tracelane DNP, NP

I read your post and had to respond as an old nurse (since 1994) who has been where you are. The best choice is to stay where you are for at least another year. If you keep changing jobs, employers will be reluctant to hire you. The patients ca...

I haven't gone to the employee physical yet so not sure. It's next Wednesday. This was for the VetPro credentialing. There's a form asking for a physician's signature to say the person has no physical or mental illness preventing them for perfor...

The Urgent Care MD signed it so, whew! $150 though. Hope this helps someone. Next, employee physical. Tracy

Has to be an MD. I submitted it with an NP but she said no. At an urgent care now, I hope the MD will sign it. T

Hi, I thought I'd add my timeline for an NP position. Interviewed May, 18th Tentative offer June 16th I submitted the background check information, had my fingerprints, completed VetPro all except the Declaration of Health form. I...

I am a faculty member in a graduate program. I have discussed this with some of my fellow faculty members. A big part of the problem is the concern over student evals. Our promotion and raises are impacted by low student satisfaction scores. It's dif...

Venting is good! I came here for support as well. Maybe the rude person is the faculty member in question. Hmmmm.

Hi, There were a few things which made my first year difficult. I accepted a position as an NP where I'd worked as an RN. The position was for a contracted physicians group and they paid very late. Supposed to paid monthly but it ended up being 6 we...

I'm in a DNP program now and will finish May '11. You could go straight in but I would say not if you plan to start working as a new NP at the same time. That first NP job is stressful. Look at the programs carefully. We were required to have more c...

It seems when patients are admitted, nurses aren't verifying home medications consistently and physicians aren't verifying the list before the patient leaves. This has been a problem for a very long time. The problem is only made worse by staff short...

Hello, I'd say option 3. The move to DNP as an entry level requirement isn't set in stone yet but it is planned for 2015. I'm in a DNP program now and would urge you to ask questions about clinical (aka residency) time as it's more than I'd suspected...

Hi, I work in an urgent care setting. We work from 8am to 8pm but if there are still patients in the clinic at 8pm it is often longer. I don't even try to do anything after work. The number of patients vary. My busiest day is 50 patients in 12 hours....

Hi, I thought I'd let you know how my application is progressing. I'm a Family Nurse Practitioner and my application was received 6/11/10. It isn't showing up on the "check status" link. I applied to a position with an agency also (as the website adv...

I am in a DNP program and will finish (I Hope!) May 2011. I have had the same issues. At first I didn't realize when nurses asked, why are you doing that? , that they were being negative. I tried to explain that I wanted to learn more, etc. Now I jus...

Hi, I'm just starting the process and after reading all this will try and be patient! Is anyone an FNP or know if there is a great need for FNP's? I'm hoping to relocate to NM and work in the IHS. Thanks for any info! Tracy

Hi, I was talking to a Nurse Practitioner in another state and mentioned a few years ago South Carolina lost our ability to write for schedule 2's and the language in our practice act was changed from collaborative agreement to supervisory agreement....

I may be wrong but haven't seen many totally online MSN/NP programs. If a program is offered online, the school still needs to require the clinical hours per the accrediting agency. My MSN program wasn't online but I am attending a DNP program which...

I'm in a DNP program and we have had a few group projects. I ended up doing all of the work for one. It's frustrating, I don't feel I can say "I did all the work" since we are a small group who will meet for campus visits each year. We must graduate...

Hi, I started the DNP program last semester at University of St. Francis. They didn't require us to identify our capstone project. It's a nice program and the faculty are very supportive. I'm taking the first part of the research now and am enjoying ...

Hello, Well, I've been keeping my eye on the adn nursing faculty openings at a Tech school nearby and applied. I have an interview Tuesday. I'm working as a nurse practitioner and teach online courses part time for UOP but want to teach full time. I...

Hello you guys, I got the job! Thanks for the tips. I am now a full time ADN faculty member. I think this is my first emoticon. T

Thanks you guys! I took the advice. I used mostly images on the slides to force myself not to read word for word. I added objectives and a bit of humor. The director said it was a great presentation and it felt as it things went well. I should have a...

Hi, Here in the US our scope of practice varies according to the state. I thought it would be fun to work in the UK for awhile and wondered about nurse practitioners in the UK. Here's a link to the Pearson report which details the regulations for ea...

I do lots of I&D's. I often think fondly of myself and the abscess queen! I always give antibiotics. It has been something of an argument among the docs I've worked with about whether to give Bactrim DS 2 bid or one BID for 10 days. Some infectio...

Hi, I know exactly how you feel. Some may think it is because you don't come off as confident but there are too many of us with the same problem. I've had nurses argue with me or refuse to complete orders I've written and have walked up to hear a nur...