twozer0 NP

I work in outpatient/inpatient Urology and sometimes see pre/post ops (generally the docs keep the major surgery folks). Recently I have switched to 100% outpatient. I did work PACU for several years before becoming an NP so I have some surgical ex...

Before becoming an NP I worked a ton of PACU call and odd hours (getting called in at 2am or never leaving due to surgery). Money is great but so is leaving the office at 4pm every day and being able to coach my sons baseball team or watch my daught...

You need a urinalysis with Microscopy. Consider referral to Urology if its >3rbc/hpf if not correlating with menstrual cycle.

I take call and it is "included in my salary". When I negotiated my contract I had asked about call pay and I was told that it was built into my salary and that they don't pay separately for call. Thankfully I don't get called a lot (I'm in a speci...

I felt my education my fairly good (I attended a very well known B&M program) but I had a lot of nursing experience to make up for some of the shortfalls. I'm not knocking direct entry applicants but I will say the barrier to entry for PA, MD, D...

Sometimes you need that second opinion.

Sure the job is different but again many of the issues that you described in your initial post exist as an NP. For example, you mention hating administration and being a sandwich boy. The same people that you disliked as an RN are the same people a...

If you hated being an RN for those reasons, you will hate being an APRN for much of the same. Similar issues exist for the APRN but in a capacity that now has you in charge (and responsible). I would think about this one long and hard before you pu...

My two cents. I do not know your situation but IF I were in your shoes, I wouldn't bother. I would probably do something that I've always wanted to do (unless being an NP is that!). If you don't need the income from working full time or even part t...

We have several FNP's working inpatient with the hospitalists. I also see them working for other specialty groups and rounding on patients in the hospital. Community hospital setting, non academic center.

The argument was not about the quality of NP's, the argument was about the job market and oversaturation. Sure there will be jobs, but you'll have hundreds lining up for the availability. If you think for a second that a business wouldn't pit you a...

You're looking at the competition from the wrong side. We don't want there to be a ton of competition between practitioners, we want competition between employers. This is basic economics here, when supply is greater than demand, the price goes dow...

The growth of NP's is beyond sustainability much how Law was (and sorta still is). As Jules pointed out 23,000 new NP's hitting the market per year but with only 64,200 jobs projected by 2026. I don't think many of us want to be negative but those ...

As an FNP I work for a specialist group. I see patients in the ICU (and the hospital for that matter) on a consult basis only for our specialty. I do not manage these patients as I am only seeing them for the reason we were consulted. As an FNP I ...

Any NP job could be 3 days a week pending employer needs or how you negotiate your contract.

Weird. Typically staff that do not bill for service do not get a bonus (based on my experiences, of course could be different at other places). I never got a bonus of any kind as a staff nurse nor would I expect the provider staff to pay me for one...

You will have more upward mobility by going back to school. Not to mention its a free ride (do they require you give them X amount of service after?). Do an opportunity cost for yourself to see if it is worth it to you. Just google the term and it...

I wanted to be a CRNA but instead went to NP school. I worked in PACU for several years before and during NP school. One of my best friends is a CRNA. I was encouraged by all of the MD's and CRNA's to do school but I didn't. In the end I chose NP...

It would be hard to judge making that much of a career change that it would be worth it without actually doing it. My two cents would be to forgo the NP school not because I don't think you should do it but because I don't know how much life improve...

Here is a really well written article about one of the elephants in the room. Cost. https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/10/24/focus-on-health-coverage-misses-the-point/#7692ec5d7b9b

Just call me by my first name. We're all grown ups here right?!

There are options for loan repayment like the nurse corps but I cannot offer much information about them. Have you done any research on bedside nursing? Its a good starting point before wanting to make the jump and responsibility to practitioner. ...

I want to start out by saying this is a big career move and I want to point out some of the little things that often go overlooked. I assume you have no nursing degree or healthcare background as you state marketing and educational research? Now I ...

Myself I do not have a problem with individuals wanting to become a practitioner. My issue is with the decision to become a practitioner for many isn't based on actually wanting to be a practitioner but rather because they aren't happy in with their...

The NP bar is low when compared to our nursing and allied counterparts. Empirical evidence in my neck of the woods reveals a staggering amount of bedside nurses with