SkiBumNP

SkiBumNP

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  1. Change of Name.

    SkiBumNP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Would I be crazy to suggest that we change the name of Nurse Practitioners? I would like to see us REMOVE the Nures from our names. We are primary providers, not nurses. I think it is a confusing...

  2. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hello to all SMU students or perspective students. I just wanted to put my name out there and see if anyone had any questions about SMU and the FNP program. I just graduated and I am willing to pass...

  3. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    @nurseRNatalia - in hindsight the academic program was not want I wanted. I would look at going to a PA program. If you can do this part time then you aren't working hard enough. in CA the base number...

  4. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The program does (did) arrange clinical placement. However, if you want any acute care placement then you will likly need to arrange that

  5. Make more $$ and Work Less.

    SkiBumNP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have been an emergency NP for the past two years, the money is OK, but I want more. That said, I also want time for my family and travel. Has anyone found a way to balance life and work? I think...

  6. Why preceptors don't precept

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

    And don't get me started on how NP schools are too effing cheap to compensate high-quality

  7. Physician Extender ???

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

    I just wish our title didn't have "nurse" in

  8. Physician Extender ???

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

    I like what they use in Africa. Medical

  9. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    DM me with your email address and I would be happy to answer any specific

  10. NP work in Africa - Uganda

    SkiBumNP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Has anyone worked in Africa (specifically Uganda) I would be interested in staying in the same field (Emergency Medicine) if possible. I would also like to be working in Kampala. I would love to...

  11. NP work in Africa - Uganda

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

    I have to say SycamoreStudent, if you are this quick to discredit folk medicine you may have many problems down the line working with patients who are not from the

  12. Make more $$ and Work Less.

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

  13. Make more $$ and Work Less.

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

    Good thinking. I did get the job at SFGH. I will be starting

  14. Emergency NP Fellowship

    SkiBumNP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello to AllNurses, I am starting an Emergency Nurse Practitioner Fellowship. I will be the FIRST (and only) in the starting class. I am putting the word our to all of you experienced NPs who have...

  15. Make more $$ and Work Less.

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

    If only Kaiser used NPs in the

  16. Make more $$ and Work Less.

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

    1. good question. thats the rub about working in the bay area. the CA-BRN and the CNA are super strong and pay RNs a fair wage here. the rest of the county could learn that nurses are worth more...

  17. I am at a crossroads

    SkiBumNP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So I am at a crossroads. I am an FNP-MSN who has been working in Emergency Medicine for the past two years. I am 32 years old, and feel the need to move forward. I am looking forward to more...

  18. NP vs MD? Advice please!

    SkiBumNP replied to broken-compass's topic in Advanced Practice

    I would go with medical school, no questions, if you want to practice medicine, then go. Don't look back, make it happen. I wish I

  19. American Academy of Family Physicians thoughts on NPs

    SkiBumNP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So this was posted on another message board. I want to get your thoughts on this Read thru Family Physician and Nurse Practitioner Training published by AAFP, 2008....look at what they list as the...

  20. NPs practicing as DRs

    SkiBumNP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This has been a heated discussion between some of my friends and I, so I thought I would bring it to the forum. Should people who are going through a DNP programs and taking the SAME test we all took...

  21. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I also am not from the Bay, go for the ED as an RN, that is a great idea, and make friends there, start networking, go to CANP meetings, and make cold calls. it takes more to get what you want. make...

  22. Samuel Merritt University FNP Insight

    SkiBumNP replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    So good to get questions about emergency NP work. All I did was ask. Contact the director of the PA program and ask if there is space. I did the EKG/Radiology and the Emergency Medicine classes durung...

  23. Out of state RX

    SkiBumNP posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am a new NP. What are the rule and regulations of prescribing meds out of your home state. Lets say I am a CA NP with my DEA and I am going to AK for a ski trip. will I be able to call in a RX for...

  24. Why NP instead of MD, DO, or PA?

    SkiBumNP replied to Loux's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Basically if you have the time, go to med school. you will learn

  25. Why NP instead of MD, DO, or PA?

    SkiBumNP replied to Loux's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have to say, I think the argument that doctors don't treat the whole person is BS. we ALL practice medicine, when I see a patient in the ED I treat them the same as my MD/DO counterpart. anyone who...