

    cgfnp replied to littlemamakt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Kansas (rural). Salary $108,000, with full paid benefits and 5 wks PTO/CME leave, $1500/yr CME allowance, plus $25k/yr for loan repayemnt. This sounds like a lot, but in my opinion, for what I do, it...

  20. NP in Rural America

    cgfnp replied to natrgrrl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The answer to your question is a NP can absolutely own a practice. Even in states that suck for NPs (like Missouri) you have every right to own a practice regardless of whether or not you work there....

  21. How to tell a drug rep to shut up?

    cgfnp replied to DucatiNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If all providers would do this there'd be enough money in the system for everyone to have free medicine no matter what. Medicare part D is a joke, and a slap in the face to our seniors, all of whom...

  22. Is the compensation worth it?

    cgfnp replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You need to laugh at those offers so hospitals/doctors start learning that those are rediculous. Tell them you want a percentage of your billing. I'm learning to play the gov't reimbursement game...

  23. How to tell a drug rep to shut up?

    cgfnp replied to DucatiNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I hate their expensive brochures, and I don't believe a word any of them say, because they are trained to sell you something and they manipulate facts and studies and I see right through it. I act...

  24. DOT physicals

    cgfnp replied to TPfan24's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I wouldn't do it. You'll be bored out of your mind. It takes me 30 seconds to do one. I don't care what anyone says about checking their whatever. You can look at their history in a few seconds,...

  25. renegotiating contract for np positioin

    cgfnp replied to jasamidnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You should know what you are producing in every way. Number patients, averages, billing, and collecting. Then you can negotiate what you want. You should be able to get about 1/3 of what you bring...