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Ok, thanks, I did not take the prison job.

Thank you for the reply, the former one give me a supervising physician but I am solo and by myself in the clinic most of the time... The second one has 2-3 MDs on site and. Both is fine wit my new grad status. With rural one most visits are easy walk in but the latter one requires certain amount of procedure such as suturing.

Two offer, one is in walk in rural clinic, below 80k. The other is in correctional facility, rural too, above 90k. Another retail may offer me a job too with the number similar to the correctional one 90 or above as it is hourly position. The first is a little laid back but there are some management issues. The latter is more established. I have heard a lot of good things of working in correctional facility as you can learn so much. I believe I can work in any places like internal, speciality or urgent care later with the correctional facility experiences. But I am feeling a little bit overwhelmed working there too, rules to follow, pressure, security and high acuity such as HIV AIDS inmates. Any advise? Also this is my first NP job. Any inputs are welcome. Thank you all.

Thank you, I will look into that website !

I need this as my employer wants me to do some physicals. I am a little confused. Is it the same as CME? How do I register for the exam. The info on the website is very scattered and not well organized. What is the test agency, and test fee, certification ,etc. I did figure out that AANP membership can give me discount on a training for CME they provide. I am not sure if that is exactly the same thing ? Can someone shine some light on me? Thanks!

Thank you, l found one workshop and YouTube helps too, any good training or workshop to recommend?

new grad, may have a urgent care/walk-i/ after hours clinic offer. Wonder how much I need to know about splint/casting (do they usually train provider to do that or x-ray tech or MA, nurse) and how good I need to be at suture and other procedures?Any resources recommend? I really like this specialty and it would be a good match for my current life Any advice? Thank you!

Two zero, thanks.... Although I would not recommend pee at my backyard or run naked...

Hard to find a Fnp job in a big city as a new grad so just looking at those opportunities. Any thoughts are appreciated!! I do not have much student loans but have kids, struggling. Thanks!

I have received several calls from recruiter about such jobs. I wonder are they holding such jobs all year long?If I try to make it a full time job or part time job, how much money am I expected to bring home? They say 90-100 bucks per assessment so that seems pretty decent. And I know they won't have a big volume of patients all year long but still curious of how much I can make out of it even for like a 3 months of visits. I have young kids so like flexibility and I do not need health insurance and other benefits so I am okay to accept such jobs in short term. Any of you have experiences with such jobs? Thanks.

I will graduate from my FNP program soon and may have 2 different offers, one in primary care and the other in peds primary care. I tend to like the peds one since the Doctor I am with is nice and the commute is not that bad. My background is more on adults so it seems the primary care job is a better fit and may offer more potential growth after I have more experiences. The peds offer is a little lower but the workload is lighter, stress level is lower. My concern is can I still get back to adult world or even some specialty in the future? Any FNP work in peds,what are the career future for that ? Thanks.

oh my god, thank you for your supportive response. I feel nervous now because I have been in orientation for several days... is that too late? I have not yet been on my own. I am in school currently for MSN so I did get liability insurance dirty cheap 20 bucks a year for that. But as I understand , this won't cover my job right? The school insurance only cover when I go to clinical site? Thank you so much, I really need to do some research on this and get it sooner!

I recently started a prn job at a ltc facility. I was told by DON that we will get covered by the company. However, it is another story when I was chatting with a experienced nurse there with over 10 years experiences there. She recommended me purchasing my own liability insurance around $200 a year to "COVER MY ASS" since one of the employee there got into trouble and the company attorney did not represent her/him but the company. Any advise? I do not plan to stay long in this facility. But even that, I think it is necessary to protect myself right? I am very new and the job is new to me too. Thanks for your advice!

I had the same concern too. I am new , not a year experience yet, but fortunately accepted in to NP school .I will try my best to work PRN to get a year RN experience first. I really enjoy disease diagnosis and health assessment, patho, pharma when I was in school so I think NP is the way to go for me. I like bedside too but it is just too tiring dealing with other stuff that I cannot focus on critical thinking, which I love to do. Is there a really magic number that nurse has to work a year as RN in order to go to NP program? I also have family so I am not sure if I can balance all this but will just try. Otherwise, I am also thinking about working as a RN after NP school to get the magic number 1 year RN experience done . Because my area job market is saturated. Any advice? Is it a good game plan for me?

I am starting a job at a SNF with about 20 patient/1 nurse ratio, mostly sub-acute discharged from hospital for rehab. I read most of the post here and I understand that how time management is so important for this kind of position. Would anybody share with me some of your experience of the time management in regards to passing the meds, doing the treatment (mostly hanging IV, PICC line, G tube, would care, ostomy care, tube feeding, etc), and doing the report? What information do you think it is essential and needs to be passed on to the on coming shift and what is important to know from the shift? We do not have a format for doing the report so I am really lost sometimes. Excuse me for asking so many basic questions. I am not so used to the ltc facility. I have had some health care experiences before but majorly in the hospital and they had more supportive system there. I have also been out of the bedside for a while ,so any tips to help me survive this new job would be appreciated! Also I was offered only about 2 weeks orientation. Do you guys think it is sufficient? I feel I may need more since there are so many paper work and protocol I did not know or needs to get used to. Thank you all!