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That's frustrating about the schedulers- I've been having a hard time with them deciding what should or should not be seen in person - but trying to be patient and scrub as soon as I get an appointment booked. The way you're using youre MA's is close to how I'm trying to use it - letting the MA set up the interpreter, or calling before for a zoom visit. For now, we are using the medical version of zoom but I hear we're going to EPIC. I don't mind zoom but the recent bad press for the free version makes our medical directors nervous. I heard that on doxy.me that you can use video chat as long as your patient has a smart phone, so I'm interested in trying that.

You have two trips onsite for a few days a piece. The first is an orientation before you start, the second is a physical assessment review and test. You do your orientation, then complete all of your didactic. You do "clinical bound" before you complete all your clinical hours.

I went to Frontier for my FNP and really liked their program, I felt well prepared to start. They have a psych NP program, some friends are/have attended and liked it. Only downside is you have to find your own preceptors.

In some fields, the training and practice is vastly different. Our MD in a primary care FQHC said, "I can't believe I'm making nearly double what you make and the only difference is I can order home health and diabetic shoes." Hence, the primary care shortage. In a hospital setting, I think the difference is more significant, but that's not to say NP's are adequately paid - I took a slight pay cut when I went into practice as an NP. That being said, I had 10 years of experience in a well paying state, so I didn't suffer, but it's slightly insulting after all the work I did.

One program I like is Be Nourished, which has a certification that is a few grand, but it's less about weight loss and more about introducing better nutrition and lifestyle changes for the sake of health. It's more along the lines of the Health at Every Size movement, so if you're thinking is more here than it'd be worth looking into. I know you can get certified in Obesity med as well...

Djmatte, are you having anyone do any blood draws for any reason? My numbers have been picking up and we had some staffing decreases but I see no reason why our MA's can't help out here- their workload is down a lot because with telehealth they aren't "rooming." If I have someone in clinic and can justify I blood draw, I get it done, but we've been asked to avoid getting VS even on patients in clinic, so I'm not sure we can even bill appropriately for that visit - although I'm not sure it matters in our patient population... thanks for the advice. The good news is I've been asking for telehealth for years and now here it is, and I am a fan!

Hello, all. My small FQHC just started layoffs and hour reductions. Most providers were not impacted, but we lost psych, and there were a couple of providers that had modest reductions. However, we lost a lot of staff that do a lot of the paperwork, outreach, our social workers hours got cut... some of our other programs for marginalized populations were also cut or on an indefinite hold... apparently this has been needed for a while but I'm curious about other clinics and how you all are handling reduction in visits. We went to telehealth really rapidly and that's going well, but still can't fill all of the slots. We were told no more layoffs for at least another week. I'm a little concerned about how to handle loan repayment through HRSA, but they seem willing to work with me. This is a partial vent post and partial request to hear how you all are getting through.

Today I received a denial letter, despite being approved, signing a contract, and having a date established in my contract. When I log into my participant file, it looks like I still have an award... anyone else panicking?

I received the NHSC award, the lump sum one.

All of my application page is gone - I don't see anywhere that i can locate this, sorry! Here's hoping you will be next!

Good morning, I received confirmation yesterday (07/18) that I am now an award recipient and now a "Participant" not an "applicant." I'm so grateful and sending up a prayer that everyone else gets good news soon.

I know it's a hassle but I prefer the PAPR. Personal fan in an isolation room? Yes, pleeeeeease.

Congrats Sarahtrokey!!!

My credit was checked twice, I did apply for both. I was received the email for NHSC. My Nurse Corps status automatically changed to "declined award." I would have broke even either way so I was hoping for this one, I'm not over the moon yet because I know in prior years some have gotten the finalist email and then not gotten awarded.

It was my first time applying, hoping that it comes through in the end!