Agriffin2
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What part of Florida do you work? I'm a FNP and am very interested into moving into a functional medicine career path. Don't know where to begin! I also live in Florida and would love any advice you could share!
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What part of Florida do you work? I'm a FNP and am very interested into moving into a functional medicine career path. Don't know where to begin! I also live in Florida and would love any advice you could share!
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i sent you a PM before I read this and thanked you for your help. Again I am very sorry my response took so long. I haven't been back in the forum in some time due to medical problems and also doing some intense job hunting! Happy to report that it paid off and I landed a great position in my area. Thank you for thinking of me though!
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I went to the University of South Florida. No online classes. Actual professors and real clinicals. And I worked my butt off to do it so the snark really isn't necessary. You don't know my story so please don't assume I'm sitting around in pjs whining about no one showing up at my door offering me 150,000.
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I'm the OP! I apologize for being MIA but actually had to have an total hysterectomy due to severe endometriosis and fibroids and all sorts of fabulous things happening. And during all of this have met a wonderful fellow poster on allnurses who put in a good word for me. Long story short, I received a phone call the day after surgery with a wonderful job offer!!!! I'm thrilled beyond belief!! Still doing wellness home assessments but full time with a great salary and actual benefits!! Starting training at the end of the month which coincides perfectly with my recovery start date. And is all in my county and two surrounding counties!!! Yay!!!!!! Thank you to everyone for your encouraging words and advice and especially to the wonderful NP who reached out to me and put in a good word for me out of the kindness of her heart. Thank you!!!
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i just got hired with this company to do just this very same job and I'm so excited! The pay is phenomenal!! I have friends who are in their second year of being a nurse practitioner in a primary clinic in my area and making 12,000 less than I do. And they spend hours on the weekend catching up on charting!! No thanks. I've done these assessments with a smaller company on a letdown basis before and it really can be. Wet rewarding.
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Thank you!
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Congratulations on your new job! Sadly I don't have any advice but I'm keeping an eye on this thread. I need to brush up on my primary care skills too and would love advice
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You can also do in home risk assessments for insurance. Technically you don't do it from your home but you do get to visit patients and educate them on their healthcare, screenings, and lots of suggestions. Most of my patients are elderly are really do need more education and support that a quickie clinic visit has time for
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I tried once but I think the VA is a good option to dig into some more. I've got a few RN applications out there too. Thanks for the device! Going to the VA site now!
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University of South Florida Tampa FL
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The fact of the matter is that I have found myself a single mother of 2 and could not find enough work as a RN to support us (due to being a stay home mom for several years). Being 40 years old with a BSN, the best thing I could do was to try to continue in the nursing field. I then went back to school to update myself to make a career and support my family and have no found myself still without work and now student loans added. I would move to a rural area in a heartbeat if I could. I have been applying for jobs over an hour away from my location. I do not have the ability to move out of this county until my children are in college-per custody agreement.
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Not really anything missing. I have been a registered nurse in Florida since 1995, graduated with honors with bachelors and worked as a registered nurse in Florida for a few years following this. I then decided to have children and stay home to raise them. Fast forward several years, back to work as a RN in home health. Accepted into University of South Florida Master's program- family nurse practitioner-graduated summa cum laude in 2015 while also continuing to work home health jobs and raise kids (this time as a single mom). So no while I do not have 20+ years of full time nursing under my belt, I went back to school to update myself and further my education so I could find a job and have a successful career. I have done all the schooling, the clinical hours, am nationally certified with AANP as a family nurse practitioner, member of 2 different honor societies for nursing and have had my resume professionally done twice. I am not unprofessional in any aspect of my life or my career and quite frankly resent the accusation. Upstanding citizen, no license dings, no criminal history, nothing. Clean cut, well spoken, my home health patients have always loved me and I have never been fired from any job or have had any problems with coworkers. I have applied at every single job I can, networked with every person I can come in contact with, and nothing has happened. I thought I would volunteer at a free clinic not only to help out those less fortunate but to also gain even more experience. I was told that I did not have enough experience to volunteer as a nurse practitioner at this clinic and to come back when I had several years under my belt. I have contacted all of my clinical preceptors as well with no luck. Is there any more of the story that is needed? I'm pretty sure I never said "help me plz". Again, single mother trying to work, going back to school after ugly divorce 40+ years old, working my butt off to get through school working any home health jobs I could get, graduated with honors, in over my head with student loans and still having a horrible time finding work over a year out. I do not deserve your snark, sarcasm, or preconceived notions of my "unprofessionalism". This is supposed to be a supportive area. I was simply trying to get feedback and any ideas someone may have to help me.
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University of South Florida Tampa, FL