[NPInfo] i just got fired!

Tue Nov 6 19:13:43 PST 2007

Paula,
I read over my collaborative practice agreement when I got to the office and 
what is says is something to the effect of : The NP can prescribe the 
following classes of drugs, which are, but not limited 
to,........................._______________"
So it's like someone said, keep it as broad and ambiguous as possible.
Joy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paula Sumner" <nurse_healer at yahoo.com>
To: "NP Info" <npinfo at nurse.net>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [NPInfo] i just got fired!


> Hi Joy,
>  That us what we used to do in the 80s, list Hooles Pt Care Guidelines for 
> NP-it was the standard at the time. I have several books, protocols that I 
> can use. Just have to add them to the agreement now. I have a formulary 
> buried somewhere-another np developed it years ago, I need to findit, I 
> think, lol-digging for gold!
>
>  Paula
>
> joyfnp <joyfnp at charter.net> wrote:
>  Hi Paula
> I got my letter from BON last week. I'll have to double Check my practice
> agreement, which is at the office. But I believe we just use a reference
> book on geriatrics for the meds we can prescribe.
>
> Joy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paula Sumner"
> To: "NP Info"
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 9:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [NPInfo] i just got fired!
>
>
>> Joy,
>> re: the BON visits. Do you have a formulary or list of meds that you are
>> allowed to prescribe?
>> Paula
>>
>> joyfnp wrote:
>> "Minute Clinic is always hiring, as is Evercare"
>> And as a current Evercare NP, I can assure you you'll make more than 60K
>> Joy
>> Asheville, NC
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Paula Sumner"
>> To: "NP Info"
>> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 8:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [NPInfo] i just got fired!
>>
>>
>>> Lynda,
>>> Go here http://www.unemploymentoffice.net/State_resources/Virginia.htm 
>>> to
>>> apply for unemployment benefits. You should be covered for 6 months, and
>>> in NC I had to apply to 2 jobs a week. (I sent emails out, but phoned 
>>> for
>>> something interesting)I made it last 6 months to get what I wanted. You
>>> do
>>> not have to take anything less than what you want.
>>>
>>> I lost my job twice-once in '95 and once last november when my retail
>>> clinic job closed. Both times I took the entire 6 months of reduced pay.
>>> For the 2nd time I was enrolled in school and had student health
>>> insurance
>>> (feel like signing up for classes this spring?). Minute Clinic is always
>>> hiring, as is Evercare, but I don't know about your area. You might 
>>> check
>>> the SONs for a clinical faculty position, if that interests you.
>>>
>>> I know what a shock this is-and it does pass. I will be thinking of you,
>>> Paula
>>>
>>> Lynda Woiblett wrote:
>>> Sue,
>>> I would appreciate that...I only know that when company lays employees
>>> off, they qualify for unemployment...but I have never been in this
>>> position before...I do not even know how to navigate the system..
>>> Lynn
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: Sue Wiers
>>> To: NP Info
>>> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 5:40 PM
>>> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] i just got fired!
>>>
>>>
>>> I am so sorry that this has happened to you. I know first-hand how
>>> devastating and scary job losses can be. I have a sister who is a HR
>>> manager. Can I forward your email to her and ask if she has any words of
>>> advice or thoughts on your situation?
>>>
>>> Sue Wiers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: LWoiblett at msn.com> To: acc-circle at listserve.com;
>>>> np-clinical at nurse.net; NPinfo at nurse.net> Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007
>>>> 14:50:58 -0500> Subject: [NPInfo] i just got fired!> > Well, My boss,
>>>> the
>>>> doc who owns the practice, stopped by my house after church this 
>>>> morning
>>>> to tell me that she had thought it over very carefully and that she
>>>> could
>>>> not afford me any longer. (Guess that 60,000/yr was just so much more
>>>> than I was worth). > I understand that not being there for the past 5
>>>> weeks has made it bad for her, but I took no salary for the time that I
>>>> have been off on sick leave. She gave me no notice or severance 
>>>> package.
>>>> She said she would not cancel my health ins. until the end of the 
>>>> month.
>>>> She said that she decided to tell me this way so my husband could be
>>>> there for support. (I almost actually said out loud "How thoughtful of
>>>> you". But I did not. I just got home from packing up my office. I also
>>>> know that having to take time off for more dr appts than I ever thought
>>>> I
>>> would have is hard on the practice. I had started back 1/2 days on
>>> Thursday, and there is no way I can do a full day yet. > I am still too
>>> upset to start polishing the CV and looking for another job, but is 
>>> there
>>> some recourse that I might have? I had no contract and that is one 
>>> lesson
>>> hard learned today...although I did have one at my last job and there 
>>> was
>>> so many ways to get out of it that it was pretty worthless.> And how 
>>> much
>>> disclosure do I have to give my next employer re: my hearing loss? I am
>>> afraid that I will not be able to get another job when someone finds out
>>> I
>>> have a total hearing loss in one ear.> Sorry to cry on everyone's
>>> shoulders but I am in a spot that I have never experienced before and
>>> have
>>> no guidance.....and I am doubly scared because we just bought another
>>> house and have not yet sold ours so I am going nuts thinking about 
>>> double
>>> mortgage payments!> Thanks in advance for any advice you can share..>
>>> Lynn
>>> W>
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