Soliloquy MSN, APRN, NP

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    Exhausted Med-Surg Nurse

    Soliloquy posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Can I talk to you guys here without being bashed? I've been in Med-surg for almost 2 years now and at the year and a half mark, I took up travel nursing in the hopes that maybe the change of scenery...
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    How Do You Build Your Client Base as an NP?

    Soliloquy posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am a pretty new family nurse practitioner who works in a small Primary care practice. The goal is for me to see about 16 patients a day during my full 8hr days. The most I have seen is 14 patients....
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    How Do You Build Your Client Base as an NP?

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

    Do you own your own practice? I was wondering about that process and admittedly I haven't done adequate research to get credentialed with medicaid. Right now I'm credentialed through everyone except...
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    How Do You Build Your Client Base as an NP?

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

    That's awesome! My current office doesn't really do Saturdays. Currently I work part time (21hrs) and I did ask for added hours: 1. for the consistency. Sometimes patients do ask when I'm available...
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    How Do You Build Your Client Base as an NP?

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

    I like the volunteer idea as that Is a good way to generate business. I've never heard of MDsave.com. I'll look into it. Thank
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    How Do You Build Your Client Base as an NP?

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

    Thank you! I'm thinking about walking with my business cards and really putting myself out there to gain more business and just see how things go. My practice doesnt take Medicaid patients at this...
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    NP vs MA vs MD power struggle

    Soliloquy replied to Ria21's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think you're doing just fine by setting clear boundaries. Helping out here and there is one thing but that's not your "job"/role and should not be the
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    What pocket guides does everyone use?

    Soliloquy replied to WinterWolf90's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work in Primary Care Cdc vaccine and STDs guidelines Us taskforce app (AHRQ) Apea app Uptodate which gets all/most their drug guidelines from lexicomp ASCVD app Fp notebook for a quick and dirty for...
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    Travel Nursing While in Graduate School

    Soliloquy posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hey everyone! I applied for graduate school for the fall and I'm currently venturing into the world of travel nursing. Has anyone here done graduate school while being a travel
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    Happy New Grad NP in Rural Primary Care Clinic

    Soliloquy replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you for this lovely
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    Are NPs expected to be happy and cheerful?

    Soliloquy posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Honest question. My experience at the bedside, it seemed like hospitals always tried to shove down our throats the need to have a smiling, servitude style "Is there anything else I can do for you?"...
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    Seeming more like a provider than student. Insight?

    Soliloquy posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am in my first clinical, about 7 weeks in. At the site I'm currently at(been there for 2 weeks) I was told that I still seem like a student and very "studenty". My preceptor wants me to seem more...
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    Are NPs expected to be happy and cheerful?

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

    80-90k is an incredibly lowball offer for an NP. But maybe it's more accepted in areas where RNs are paid relatively less. In the east coast that is easy to make working PRN at some facilities with...
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    Are NPs expected to be happy and cheerful?

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

    Ok. Thank you. I agree, being a receptive and present provider is important. But I do feel there is a difference between being that and having the expectation that one is to continuously cater to your...
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    Do You Have To Be Religious/Spiritual to be a good Nurse?

    Soliloquy posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I'm struggling with this to an extent. I go to a deeply religious school and yes, I hate it. At times I feel as though it's a major requirement to be religious in order to function as a nurse and I...
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    Is Nursing A Competitive Profession?

    Soliloquy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you think that nursing is a competitive profession? By that I mean, I often hear that getting into nursing is tough and passing the boards is tough. But after you become a nurse, do you feel as...
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    Online vs Traditional NP school

    Soliloquy replied to Retired APRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That makes sense. There are online programs that offer lectures and find your preceptors but you have to find them and be accepted to them like every other
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    University of Arizona BSN-DNP Fall 2015

    Soliloquy posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hey everyone! I was recently accepted in the BSN-DNP with FNP specialty at the University of Arizona for the Fall 2015. Is anyone here in the program, completed the program, or know someone who's in...
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    DNP & MD :What's the Difference?

    Soliloquy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to go all the way to DNP, but I want to know what the major differences are between a DNP and an
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    Any single nurses with a puppy?

    Soliloquy posted a topic in General Nursing

    How do you do it? I want to get a puppy but I know that working 12hrs a day is a lot for it to be on its
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    Negativity & Getting On With Life

    Soliloquy replied to glass1/2full's topic in General Nursing

    I needed this. Thank you
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    Best Specialty for Someone Prone to Burnout

    Soliloquy replied to kellylauren's topic in General Nursing

    I'm prone to burn out! I did med surg, Neuro, surgical oncology, nicu, ortho... I think the best thing for me is finding a way to do different things and maintain control of my schedule. Keeps me away...
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    Quitting a job without another lined up

    Soliloquy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Any experienced RNs ever done it? What was your experience? I've been a nurse for going on 4 years with 3 years in a previous specialty. I started working at a place in a new specialty that has been...
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    Whatever Happened To Online Forums?

    Soliloquy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty young. But I have been alive long enough to be apart of many online forums in my lifetime and I wonder...have forums always been this way? Has it always been about arguing one's point and...
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    Whatever Happened To Online Forums?

    Soliloquy replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    LMAO! I remember