nursetim

nursetim NP

ER, HH, CTICU, corrections, cardiology, hospice

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  1. I want to jump into the ICU, but I’ve been told I am over/under qualified. I’m an adult NP, and the last time I was in the ICU was 14 years
  2. Alphabet Soup of a Title

    I try to K. I. S. S. the only thing after my name is ANP, on formal occasions
  3. Nearly impossible to find NP jobs

    With 1099 income in the 200K range, that equates to 100K as a W2 employee, less if you tack on health insurance, etc. Doesn’t
  4. Nearly impossible to find NP jobs

    I am an adult NP in AZ and have been unemployed for close to two years now. Many jobs for urgent care setting and family practice seeing all ages, a tonne of PMHNP jobs. I’m working with AZDES...
  5. New Inpatient Detox Facility

    So what do you want to be when you grow up? I’m the same way. Except you were at the pinnacle of our career, CRNA, best pay, decent autonomy. I guess nursing jobs are like gorgeous women, no matter...
  6. The Necessary NP Review course fit my learning style very well. She also had the best EKG review/refresher I’ve ever attended. Marye Kellerman is her name. She is absolutely outstanding. I can’t...
  7. BSN or MSN with only RN diploma?

    BSN
  8. Strange Question

    It happened to me years ago. For an IV nurse in a chelation clinic. I learned how to start an IV on my classmates in EMT-I school. I thought it would be the same in nursing school, it
  9. Pain patients being denied their medication!

    I’m not a fan of hiding behind studies to deny effective treatments. Aren’t we in the, “everyone is a unique individual snowflake” world now? So, go with that. Pain effects people in different...
  10. Any NPs have scribes?

    Do any NPs have scribes assigned to them. I am slow, but thorough adult NP. Cranking out high volume is not my forte. If I had a scribe, I imagine I could see the requisite 80 Pt.s a day (just...
  11. Liability issues

    Is there inherent liability issues with an NP practicing as an
  12. I’m looking for a post masters certificate in family practice. UofP, nope, have to get another masters, AND I have to take 3 courses because I don’t have a BSN (Duke didn’t require it because I...
  13. Toughen up and dazzle them with your professional brilliance. i sometimes, well I always thought that they made nursing school harder than it needed to be to toughen us up. Come back with a pithy, yet...
  14. Adult primary
  15. I'm Scared of Getting Fired

    I have a phobia about being fired, causes me no end of anxiety. I know, at least I think I do, what you are going through. I found locums work and don’t stay one place too long to wear out my...
  16. Jr. Male nursing student with a question

    Sounds like you just need to figure out which way to jump, good luck. Sounds like you’ll do well regardless of what you
  17. Being Gay and a Male Nursing Student

    I’m heterosexual and I have women telling me about their cycles after awhile. We are all vulnerable in some way. Sorry, life is hard. Know that they are miserable creatures that have to try to...
  18. Psychedelic Nursing

    I wouldn’t bet the farm on this. With suicide on the up tick across the board and the emergence of ketamine therapy as a viable alternative. I believe ketamine works along the MDMA pathway. We will...
  19. Any NPs have scribes?

    If you use EPIC, not all practices do. Still, would rather have a
  20. Additional Training? Certifications?

    You can try this.
  21. Why are FNP paid less than Psychiatric NP?

    The risk of going CCFCCP should be compensated. I worked with one in Farmington. We started on the same day. She was “normal” at that time, worked for 6 months, no red flags. I left for 3 months....
  22. Ophthalmology NP

    I asked an ophthalmologist what role an NP would fill. He said that optometrists fill that
  23. Confused about this Offer?? HELP!

    Invest in a lawyer to review the
  24. DEA and doing locum tenens

    My locus companies usually handled that. Sometimes, if you are working in a hospital, depending on the circumstances, one can use the hospital’s dea
  25. FNP working in acute care

    As an brand new ANP, I almost took a job at Duke, I asked about not having ACNP cert. , they didn’t have a problem with it. This was ‘09. Now in AZ, MUST have ACNP to work in the