Polly Peptide BSN, MSN, RN, APRN

Polly Peptide has 5 years experience as a BSN, MSN, RN, APRN and specializes in Rheumatology NP.

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1. NP Licensure Approval Tennessee

   Polly Peptide replied to Kristina11's topic in Advanced

   I don't know about exam specifics. I do know that once you have been board-certified (I assume regardless of which organization you are certified by), and you apply to the board, it is taking about 4 weeks.

2. Stuck in an NP Speciality Role

   Polly Peptide replied to psych.nurse's topic in Advanced

   As far as how to get a job NOT psych-related, I honestly can't imagine that would be too difficult. Consider that you are 1) FNP-certified and 2) experienced. Many of those you will be applying against are NOT. You will just need to focus your app...

3. Can we talk about "fashion" scrubs vs "scrubby" scrubs?

   Polly Peptide posted a topic in Advanced

   I've been noticing a trend, at least in some hospitals, that those in a "provider" role (be it physician, NP, PA, CRNA) like to wear "scrubby" scrubs. OR scrubs. Basically, you have to look like you just left surgery, like you don't care (but reall...

4. ACUTE CARE NP and private practice

   Polly Peptide replied to Sun1's topic in Advanced

   Agree...however, the OP stated "assuming your state allows" an acute care NP in private practice. There are some states that do not give guidance on what an acute care (vs FNP vs PMHNP etc) can or cannot do. I live in one of them. In that scen...

5. ACUTE CARE NP and private practice

   Polly Peptide replied to Sun1's topic in Advanced

   The patient may not only be acute but can have complex chronic conditions, at any location. "The purpose of the ACNP is to provide advanced nursing care across the continuum of health care services to meet the specialized physiologic and psy...

6. Why is finding preceptors so hard?

   Polly Peptide replied to Kalibear17's topic in NP Students

   Vanderbilt virtually has a lock on preceptors in the middle TN area, probably up to 150 miles away from Nashville. Many of the local PMHNPs are Vanderbilt graduates and take Vandy students. I would not be comfortable attending an online NP school i...

7. AACN Not Acceptable Certification

   Polly Peptide replied to JBMmom's topic in Advanced

   Can you reference what area of the country this is? That is worrisome. I am currently in an acute care program (top 10) and they have said both certifying bodies are equally valid. ETA my understanding for acute care NP (adult): AACN (Ame...

8. How to educate spouse about what I do as an NP?

   Polly Peptide replied to deliverator's topic in NP

   You're hitting a nerve with her. Are you preachy in general? Is she annoyed by you giving "advice" all the time? Is there something personal in her history or someone close to her in regards to illicit drugs? Do you take it upon yourself to give ...

9. Hospice NP asked to perform RN visits?

   Polly Peptide replied to pierogi's topic in Advanced

   I am a former hospice RN, oftentimes hospices run notoriously lean, they may be short nurses and if they don't need you for a F2F on any given day, they will slide you into a routine nursing visit. They probably figure they are still paying you the ...

10. Nearly impossible to find NP jobs

    Polly Peptide replied to mrsannRN's topic in Advanced

    I actually did do my research - years of it, in fact. It’s one of the primary reasons I became a nurse first instead of going directly through to NP. But discovering just how many NP jobs there are to applicants seems to be a little less concrete.

11. Nearly impossible to find NP jobs

    Polly Peptide replied to mrsannRN's topic in Advanced

    I'm not sure the reasoning, but it seems I see more psych practitioners having their own practices than others. Perhaps due to overhead being lower (not as much need for equipment, etc). I'm theorizing. But I see a lot more talk on here about PMHN...

12. Nearly impossible to find NP jobs

    Polly Peptide replied to mrsannRN's topic in Advanced

    I respect much of your advice on this site but telling someone who has already invested much time, money, and energy into this career path to "reconsider their career path" is a tough thing to say. And perhaps not much more helpful than telling a ne...

13. Nearly impossible to find NP jobs

    Polly Peptide replied to mrsannRN's topic in Advanced

    So, is it the overall consensus that there are "jobs" but one must be willing to move? What happens when you can't move (spouse has a job that ties them to an area and that area happens to be saturated)? Logically, I know what happens. But...

14. Is it worth it to be an NP?

    Polly Peptide replied to Polly Peptide's topic in NP Students

    I made my original post after a particularly exhausting day in a job that I did not enjoy. I quit and went back to hospice - now working part time - as I am in school. I am happy with my choice. I do not feel obligated to remain a bedside nurs...

15. Is it worth it to be an NP?

    Polly Peptide posted a topic in NP Students

    I am at a decision point and I am struggling with pulling the proverbial trigger. I decided to change careers and go back to school several years ago, with the goal of becoming an advanced practice nurse. I always thought I wanted to be an AG-AC...