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  1. How do we prevent Nurse Practitioners from undervaluing themselves?

    aok7 replied to MentalKlarity's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    BTW, my first NP job I made $135K between base, on-call, and stipends. Between education time off, vacation, and sick time about 4 weeks. I took a pay cut since to enter a specialty practice of my...

  2. How do we prevent Nurse Practitioners from undervaluing themselves?

    aok7 replied to MentalKlarity's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you for the thread. I think a big part of the issue lies in one of the responses, referring sadly to the new NP thinking a low-pay first job "internship" will lead to higher-paying...

  3. Wise Orders From Wise Doctors

    aok7 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, you'd be surprised I am so sad to

  4. New nurse practitioner here Please help

    aok7 replied to amc248's topic in Advanced Practice

    How is it going? How have you adjusted and do you have advice after a few months? I am in a nephrology specialty. The physicians rarely see more than 16 patients per day. I am one of three NPs...

  5. Outpatient Specialty Offices

    aok7 replied to JBMmom's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am a NP in nephrology. Refer to the PCP, it is easy. I find problems all the time, and not fair to the specialty for which the patient has been referred that I go off direction. If I am very...

  6. NP: WA, AZ, NC?

    aok7 replied to Circulating's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My first NP job was in Washington and I am careful to maintain licensing there. Although I am not driven toward independent practice, I do value practicing to my fullest capacity. There's a culture...

  7. NP Hates from Physicians?

    aok7 replied to Myec's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    We should be concerned. I know a NP who became a PA. Related, she no longer deals with role confusion or questioning. I try really hard as a NP to present myself with the struggle in mind, and have...

  8. Take job for less money but more potential happiness?

    aok7 replied to AnaLong's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    All the best! I have always followed experience over

  9. Breeze Online RN Initial Exam Application- Live Scan Fingerprints

    aok7 replied to CharD95's topic in California Nursing

    I did the Livescan after submitting

  10. Why do psych NPs make more?

    aok7 replied to spdaydream's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know of a few people going back to get psych certifications. Well-said already, supply and demand, and in a few years should settle back down. Now, if the business of NP schools would take note!...

  11. FNP First Job Hunt Help (PLEASE!) Dallas

    aok7 replied to Maura007's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I wish NP career advice (somewhere along the way?) relayed the importance of work experience and its impact on career options when it comes to advanced degrees. I would advise considering what you...

  12. NP Dilemma

    aok7 replied to NPdilema's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It does depend on your story as above, but being a NP is a whole different practice from being a RN. Patient interaction will be helpful, but otherwise it is now evidence-based practice diagnosing...

  13. job hunting in the time of covid

    aok7 replied to misshayley's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    When I graduated NP school in 2017 I was in a hurry to complete my program as soon as possible because I was seeing the number of NPs graduating and felt a sense of saturation ahead. At that time I...

  14. NP Salary/Pay Let's Be Transparent

    aok7 replied to SurgicalNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am wondering about the specialty, how are you feeling about surgery in the setting of FNP preparation? As a new grad in Seattle I earned about $135K including incentive with 4 weeks PTO, $2K...

  15. Is this the correct way to list credentials?

    aok7 replied to erictaramoyBSN's topic in Advanced Practice

    Yes, while national body it is easy to read, it is interesting in each state how credentials are placed. I have been in three states seeing the norm so different. I never use NP-C, yet in a prior...

  16. First APN Job: Not Getting Paid For Hospital New Hire Orientation

    aok7 replied to keepitsimplesilly's topic in Advanced Practice

    As a RN I would have only done modules at work or if paid. RN vs NP are generally a world away, professionally. I am salary now, have education stipend and days, and am expected to know what I am...

  17. Nearly impossible to find NP jobs

    aok7 replied to mrsannRN's topic in Advanced Practice

    oh no. I remember in school forcing myself to not go part-time or take a break, as while the NP world and professors made it seem like NPs will be forever in demand, just did not trust it. It is...

  18. Favorite specialty? Why?

    aok7 replied to SillyFever's topic in General Specialties

    Nephrology. Autonomy. Develop relationships with patients. Relatively high acuity with a lot of learning opportunity in both inpatient and outpatient

  19. No NP jobs. What now?

    aok7 replied to OkieNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would advise applying where you would like to work and make it your own. Consider your strengths and interests and do not get stuck on the statistics. I was terrified when I was about to graduate,...

  20. antibiotic guideline

    aok7 replied to vuphan86's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I found board prep books helpful about antibiotics. I think Leik book was excellent. Of course, truly understanding the pharmacology of antibiotics requires simply memorizing, but to apply to...

  21. Need help- got into NP school

    aok7 replied to Amy S's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It sounds like nursing with $94K a year is aligned given the considerable amount of time, money, effort, and not to mention the huge cost of licensing, etc. related to being a NP. I lost a lot of...

  22. Shortest NP program

    aok7 replied to parla's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Any quick, easy, cheap med schools? We need to be very careful if we hope to maintain our standing as a

  23. Importance of NP Program Reputation, Name Recognition

    aok7 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think reputation of school is gradually mattering more. It used to be that "NP" conferred a certain understanding much like "MD," knowing that it was quite competitive and the best and the...

  24. Adult Gerontology Primary Care NP Job Outlook

    aok7 replied to SN2751's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would have to add outpatient specialty clinics such as GI, nephrology, and the like. I am primary care trained and when I changed jobs I was given offers at GI, neurology, and internal medicine...

  25. FNP no longer allowed to practice inpatient

    aok7 replied to Heather7's topic in Advanced Practice

    I think the consensus model is one of the more proactive things our profession has implemented. I am in nephrology outpatient clinic and dialysis, about 50/50, and AGPNP-prepared. I have years of...