ORNP

This is why I have a biller!

Thanks for the reply, but actually, NPs and RNFAs both bill the same:as non-physician first assistants. I took a medical billing class for first assistants.

Thank you for your input

Thanks for all of your input. Any advice on how to approach the facility? I plan to talk with the DON.

Yes, I need certification first before license.

Yes, you have to be licensed in order to practice. Now, I fear that I have made a mistake.

Ok, here is my thinking. I say I am a NP because that is what my degree says I am. I am not practicing, nor trying to practice as one. If someone says "oh, you are a NP, can you do rounds for me" (hypothetical) then I would say "sorry, I am not licensed yet". That hasn't happened, that is how I would handle it. I only work as a RNFA and that is what I am credentialed as. But now, the facility I am working at is concerned that I am misrepresenting myself. That has never been my intention and I don't know how to proceed with this. Thanks for your advice. Of course, the state board person works part time, will be back next week!

Thanks for your reply. I am not licensed yet. Many of the people I work with refer or think of me as a NP since they know I am finished with my program. The issue has come up recently and I am trying to figure out how to best handle it. I wasn't aware of it being a protected title, even though I am not functioning as one in the O.R. It is embarrassing, but I have to claim ignorance. I have never heard of it being a protected title. My reasoning is that I am a NP by degree, not practicing as one yet. I realize now that it is easily assumed that if you say you are a NP, people think you are practicing as one, but in surgery, there is no scope of practice for NPs. I am currently only functioning as a RNFA, so I havent overstepped by scope. I am confused.

Need advice. I am a recent grad NP and I work as a RNFA, but can I refer to myself as a NP now (even though I am not functioning as a NP)? Thanks!