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    NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

    barcode120x replied to SurgicalNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    About to approach my first year as a "working NP." Started my first job earlier in 2023 doing contract work doing annual wellness visits, in home ($125) and tele ($90). I was too excited at first, but...
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    Can we stop with the class discussion boards?

    barcode120x replied to FiremedicMike's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I didn't care for or against it. It was mindless busy work in both my BSN and FNP program, but it was easy and it was just another task to get my grade. If anything, I was amazed and perplexed about...
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    What does a shadow interview entail?

    barcode120x replied to fluffymochiburr's topic in Aesthetics

    In my one and only shadow experience when I was first starting and looking for a job as an NP, I followed an NP for a few home visits. Basically you get to see a bit into the day in a life of an...
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    Online or In person?

    barcode120x replied to Lindzg87's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I guess you could say technically my program was hybrid because we had 2-3 days must-attend seminars (basically all day lectures on course content and a few exams) at the beginning and end of every...
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    AANP - passed! And some advice

    barcode120x replied to barcode120x's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you don't mind paying, I would definitely choose APEA because they offer seminars. Amelie Hollier and co are excellent, fun, enthusiastic lecturers which is why I highly recommend doing their...
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    AANP - passed! And some advice

    barcode120x posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    4 and a half months after finishing school (clinical only, actually), 3 exam re-reschedules, and a bunch of nervousness the last few days, I took the AANP exam and passed! I picked up some study...
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    Working during NP school?

    barcode120x replied to IslanderEllie's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My program here was also the standard, 2 year dealio and working seemed very doable. I was lucky to be part time which made it managing everything easier and my program was online/remote. I worked 2...
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    Deciding Between Two FNP Programs

    barcode120x replied to Messa L's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Unfortunately, it's pretty common for NP programs to not provide clinical placement. No clue why, but it is what it is. 50k sounds about right for an NP Program. Here in southern California, I had the...
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    nurse practitioner rounding in nursing homes in Indiana

    barcode120x replied to Sam. W's topic in Advanced Practice

    A bit of an old post, but thought I'd chime in as I'm starting a part time gig with my doc for SNF rounding. Your compensation sounds about right. SNFs, LTACs, and ALFs don't require the provider to...
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    in-home welcome to medicare assessments?

    barcode120x replied to blusueNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I do MWV on the side as a contract, both in person and televisits. Love it because it's super easy, quick, and compensation is really good with my contractor. Televists are the best LOL. I had...
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    New Grad WHNP

    barcode120x replied to jkaur159's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You may want to consider looking into getting a year of experience in primary care first. My guess would be that WH clinics are looking for experienced NPs just like many other specialty clinics...
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    Recommendations for portable blood pressure device

    barcode120x replied to Cherrysmile's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I was provided a wrist BP machine when doing home visits. Long story short, not recommended to use at all. It gets an inaccurate reading or semi-decent reading less than half of the time it is used....
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    Any advice for a new grad FNP's first job position?

    barcode120x replied to dt0327's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Currently, I have 8 months of work experience as an FNP. I'm working as a sub contractor that does wellness visits and a medical examiner for the VA, but lately, the patient load has been very...
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    Medicare Wellness Visits

    barcode120x replied to Mutts Wife NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was sort of in a similar situation with a previous employer. Started off training and what not for my NP role, nearing the end of the month of training (lots of video lectures and certs) and to be...
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    Miss being bedside

    barcode120x replied to rn_guy89's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Had to chime in. Been working as an FNP for 8 months now and I too miss the bedside. I mostly miss my crew and the comradery and the shenanigans that go on during the night. Coworkers became friends,...
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    Is FNP school worth it

    barcode120x replied to Jlower's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Your experience in your clinic is pretty much the life of most NPs in the clinic setting. Considering you hate it, maybe you should reconsider going for FNP. There are non M-F clinic jobs out there...
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    Legit preceptor matching company

    barcode120x replied to Twinkle007's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I've read that NPhub is a pretty popular site to use to pay for preceptors. I personally don't have experience or know anyone that has used it. I do recall walking up to an OB clinic to introduce...
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    How did you select your specialty?

    barcode120x replied to WannabaNurse's topic in General Specialties

    Worked as lift tech for 2 years while in nursing school and I was primarily in the ICU and my brother was also an ICU RN so I initially wanted to go that route. When I finished school, my hospital...
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    Stalemate in My Career

    barcode120x replied to Nursingwithcompassion's topic in Nursing Career

    Nursing will always be nursing, doesn't matter if it's in the hospital or outside, but if you are aiming to specialize in something, you should look for a position that is somewhat related to your...
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    Has anyone slept through phone calls while on-call?

    barcode120x replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I miss the on-call days and I miss the over staffing (dang you covid!). I actually have had slept through maybe 2-3 phone calls overnight but fortunately, voicemails were left saying that I was...
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    Have you ever left work in the middle of the day to go exercise?

    barcode120x replied to SilverBells's topic in Exercise and Healthy Living's Exercise

    I actually thought about doing this fairly recently since sometimes I have 1-2 hour downtime at my clinic and there is a 24 hour fitness nearby. But then I think about getting sweaty, not wanting to...
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    The Movie and TV Thread

    barcode120x replied to Tweety's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    I've always enjoyed watching what I call random documentaries on amazon prime, Netflix, and YouTube ranging from anything to science, food, to even military stuff. I came across this documentary on...
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    Should I continue?

    barcode120x replied to Xina13's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I felt that I got most of my NP education through clinical rather than the course. My program was a full online, so it was basically 90% self taught, do a few tests here and there, one or two papers,...
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    Is nursing school REALLY that hard?

    barcode120x replied to Courtney M's topic in General Students

    7.5 years later and having gone through both my BSN and MSN/FNP program, yes, nursing school is definitely hard. I'd actually argue that the NCLEX was significantly harder than my AANP board exam....
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    Looking for Nurse Preceptors! - Aspen University

    barcode120x replied to zach everhart's topic in School, College Programs

    If you are still currently working as an RN, your place of employment can be a good source of preceptors. Many internal med docs in the hospital do family med. If you are willing to pay, there are...