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What about Sonoma County?

Hi. How far away are you looking at? South Bay? North Bay? The farther away from the city you are, I imagine the chances are better.

Hi @Brittany Garraty. Making the decision to change a career is a big one, so I think it's good you're asking questions. To answer your questions: There are things I like about my job and there are things I don't like--just like any other job I've ha...

Re malpractice insurance, could anyone recommend a company other than NSO? I was going to check out Berxi but found out today they don't cover APRNs in California. Thanks.

@kdawnz I can totally imagine how frustrated you feel: You spent so much time, money, and effort to become an NP and it's been so difficult to find a job in an area that you want to settle down in. I was wondering if you have considered a residency/f...

Since there is no Spanish translation for NP, I usually introduce myself as the "practicante de salud" which isn't great either, but I feel that using "enfermero medico" is confusing or misleading. I read a suggestion that we should introduce ourselv...

OP, I would like to say that what you decided makes a lot of sense. You want to protect your family and loved ones first, which is totally reasonable and what matters the most at the end of the day. Hearing this, I wonder if you might think about rel...

I attended a reputable school's online option and only had to travel once a year to the campus. Keep in mind that it's more often the norm that schools do not find clinical preceptors for you, whether that's on-campus or online school.

Hi there and welcome to your journey to NP school. While I'm not on any admissions boards, one suggestion I have is just calling up a school and asking straight up what you could do to make yourself a more palatable candidate. Otherwise, my guess is ...

ONS is the professional group, Oncology Nurses Society. OCN is the certification. I can only think of benefits of being certified, such as preferential for hiring and if your employer is decent, they will give you a bonus for being certified, especia...

Hi. If you are a member of AANP, then the grand majority of the CEs are free, which includes pharmacology CEs

I am an NP and have been a member of several professional organizations throughout my career, most of which have been specialty organizations and one of in which at the moment I hold a Board Member position. The biggest advantage for me is discounts ...

I hear your frustration! For Advanced Patho, I got a study buddy, which really helped. Someone could ask me in real time open-ended questions and I had to actually think about them, which is a lot different than reading multiple choice answers. Are ...

When I applied to NP school, I applied to only one ... and I got in. That was a real risk I took but it was really the only program I wanted to get into and was willing to wait and try again if I didn't get in. Good luck!

If I recall correctly, as long as I took a public health/community health class in my BSN program, I was able to apply for the PHN certification. I don't remember any special program requirements but perhaps things have changed

Congratulations. I live and work in California but attended a distance program for the schedule flexibility (there's nothing like "attending class" at 0400 before going to work, sitting in my underpants) and time factor (those of us who live/lived in...

I would say it depends on the size of the company, how much of a say the CEO has in hiring, and if you already have an interview set up. If it is a tiny company and the CEO is really involved in all the aspects, I would put aside the "Oh, they may be...

I live in the Bay Area and yes, I know for a fact that there are RNs here making a lot more than NPs but NPs here settling for less than 100k? Like I said before, that is scandalous and ticks me off that MDs and administrators are treating us like se...

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In NP school we read only books meant for NPs but I took it upon myself to read some medical textbooks provided to me by an MD friend of mine. I refer 90% of the time to the MD books if I want to clarify information. They may be more dense but that's...

You have colleagues in the SF Bay Area working for under $100k in primary care? Not only have they have really short-changed themselves, but they are perpetuating the idea to physicians and administrators that NPs are not valuable. That is scandalous...

I would agree with some of what @FullGlass says and not some of what she says. Yes, you can't apply for a California NP license until you graduate and pass boards. I graduated in May, took and pass the boards in June, and was granted my license in No...

Hi there. I have been a HPNA member for eight years and currently serve on the Executive Board of my local chapter. I am an NP. I am not going. Have fun! There may have been a discussion board but I was always a member of various SIG boards. Maybe...

12-14 weeks is great! It took me five months but I finished school in May and since you finished school in December, I think that the BRN will be less inundated.

@time2go I ended up buying the books and am currently studying