BiotoBSNtoFNP

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  1. NP Salaries/Location/Specialties

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to tsipareht's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I will be a new grad FNP and recently interviewed for an urgent care position in a major city in the northeast. They laughed when i told them my salary requirements (and she then profusely apologized)...

  2. Employment Agreement

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to CANYRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My place of employment has the NPs sign a contract for 2 years or else they pay 5,000-10,000 if they leave before then. I have never heard of you having to pay if they choose to fire

  3. two interviews ...what if I get both?

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to tinybbynurse's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If you get the urgent care offer, ask to discuss it with your family for a few days ( or a week). Then when you have the hospital interview, during your thank yous and spiel about how great it would...

  4. How to perform CPR on a hospital bed?

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to BlueDawnRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Start compressions right away, even if no hard board is available. On my (unmonitored) floor we would "find" our coding patients rather then seeing their unstable rhythm first. Most of the time I dont...

  5. Scripting sounds patronizing

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh! I hate it when others use therapeutic communication in a response to something I said. "Thanks for sharing" or "that must have been very hard for you" as well as the above examples! Sure, I use...

  6. Nurses, how do you view your job?

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    When I clock in, I do my best to give proper nursing care to my patients, and when I clock out I have learned to stop worrying and obsessing over my patients or my job. I think a lot of new grads have...

  7. Job fair?

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to Stella_Blue's topic in General Nursing

    Ps! Make sure to dress in interview attire! Dont wear yoga pants!

  8. Question for current NP Students...

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to trolloc6340's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Sounds

  9. Question for current NP Students...

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to trolloc6340's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I started out in medsurg and left that for an urgent care position (and took a pay cut) when I had a year left in my FNP program because I wanted more outpatient experience. It was a great choice as I...

  10. Job fair?

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to Stella_Blue's topic in General Nursing

    I had a few RN interviews that resulted from a job fair. The new grads were told to come btwn x and y hours and then experienced RNs in the remaining hours. I found having a separate time for new...

  11. How to keep a quiet environment on the night shift

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to Lobe220's topic in General Nursing

    My floor's noise problem mostly stems from us being unintentionally loud at the nurses station 😳 we are working on it. We also have problems with maintenance who comes around to wax the floor...

  12. Does your hospital allow shadowing experience?

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to Yuppers21's topic in General Nursing

    When I was trying to decide between two jobs, i shadowed at hospital A after the interview. When I asked to shadow for a few hours at hospital B, they would not allow it. I was very surprised at this...

  13. Philly Nursing Prereq help!!!

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to kaykay7212's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You should call the schools you are interested in applying to and ask if they will accept those pre reqs. Philly area second degree programs are very competitive to get into and you dont want to risk...

  14. Tell interviewers about other job accepted but not started yet?

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to GabesMommy2014's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I had accepted a job offer and then had an interview at a more attractive hospital. At the end of the interview when I was thanking her, I told the interviewer that I also had another offer at a...

  15. Offered a Job but waiting on the second job

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to palumboedana's topic in General Nursing

    Happy to hear that! I was in a similar position. I accepted the first offer. Then called the second interview and said I had another offer but I would absolutely take the second job if it was offered....

  16. References need to include 2 supervisors or above

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to bathrobemom's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I was asked for 7 professional references for consideration for an RN job. It was excruciating not only coming up with 7 qualified and relevant references but then also keeping tabs on those who had...

  17. Flushing JP Drain

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to mugs's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen (and completed!) orders to flush JP drains with 10ccNS qshift. We do not have to stop cocks on the floor but instead just disconnect the bulb from the tubing, flush, then reattach. The...

  18. Why You Need an Elevator Speech

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Career

    I got my first job offer thanks to my elevator speech as a new

  19. Vacation scheduling

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to Tingle6's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds horrible. Mine is seniority based similar to PPs where in feb the manager goes around by seniority asking what weeks they want until everyone has selected. Then if people want additional...

  20. Peadiatric experience and FNP job.

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to chakanext's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You should be fine. There are many students in my FNP program who only have experiencing working with one specialty (ob, OR etc) yet plan on working in primary care or with a different population when...

  21. How did your employer recognize Nurse's Day?

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to allevi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I got an email saying Happy Nurses

  22. HELP! I can't decide where to work?!

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to almostthere1's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    If you get offered multiple jobs and are unfamiliar with the unit, ask to shadow! That way you can spend some time interacting w the staff and get a better understanding of what your experience will...

  23. Not cut out for NICU

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to nurseinFL2567's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes i also wonder if the OP doesnt like the nicu bc of the learning curve and mistakes or bc he/she actually does not like the nicu. If you ask to transfer, you will restart orientation and have a...

  24. typical rn:pt ratios near philly

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to purpleca's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Where will you be coming from? The pay for a few years experience should be low to mid 30s. Obviously some pay better than others. I think Penn pays the best but i dont think jeff, einstein, main...

  25. Pharm Class

    BiotoBSNtoFNP replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Students

    Once you know the classes, pick one or two characteristics (side effects, contraindications, major interactions, reversal agent etc) of each class and memorize that. Ask yourself what stands out in...