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  1. Question about hospital privileges

    db2xs replied to db2xs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for your response but no, I am not mixing up hospital privileges and hospital experience. I was told specifically at my job interview that they'd had a lot of problems in the past hiring NPs...

  2. Question about hospital privileges

    db2xs replied to db2xs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Then what's the point of putting an ad online and interviewing people? Wait ... you don't need to answer that. It's a rhetorical question. I've already talked to HRs in the past who have told me that...

  3. Question about hospital privileges

    db2xs replied to db2xs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for your response, @Neuro Guy NP It sounds, though, that this hospital wants applicants to already have hospital privileges. The interviewers told me that they've had a lot of problems in the...

  4. too soon to be an NP?

    db2xs replied to mads197's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have a friend who did a direct-entry NP program, received no RN experience beforehand, and is a peds NP. You do not need to have RN experience beforehand for primary

  5. The George Washington University MSN 2019

    db2xs replied to NSDQ739's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    @Uppal My views are this: On-campus vs online: While I believe there is a huge benefit to doing a program on-campus, I completed my program online with mandatory once or twice a year on-campus visits....

  6. The George Washington University MSN 2019

    db2xs replied to NSDQ739's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What's a SOP? Do you mean a SOAP

  7. Dealing with guilt

    db2xs replied to RN8903's topic in Health, Stress Management

    @RN8903 you're a nurse of 9 months. To me it sounds like you may be going through a bit of new grad RN stuff. I would agree with JKL33 about not cutting corners. I worked in hematology so if I didn't...

  8. Microbiology with Lab

    db2xs replied to hollycharlesrn80's topic in California Nursing

    I would agree with SAjala16. Check with the schools. The schools that I applied to required an in-person lab portion so an online class would not have worked in my

  9. Any NPs have scribes?

    db2xs replied to nursetim's topic in Advanced Practice

    Do you have dictation capabilities? My last institution had

  10. Should Californian residents apply for out-of-CA online NP programs?

    db2xs replied to RNBB's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    @RNBB I think I responded to you on this in a different thread but I echo @FullGlass that you should ask the school you're interested in. Plenty of people go to school out of state. Unless this is a...

  11. How does hospice care determine there is no coming back

    db2xs replied to usethehaldol's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I say that about ICU and ED nurses!

  12. How does hospice care determine there is no coming back

    db2xs replied to usethehaldol's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi. I'm not sure why the hospice person (RN? MD? LVN?) said your grandmother is on her way out. Being ambulatory one minute and then not the next minute does not constitute someone being "on their way...

  13. Union-yes or no

    db2xs replied to RNBSN08's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    While I don't agree with forcing RNs to be in the union, I think being union is great and I wish I could still be. I think it is worth

  14. FNP OR PNP

    db2xs replied to jessaaro's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi @RNBB I have never heard of NC-SARA. I just made sure that my school specifically stated that they accommodated all states' requirements. We even had some students who were doing the program...

  15. RN(less than a year experience) trying to become NP

    db2xs replied to soljhs's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It goes without saying that if you want to live and work in the United States but you're not legally allowed to anymore, then you should consider starting there. Now that we've gotten that out of the...

  16. FNP OR PNP

    db2xs replied to jessaaro's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I cannot speak to FNP or PNP because I graduated with AGPCNP but I would say go for what your heart wants and the job will come. Do you like adults? Are you wanting more variety but still be able to...

  17. Quotas for visits, mandatory overtime?

    db2xs replied to Hospice RNCM's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Many hospices sadly also are in it for the profit gain. Sick

  18. How long it took you to find your first NP job

    db2xs replied to singleye's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I graduated in May 2018, took my boards in June, applied for jobs in July, interviewed in August and September, and received four job offers in October of the same year. I applied to jobs on the other...

  19. Why are FNP paid less than Psychiatric NP?

    db2xs replied to The0Walrus's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My guess is that it's harder to fill the PMHNP positions. The general comments from my colleagues have been, "I do not like working with psych patients" or "It takes a special/unique person to work in...

  20. Quotas for visits, mandatory overtime?

    db2xs replied to Hospice RNCM's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    This sounds like staff abuse to me. Totally unacceptable, esp for $72k/yr and no OT. Are you union? If not, can you find another

  21. Quotas for visits, mandatory overtime?

    db2xs replied to Hospice RNCM's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    This sounds like BS. What does your job description say? What did you sign up

  22. Would you be willing to walk away?

    db2xs replied to Rnis's topic in Advanced Practice

    Less work hours a week and more vacation a year? Sign me up! I can always go back to the clinical side if the job doesn't suit me. No one's going to give a poop at the end of the day,

  23. Accidental Mistake- UGH

    db2xs replied to Fnp9090's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Something tells me that it does and the BRN doesn't

  24. Forgot to unclamp the secondary

    db2xs replied to DH1234's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to echo what everyone else is saying: It's happened to all of us. I've seen experienced RNs do a lot "worse." If it's just a secondary ABX, you or the next RN can always retime the...

  25. Scared RN ?

    db2xs replied to JenMH88RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would agree that the hardest thing about being an NP is the amount of responsibility that is newly afforded to us that we didn't have to think about as RNs. But regarding school, I thought it was...