carachel2

carachel2

Member
  • Content

    1,116
  • Visitors

    15,483
  • Followers

    0

All Content by carachel2

  1. Telehealth with Leadership Health?

    Hello! Does anyone here work for Leadership Health in their telehealth programs? I'm just now diving into the company but it sounds interesting.
  2. Columbia admissions

    Columbia University does NOT give merit scholarships. They give NEED BASED aid. What is your EFC? You need to sit down and discuss this with the financial aid office at Columbia so you completely understand how it works. In general, if you have a low...
  3. FNP restrictions in Texas

    I worked in family practice for six years with a solo MD/practice owner. Here is how my days went: Arrive at work, review my labs, see my patients all day. Leave at 6. On a normal day I would see the MD once--at lunch or perhaps in the hallway in bet...
  4. Vanderbilt ACNP Intensivist Program

    Do not go 70K into debt for the Vanderbilt name. Go to an accredited program in your own state and seek out extra experiences/conferences and training.
  5. In-home NP Medicare Assessments

    @kjpham Yes I am still with them! I'm sorry you didn't get an offer...keep your chin up and keep looking!
  6. How to find NP positions in Healthcare Insurance

    Agreed with Agriffin2 The closest I have found in "working from home" as an NP is the in-home Medicare risk assessments. There ARE some things I definitely miss about having an office and actively having my own patient roster. But for me, at this tim...
  7. Reducing Boys' Embarassment

    "I know this may be embarrassing to *you* but I do it a million times a day and to me it is just like looking at your knee/ears/insert body part"..I say it in a super factual way, make it quick and brief and then move on.
  8. In-home NP Medicare Assessments

    I sent you a pm
  9. How are you saving for retirement?

    Good ideas so far. We are actually fantastic at retirement savings. Have always maxed out the 401K and despite 2008, I think we will be recovered enough when the time comes. But I will add my biggest regret: Not saving enough for my kids college. Hu...
  10. I want to move Texas as a new grad NP. Need advice

    First of all, what makes you pick Houston?
  11. Is it bad or unprofessional to hide from drug company reps

    ^^^^ IDK....eating my lunch (that I brought from home) in another part of the office while the reps chat with everyone else is not necessarily hiding. I always called it "keeping my sanity" and "taking a real lunch." I do like the idea about making t...
  12. Is it bad or unprofessional to hide from drug company reps

    I agree with aligning with them to some extent for networking. Some of them are very helpful and are good, genuine people. I always made it very clear I respected them, but was never going to use their products unless it was a last resort. Their "cou...
  13. NPs working in Texas

    I worked for five years in family practice seeing my own patients, doing my own thing, consulting only with my collab physician when needed. Never felt there were any restrictions or problems. I've never been one dying to have my own practice so mayb...
  14. I'm back again. Have you contacted all of the public/state schools in your area personally with a phone call i.e. not just looking online to see if there are any part-time options? $80K is gonna be all private loans, right? The interest will accrue w...
  15. No FNP jobs????

    Heck forget about mailing your resume...stop by and drop your resume off in person! I have many many friends who found jobs that way..usually in privately owned practices. The physician owners are too stressed and too busy to hunt for an NP. You shou...
  16. Yeah. Don't do that!! Sorry, but I'm in the middle of helping my high school daughter with college admissions and helping her understand debt. That is a HUGE student loan debt. I think a more reasonable amount is $15-30K tops. You will be paid the s...
  17. Nursing Board troubles

    Are you in Texas? Board complaints in Texas can take forever. It is a horrible process. Sounds like you need to consider hiring a different attorney who specializes in board complaints.
  18. Not sure what to do next. Please Help!!

    Word of advice: Write out your OWN study cards. Do not order pre-made ones. Research has proven over and over that writing things out and making your own cards helps with the learning process. I ordered flash cards once and promptly threw them away. ...
  19. Not sure what to do next. Please Help!!

    Glad you can be objective! Listening to things and actually studying them so you know it and can think it out are two VASTLY different things. Make those flashcards; think out those answers and really learn the material.
  20. Not sure what to do next. Please Help!!

    This may not be true for you but when I read your post it all sounds like passive learning. "Attended Fitz" "Listened to CDs" Here was how I studied for ANCC about 5-6 years ago: -attended Fitz -set aside about 6 weeks (I did not work b/c I was reco...
  21. That is a horrible amount of debt. Find a cheaper school. I am a mom to a high school junior and we have the "college and affordability" talk every single day almost since it is college season. You are going to be paid the same as any other NP. Find ...
  22. Frustrated...

    Are your classmates having similar issues? I've wondered if DNPs are as rapidly employable as MSN prepared NPs. I know of at least two physicians who have actively said "I won't even interview a DNP...they *think* they deserve more $$ and I don't eve...
  23. In home health risk assessment

    There are lots of companies that do these assessments. There are only a few who do them really well with the right technical and clinical support staff. Driving and scheduling can be ongoing issues with some of these companies. With my company, I hav...
  24. In-home NP Medicare Assessments

    You need to tell us more for us to be able to respond. There are lots of these companies doing these assessments. What did they tell you about the job and the hours?
  25. In-home NP Medicare Assessments

    1. This string of posts is about in-home Medicare Advantage wellness visits...not home health which seems to be what you are referring to. 2. $65 a visit is insanely low. Never in a million years would I do wellness visits for that low of amount and ...