SkiBumNP

SkiBumNP

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  1. Job Posting: Emergency NP in Sacramento CA

    SkiBumNP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    my group is looking for nps/pas who are interested in working in sacramento ca work with us in two busy community eds great pay, superior benefits, 401k, and business expense account the...

  2. NPs practicing as DRs

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

    @Esme12 - though i just graduated 14 months ago, I do see going the full MD route, unless a shorter bridge program is out there using my NP

  3. NPs practicing as DRs

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

    and I don't think my two year MSN program was a joke, I just think that If we are going to offer a doctorate then we SHOULD be proud to call our selves doctors and have the education to back it

  4. ED NP/NP job saturation

    SkiBumNP replied to Reagan622's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I learned of the residency through my program director, I contacted the group who was developing it and hounded them until i got an interview. Once I got the offer to join, it was just a matter of...

  5. ED NP/NP job saturation

    SkiBumNP replied to Reagan622's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The PA classes were easy for me being that my school had both programs. I wasn't working full time, Work was always last on my list. it was only for a little extra $$. I don't think i could have done...

  6. compensation for new grad emergency medicine fellowship

    SkiBumNP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello AllNurses, I am a new grad NP, and I am about to start a (and be the first) emergency medicine fellowship. I just received my contract and I i got to the last page and saw what they want to pay...

  7. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Well, I truly can't speak for the exact schedule, I would call the school and ask them what last years schedule was like. from my recollection you should be able to keep a part time gig until the last...

  8. Competent programs? NP or PA...

    SkiBumNP replied to delabeaux's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    IMHO - The DNP is BS. It doen't give you any more clinical knowledge. it doesn't expand your scope of practice, nor are there any additional guidelines to make the DNPs more unified throughout the...

  9. Competent programs? NP or PA...

    SkiBumNP replied to delabeaux's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Though i'm sure there are some good NP programs out there, I would say look at a PA program. the BS that NPs have put themselves in by not having national standards, two certifying boards, keeping...

  10. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'll try to answer all question. as for the application and the written part, i can't let you know for sure, it sounds different then when I applied. that would be a question for the school directly....

  11. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would make up your mind prior to going to school. If you know you want to be an NP then go to NP school. SMU is a small school, go and talk with the directors of the program, put your face out...

  12. Writing your first CV

    SkiBumNP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello All, I am just about to make the switch from my first job to my second. It was easy writing my first resume because i didn't have much on there. but now i don't know how to go about making a...

  13. NP to MD

    SkiBumNP replied to kimkubick's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have thought of it! i am doing a residency for MLPs in emergency medicine. As for the pay, i was lucky and my group pays me well. not as good as a full time experienced NP/PA but better than the...

  14. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would say from ignorance. and self doubt. I didn't truly know what a NP could do let alone a PA. once i was neck deep and knew what i wanted to do, my path was set. it wasn't worth my time to...

  15. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It is hard for me to remember. But, I was a book guy. I would buy used and then sell them. Get all the books first then get a feel for what you use. After a few semester you will know what works best...

  16. NP's working at teaching hospitals

    SkiBumNP replied to cardschicarn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I hear allot of responses about working on the unit, or in special services, I would love to hear about NPs working at Teaching hospitals (Students and Residence) in the ED. One of the things I love...

  17. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Well I can say that if you want to practice medicine then go to NP/PA/DO/MD school. I look at them quite different than RN school. So first I would say make a decision. second, school goes all year....

  18. Any male NP's out there?

    SkiBumNP replied to serpico79000's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Tim, i hear ya, and i'm right there with you. I got into many arguments with my NP school over my schooling and ended up taking additional PA classes. They now are inviting me back to teach and...

  19. NP to MD

    SkiBumNP replied to kimkubick's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It's good to hear someone else thinking the way I am, i have just been an NP for less than a year, and I am allready planning on making the switch. I wish you luck and hope to follow your path into a...

  20. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    the pay varies, and in CA it isn't as good as being an experienced floor nurse. but i have seen nps getting between 40 and 60 starting and then working up to more. i would say safe expectation are...

  21. 520 supervised furnishing hours in CA

    SkiBumNP replied to shjoaquin's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    it is more the latter (though if that MD's standards of practice for his NPs have it written in that would be something you would need to discuss) though if it is that old, or this MD truly does...

  22. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    that would all depend on what you are looking to do for work, so i can't answer that any more clearly. but i can say if you work hard at making it happen, you can dictate where and what you do. I...

  23. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Everyone i know has a job, it may have taken a few months, but everyone has a job (or two). there are emails that are sent out by some of the faculty, but the school does little to help (that i have...

  24. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am curious as to what exactly you are talking about. The cost of SMU is on par with other private schools in the bay area (Touro, USF). it is about 1K a credit, and by the end you have taken 110...

  25. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    AT SMU they are certainly biased for office based primary care. Hospital care is more acute care. (ACNP, or Emergency NP) I however was able to have most of my clinicals in a hospital and now I am...