Goldenfox

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  1. What do you guys think?

    Goldenfox replied to greygooseuria's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I had started a DNP program and kinda sorta dropped out quietly. It seemed that at one point the DNP was going to become mandatory, but I now doubt that that will ever happen. I have a doctoral degree...

  2. Chiros depending on NPs for their new practice model: watch out!

    Goldenfox replied to urbanrn328's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    See my comment above. My NP program gave us a non-clinical course at the end that attempted to provide some of this information. But it wasn't enough. You have to network, ask questions, and take your...

  3. Chiros depending on NPs for their new practice model: watch out!

    Goldenfox replied to urbanrn328's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Buppert is an excellent resource for NPs who plan to start their own business. I just bought the 5th edition of Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide. Small areas of it need to be...

  4. Locum Tenens Rates

    Goldenfox replied to PG2018's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It shouldn't matter. Don't travel anywhere for $50. Call around. You're going to find that there are better locum

  5. Chiros depending on NPs for their new practice model: watch out!

    Goldenfox replied to urbanrn328's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This^

  6. Regret leaving the bedside?

    Goldenfox replied to anchorRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I could have written most of your post myself. I worked as an RN for many years and hated most of it. My patients received excellent care but I couldn't stand the politics and the BS. After a while I...

  7. What the heck is an NP 1 vs. an NP2, etc.

    Goldenfox posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've seen this in some recruiting ads. I had always thought that an NP is an NP. Is this yet another scheme to pay less for our services? Why don't they also have MD1 and MD2 for the physicians then?...

  8. What the heck is an NP 1 vs. an NP2, etc.

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

    And there you go... I assumed nothing. I stated an observation and asked a question. Please mind yourself. My post was intended to invite commentary, not

  9. What the heck is an NP 1 vs. an NP2, etc.

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

    Clinical ladder? Interesting. Although, I would more accept that for RNs who have different levels of experience with executing clinical tasks, but not for NPs. Not that I ever really bought into the...

  10. Is it bad or unprofessional to hide from drug company reps

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

    You know, until I read your post I was sure that I was imagining things...a couple of the guys, and definitely some of the women. I didn't want to call what they were doing 'flirting' but it sure as...

  11. Is it bad or unprofessional to hide from drug company reps

    Goldenfox posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't appreciate having to stop to talk to these people several times a day when I have a room full of patients waiting to see me and I have a ton of work to do. I know they're only doing their...

  12. Travel NP starting hourly rates

    Goldenfox replied to f14chris's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A recruiter acquaintance of mine told me last year that they bill out $100 an hour for a locum NPs. I somehow got the feeling that he was lying and that its actually more than that. So if they are...

  13. ARNP VS APRN

    Goldenfox replied to MissRN_Dior's topic in Advanced Practice

    There is no difference. Its just another inconsistency among nursing academia and the

  14. Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

    Goldenfox replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Don't give the powers-that-be any ideas. We might all be surprised at the lengths to which they might go to avoid spending a buck. Then again, maybe we won't be all that surprised. The scene is...

  15. Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

    Goldenfox replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not really. That NPs are mostly staffing these mini clinics is probably nothing more than a coincidence. But its not exactly a secret that fewer and fewer medical students are choosing to go into...

  16. Should I quit if the job doesn't fit??

    Goldenfox replied to RoadRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Should you quit? Absolutely! Unless you signed a binding employment contract then you are under obligation to no one at this place. What's surprising to me is that you're even asking. If I were in...

  17. Eliminating Physicians/Medical Schools

    Goldenfox replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The context of the poll is silly, but it does raise interesting questions about the future of a health care system that is rapidly becoming too complex for clinicians to keep up with and unaffordable...

  18. Bioidentical hormones and acute NP

    Goldenfox replied to Rocknurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am curious to see the responses you get to your question. I have always wondered about BHRT but too lazy to actually research it. The champions of this technology insist that bioidenticals are the...

  19. All the degrees, no job

    Goldenfox replied to DNPFNP15's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'm sorry, but PsychGuy is correct. Up until recently, I was liking my DNP program but I am now thinking of dropping out. I too am beginning to question what the worth of the DNP degree really is....

  20. Who still works as a floor nurse?

    Goldenfox replied to OCRN3's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Its not being an NP that's the problem. Its the places where you have been working. There are physicians and workplaces out there that totally suck. Sorry, but there's no nice way to say it. You have...

  21. Considerations for a true practice doctorate

    Goldenfox replied to twozer0's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    A couple things: The DNP is not like a PhD, nor is it a research degree. I have one of these in a different health science discipline from before I began my DNP program. Before I started my DNP...

  22. Finally, Florida steps into the 21st century

    Goldenfox posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    NPs in the state finally can now prescribe controlled meds. BIG congrats to Susan Lynch and the gang for all their hard work with this. NPs

  23. I am a student NP. Should I put RN-BSN on my resume?

    Goldenfox replied to whomiskim's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I wouldn't. I believe that the title 'BSN' is enough. You could do one or the other, but both would be redundant. Some people say that you should use the highest degree only, and that sounds...

  24. Rescinded Contract

    Goldenfox replied to CANYRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There is no contract. They broke the agreement so it's

  25. Finally, Florida steps into the 21st century

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

    This legislation only deals with prescribing controlled substances, not independent practice. NPs in Florida can open a clinic if they want to, but they need a collaborating physician to do