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NP in family practice is way more stressful than RN in telemetry, cath lab recovery, PACU, or CICU where I worked for years. An NP is expected to generate profit, which means seeing patients. More patients = more profit, and to the business owner the...

If you need a change of course because the role of the NP in general is not a good fit, then it is what it is. But if you are considering a change because you are currently not allowed to practice to your full scope of practice, then I recommend find...

I attended a brick and mortar state school as well. In-state tuition at a public school in most states is usually not too bad. While I was in school, I also worked for a hospital system that offered tuition reimbursement. It didn't cover the entire c...

NPs and all other healthcare personnel and all other persons in all other professions should be expected to be pleasant.

I have lost weight myself. Losing weight is very, very hard. I would never state or suggest otherwise. It requires a lot of effort and near all-encompassing lifestyle modifications since most people's eating habits (at least in South Texas where I li...

First, let me say that if I am underpaid then I definitely want to know so I can rectify the situation! However, I'm not convinced that I am. There are many sources out there reporting NP & PA salaries, and these are just a few. According to thi...

Well, I work 46 weeks per year (3 weeks vacation, 1 week CME, and 10 days federal holidays which I neglected to mention above), so: 52 hrs/week x 46 weeks/yr = 2,392 hrs/yr divided into $125,000 = $52.25/hr. Too low? I thought it was pretty middle of...

I don't regret it, I'm happy with my life, but if I could go back to being

What type NP are you? FNP Where (state)(rural/urban) do you practice? Urban Are you independent or in a group? Outpatient private practice physician owned How many years experience? 4 What is your before tax paycheck amount? base salary is $95k...

If I had been thinking ahead at age 18 the way you seem to be, I would have wanted someone to encourage me to go to medical school. But if you're saying you don't want to work that hard....

An oversimplification, but not bad on the whole.

Very honest and upfront. I provide honest feedback and recommendations, a total waste of my time and energy considering there is like a 1% chance this pt is going to follow any of my recommendations. The never-ending excuses and unwillingness to be a...

This kind of feels like an open invitation to gripe and moan, which would make us all look really bad, so I'll try to keep it to a minimum :) The long hours. Work is never done. You can't give report at the end of your shift and go along your merry w...

Just thinking this to myself yesterday. Love the work, but the harried pace is going to burn me out. I can feel it beginning to happen. Then what?

An RN in an outpatient clinic would be of tremendous value. Mostly for phone work as the previous poster mentioned. MAs are very proficient at skills such collecting VS, ECGs, giving vaccines and other injections, breathing treatments, etc. And I am ...

Revisiting a tired old thread, but as widespread and widely acknowledged as this issue, why are boards of nursing doing nothing about this?

The idea of everyone contributing is not so bad I guess, but $500 is unreasonable. I personally gave my medical assistant $300 this year for Christmas, but she works her tail off and watches my back all year, and we are the most productive team in o...

Sometimes, one doesn't know their potential until it is effectively too late. Had I, or the adults in my life at the time, recognized what I was capable of when I was younger, I might have pursued medicine. My parents were satisfied with a high schoo...

Motivation is irrelevant. Competence and performance are what matters, imho.

Hi all. A colleague of mine recently responded to the "is there doctor on the plane?" call. Since I'll be doing some traveling soon, it has made me think. Particularly in this time of cell phones and videos. I, for one, do not want to be recorded in ...

Perhaps you could find CME that would help provide a foundation for practice. If it's not in your contract, is it worth it to you to pay out of pocket? Are you willing to spend some of your personal time shadowing either at your clinic or elsewhere? ...

This! The value of school-provided and vetted preceptors can not be overestimated. I can't tell you how many requests I have received from would-be NP students from no-name online schools 10 states away...and these students don't know me. I had reque...

Interesting question. Keep in mind that this website is regularly viewed by MDs and medical students. Do we really want NPs admitting they didn't read all their assignments?

I don't, but can't control other providers...

I'm really not trying to start any trouble, but this is simply not true. To make such statements makes NPs appear either deluded or disingenuous.