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If I had had the opportunity to do a residency/fellowship, I would have jumped at the chance. NP school and clinicals are weak and paltry and barely prepare you for anything. MDs have to go through their training period that pays jack as well, it's a...

I would personally just leave it at the work place and let them deal with it

I'm a certified hospice/palliative care NP. I am going to add my two cents' worth. For sure you should have a general education/knowledge on palliative care. Every specialty needs to know about it. Whether you want to get into specialty palliative ca...

@GEB16 I worked in hospice for two years out of NP school. I was full-time. I will answer your Qs individually below. More or less, yes. I would start looking at charts at 06:00 in the home but after an hour, I would take 1.5 hours to eat bre...

The California pharm "class" is easy peasy. I had to do it. It's not really a class.

I've given gift cards, a cute mug that said, "Doctor: Because Everyday Badass isn't an Official Job Title," and alcohol. Gift cards as usually safe bets.

While I am not a PMHNP, I can tell you about my NP coworker who is 68. From what I could deduce, she went to NP school at 61 years old.

Sorry you're having such a hard time. California is unique for sure, which can be very frustrating! I don't have any suggestions or tips for you except just keep plugging along, if you can stomach it and can be patient.

Hospice and palliative care: 1-2 hrs for initial visit. Shortest visits average 30 minutes

I worked as a hospice NP for two years for my first job. I did more than just hospice recertifications (NPs do not do initial certifications)--I served as attending provider, I did medication deprescription visits, symptom mgmt visits, initial compre...

You are an NP, they are hiring you as an NP. Do not work as an RN. That would be like hiring a contract MD and then asking them to do MA work from time to time.

Good for you! Chin up! I'm taking it the end of this month.

One word: Leik

Of course you could be an art therapist with a nursing degree. However, if you are hired as an art therapist, I imagine you will not be able to work as a nurse, unless you can create your own position and have your own business. That would be pretty ...

I don't work as an RN anymore but it is really no one's business to judge if a coworker calls out. We don't know what's going on with them. Maybe their child is causing problems at school. Maybe they're going through an ugly divorce. Maybe they are h...

This or this might be better. The JAMA article requires a subscription.

Whatever you end up choosing to do, I want to point out that age should *never* be an issue. Carl Allamby just graduated medical school at age 47. If it's not too late, I would complain to your school about your instructor. Her behaviour is una...

Pre-pandemic, I wore scrubs only on Fridays to match the casual Friday thing. Now I wear scrubs 99.9% of the time because I do direct patient care and like Juan said, I don't want to wash my nice clothes all the time. If you end up at a job whe...

@SN2751 I will send you a PM

@RNAudrey123 I already responded to your original post and wanted to point your attention to this article from JAMA about Carl Allamby, MD, who owned an auto repair shop for 25 years and has recently graduated from medical school at age 47! Never let...

AB 890 was passed recently but it's a bit more complicated than can be explained. If anyone wants to know the dirty details, I'm enclosing a summary of how AB 890 works in California. Thanks. Overview of AB 890.pdf

I think I know you, @DMartin33 I'm going to PM you

Woot woot! Ditto that!

1. It depends on what you did as an RN and for how long. I still made more at my first NP job than at my RN job (I have only worked in California) 2. This depends on whether you're salary or hourly, and how many hours you work in a week. If you ...

The healthcare/medical field is rife with racism and bigotry. I have experienced it firsthand throughout the years and have reported my colleagues for it. It is really unfortunate and for me, disheartening when I hear my colleagues say blatantly or m...