nursetim

nursetim NP

ER, HH, CTICU, corrections, cardiology, hospice

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  1. Interesting times in psych

    nursetim posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello from sunny Utah. I took a locums position with a mental health company out here. Well, it appears the medical director wasn't as forthcoming about my responsibilities as he should have been. I...

  2. Interesting times in psych

    nursetim replied to nursetim's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

  3. Interesting times in psych

    nursetim replied to nursetim's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've always considered myself the gate keeper for the doc's time. I handle the sniffles and the chronic conditions. They handle the addicts being seen for there post CABG f/u that have the flu with...

  4. Interesting times in psych

    nursetim replied to nursetim's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As an ANP I saw my job as as seeing the coughs, sniffles, and chronic conditions to free up the MD for the more complicated Pt.s. That's why I was being paid less. Otherwise, why employ an MD? If we...

  5. Interesting times in psych

    nursetim replied to nursetim's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    They gave me the heave ho after 4 days. I was seeing schizoaffective, schizophrenic, all with tardive dyskeniesia, some with active auditory hallucinations, some with active visual hallucination. The...

  6. NP to DNP, but in a different discipline.

    nursetim replied to nursetim's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'm not sure there is proper communication. I am an ANP. I want to get a psych cert but also get a DNP while I am at it. Most programs do not allow this as far as I

  7. Interesting times in psych

    nursetim replied to nursetim's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Nope, and the Medical Director knew

  8. Just a vent!!!

    nursetim replied to nursefin's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Your skills are far too valuable to worry about cat fighting chocolate covered spiders. Go elsewhere, living well is the best revenge. Good

  9. Prison Provider

    nursetim replied to ashonman's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have worked in a maximum security, for NM that is, prison. I thought it was going to be a gladiator academy, nope. Security was so tight until close to the end of my time there, when a couple of...

  10. Protocol for resigning

    nursetim replied to cruisin_woodward's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I had to give 90 days with my last

  11. NP Salary

    nursetim replied to Surface's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Not to hijack, but why are we not making half of what an MD

  12. How did you celebrate passing your boards?

    nursetim replied to anh06005's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I bought a Waterman

  13. Travel from home to work

    nursetim replied to olvr00's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'd live closer. I lived an hour away from my first RN job and I worked nights. Staying awake was an issue. I've come to really value living close to work. I almost took an NP job that would have...

  14. Anyone Else with Pay/Benefits Cuts?

    nursetim replied to mammac5's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    When I was in Sioux Falls, there was a massive blood letting, a lot of managers got the axe. The doctors lounge used to have hot food and a plethora of snacks. They did away with most all of it. It...

  15. Anyone Else with Pay/Benefits Cuts?

    nursetim replied to mammac5's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not to be argumentative, but have you ever requested a companies P&L statement? I just take it for granted that if they are hiring, they are good, financially

  16. Anyone Else with Pay/Benefits Cuts?

    nursetim replied to mammac5's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No, in our case it's CMS jerking us around looking for rake back. "Oh you weren't wearing purple when you saw the Pt. And it was a Wednesday, so we want 2% back." I exaggerate but that scenario may...

  17. NGO's in SE Asia

    nursetim posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Does anyone know of NGO's that utilize adult NPs that operates in the SE Asia

  18. NP working in a non-provider role

    nursetim replied to Sha-Sha RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If they are willing to pay $250k? I'd suck it up for that. That and payoff student loans. Bank the money for awhile and in the meantime work as water to wear away the

  19. NP Contract

    nursetim replied to olvr00's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In law enforcement, that's called a clue. I'd thank them for their time, while thanking them for wasting mine (in my

  20. Anyone Else with Pay/Benefits Cuts?

    nursetim replied to mammac5's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The hospice I work for in coastal NC did this for RN's, NP's and MD's were spared for now. As I'm leaving,

  21. NGO's in SE Asia

    nursetim replied to nursetim's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    NGO=non-government

  22. Giving notice when changing jobs

    nursetim replied to jennylynn_1983's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Oh definitely manipulative/passive-aggressive. But it works with my plans so it's

  23. Need help from a palliative care NP

    nursetim posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am trying to get into palliative care but I'm hit with the old, do you have experience? No? Sorry, no dice. I have applied as an RN, same issue. Maybe I can mold my résumé with a sprinkling of a...

  24. Need help from a palliative care NP

    nursetim replied to nursetim's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    England? Thailand?

  25. Need help from a palliative care NP

    nursetim replied to nursetim's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not a big fan of going into some of the houses. Who I could talk to, who I couldn't. The regulations. Chasing down Drs, running their gauntlet of office drones. Driving all over. I need more...