From GIN11153 at aol.com Sat Mar 4 17:39:30 2006 From: GIN11153 at aol.com (GIN11153 at aol.com) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 20:39:30 EST Subject: [PrvPracNP] Miami (and poss. other area)Nurse Practitioners Wanted For Medical Market Resear Message-ID: <24e.773175f.313b9b52@aol.com> Seen on craigslist.com from 2/24 Nurse Practitioners Wanted For Medical Market Research http://miami.craigslist.org/hea/136721642.html A medical marketing research study is being conducted nationally over the phone with nurse practitioners. If you or someone you know is a licensed nurse practitioner and would like to participate in an extremely interesting 45 minute interview over the phone on the topic of new pharmaceutical products to help patients with weigh management, please contact us as soon as possible. Please send us your name, the clinic or office you work at and a phone number where we can contact you for a brief screening interview to see if you qualify. All qualified respondents will be interviewed at a time convenient for them and will be paid $100 for their time and opinions. Job location is Phone interview Compensation: $100 for 45 minutes no -- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. no -- Please, no phone calls about this job! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From GIN11153 at aol.com Sun Mar 5 18:48:14 2006 From: GIN11153 at aol.com (GIN11153 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 21:48:14 EST Subject: [PrvPracNP] Seeking an Illinois licensed Advanced Practice RN (APN/ FNP) for med mal case Message-ID: <2df.365108f.313cfcee@aol.com> Posting this for a legal nurse consultant friend who is not a memeber of this list, so PLEASE only contact her directly at the email address below: Seeking an Illinois licensed Advanced Practice RN (APN/ FNP) with prescriptive authority who is clinically active and working in the office/ convenient care setting. Must be willing to testify. Teaching in Illinois NP programs might also work as long as in the student NP/ FNP clincal area too. Any leads would be appreciated. Please contact me privately. Thank you in advance. Laura James, RN, MSN, CEN, EMT-P Trauma Nurse Specialist/ LNCC Chicago, IL LJames516 at aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- Gail Neuman RNC CPHW SNP LNC student nurse practitioner and student midwife listowner of LegalNurseConsulting at yahoogroups.com certified high risk OB/legal consultant Perinatal Nurse Associates Tustin, CA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From twhite9 at twcny.rr.com Mon Mar 13 21:24:39 2006 From: twhite9 at twcny.rr.com (Terry White RN FNP) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:24:39 -0500 Subject: [PrvPracNP] (no subject) Message-ID: <024001c64727$97d4f350$6401a8c0@yourze8cxvr8tt> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From twhite9 at twcny.rr.com Mon Mar 13 21:35:02 2006 From: twhite9 at twcny.rr.com (Terry White RN FNP) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:35:02 -0500 Subject: [PrvPracNP] Hello Message-ID: <024701c64729$0abd7ee0$6401a8c0@yourze8cxvr8tt> I'm from LaFayette NY---just south of Syracuse (Gerry MacNamara Country---for all you college basketball fans.....), and have started tackling the ultimate goal of my life---opening up my own practice....WHEW!!!! I have the building (an old Victorian house)---practice will be on first floor, and I'll be living on second floor, have the financial backers, have a good patient base --approx 300 to start, have an accountant, attorney, but I'm still scared to death that I'll bomb----I have 20 yrs as RN, and 10 yrs as NP, and as outspoken and confident as I have been for past 30 yrs, I'm a wreck.... Did anyone else have that nagging anxiety when they first started out???? Have any pearls to throw out????? Thanks Terry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sdrakenp at comcast.net Tue Mar 14 02:03:24 2006 From: sdrakenp at comcast.net (Suellen Drake) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 05:03:24 -0500 Subject: [PrvPracNP] Hello References: <024701c64729$0abd7ee0$6401a8c0@yourze8cxvr8tt> Message-ID: <006101c6474e$8837d760$6601a8c0@suellen> Hi, I have my own primary care practice and felt the same way when I started out. I have had the office a little over 2 years and there is no doubt that I did the right thing!! Having your own practice is a tremendous amount of work but extremely rewarding. My office also is in an old building, many patient love the quaint atmosphere and feel very relaxed there. In the begining be aware that you may not make any money beyond your expenses so have enough money in your account to cover for lean times and plan for months before a pay check. I am now making a reasonable salary after my first 2 years in business---and it has been worth it and the office continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Good luck, Suellen Drake, FNP ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry White RN FNP To: PrvPracNP at nurse.net Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 12:35 AM Subject: [PrvPracNP] Hello I'm from LaFayette NY---just south of Syracuse (Gerry MacNamara Country---for all you college basketball fans.....), and have started tackling the ultimate goal of my life---opening up my own practice....WHEW!!!! I have the building (an old Victorian house)---practice will be on first floor, and I'll be living on second floor, have the financial backers, have a good patient base --approx 300 to start, have an accountant, attorney, but I'm still scared to death that I'll bomb----I have 20 yrs as RN, and 10 yrs as NP, and as outspoken and confident as I have been for past 30 yrs, I'm a wreck.... Did anyone else have that nagging anxiety when they first started out???? Have any pearls to throw out????? Thanks Terry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ PrvPracNP mailing list PrvPracNP at nurse.net http://lists.nurse.net/mailman/listinfo/prvpracnp % You can change you list options and unsubscribe from this page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nravey at bellsouth.net Tue Mar 14 08:27:03 2006 From: nravey at bellsouth.net (Nina Ravey) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:27:03 -0600 Subject: [PrvPracNP] Hello In-Reply-To: <024701c64729$0abd7ee0$6401a8c0@yourze8cxvr8tt> Message-ID: <20060314162655.WPQO23740.ibm62aec.bellsouth.net@Raveymain> Terry, I have been a RN for 33 years and a FNP for 5 years. Never heard a word or knew any of the state board people prior to becoming a NP. Now, I think they recognize my voice when I call I have had so much contact with them! And it hasn't been all good! Louisiana is a "good ole boys" state and my little town is a "good ole boys" town with the doctors being the good ole boys and trying to shut me down. I've been at it 4 years and they still want to get rid of me - I treat 70% medicaid and am the only provider in this parish (county) of 40,000 people who accepts new adult medicaid patients and they still don't want me in their territory. Yet I was born and raised here and many of them were not - so I'd like them to go back from where they came from. At times I'd like to give up, but then I kick myself in the butt and go back to fighting the good fight - afterall, if we don't push on and get things changed, the docs will always have the upper hand and that sucks! I'm not trying to discourage you because I love what I do, but I'm just letting you know the sordid lining of this equation - it's not all a bed of roses. I even have fellow NPs who ostracize me in order not to be associated with me since I am so unwelcome. Most of those work in a docs office so they have no clue how difficult it can be. I think you should do fine. Try not to spend too much money on the business and don't keep throwing good money after bad - set a stopping mark for yourself so that when you reach it you reevaluate the business and determine truthfully where you want to go from there. You can call me any time if you'd like. I'm not always negative - in fact I precept students from two NP programs 40 miles away and the instructor would like me to move my clinic there because so many of the NP students want to come to my clinic to practice. We give them "the rest of the story" when they come to us - take off the gloves and get down and dirty. Let me go to the office. Nina Ravey Nina Ravey, RN, MSN, CNS, C-FNP Family Nurse Practitioner Shirley Medical Clinic 711 N. Main St. Jennings, LA 70546 337-824-2002 Fax:337-824-2004 www.shirleymedical.com Programs we offer: Pharmacy Assist, Kid-Med, LEAP Testing, Weight Management, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Diabetic Education Classes, Walk-ins, Appointments "It never ceases to amaze me how being a good nurse is often in direct opposition to being a "good employee." Spreading the word and bucking the herd! Backing up what's right without backing down from the fight! Nurse Practitioners are exactly what our health care system needs: a flexible, adaptable, high-quality, low-cost provider who can fill a variety of roles. After all, it's what we do that makes us what we are. jim croce Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. - Groucho Marx "You don't stop laughing when you get old, you get old when you stop laughing" Psalms 55:22 "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved." "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win." quote from Mohandas Ghandi "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land amongst the stars." -Les Brown _____ From: prvpracnp-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:prvpracnp-bounces at nurse.net] On Behalf Of Terry White RN FNP Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 11:35 PM To: PrvPracNP at nurse.net Subject: [PrvPracNP] Hello I'm from LaFayette NY---just south of Syracuse (Gerry MacNamara Country---for all you college basketball fans.....), and have started tackling the ultimate goal of my life---opening up my own practice....WHEW!!!! I have the building (an old Victorian house)---practice will be on first floor, and I'll be living on second floor, have the financial backers, have a good patient base --approx 300 to start, have an accountant, attorney, but I'm still scared to death that I'll bomb----I have 20 yrs as RN, and 10 yrs as NP, and as outspoken and confident as I have been for past 30 yrs, I'm a wreck.... Did anyone else have that nagging anxiety when they first started out???? Have any pearls to throw out????? Thanks Terry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From avvarnp at msn.com Tue Mar 14 09:21:49 2006 From: avvarnp at msn.com (Audrey Van Voorhis) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:21:49 -0800 Subject: [PrvPracNP] Hello Message-ID: ----- Original Message ----- From: Nina Ravey Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 8:32 AM To: 'Private Practice NPs' Subject: RE: [PrvPracNP] Hello Terry, I have been a RN for 33 years and a FNP for 5 years. Never heard a word or knew any of the state board people prior to becoming a NP. Now, I think they recognize my voice when I call I have had so much contact with them! And it hasn?t been all good! Louisiana is a ?good ole boys? state and my little town is a ?good ole boys? town with the doctors being the good ole boys and trying to shut me down. I?ve been at it 4 years and they still want to get rid of me ? I treat 70% medicaid and am the only provider in this parish (county) of 40,000 people who accepts new adult medicaid patients and they still don?t want me in their territory. Yet I was born and raised here and many of them were not ? so I?d like them to go back from where they came from. At times I?d like to give up, but then I kick myself in the butt and go back to fighting the good fight ? afterall, if we don?t push on and get things changed, the docs will always have the upper hand and that sucks! I?m not trying to discourage you because I love what I do, but I?m just letting you know the sordid lining of this equation ? it?s not all a bed of roses. I even have fellow NPs who ostracize me in order not to be associated with me since I am so unwelcome. Most of those work in a docs office so they have no clue how difficult it can be. I think you should do fine. Try not to spend too much money on the business and don?t keep throwing good money after bad ? set a stopping mark for yourself so that when you reach it you reevaluate the business and determine truthfully where you want to go from there. You can call me any time if you?d like. I?m not always negative ? in fact I precept students from two NP programs 40 miles away and the instructor would like me to move my clinic there because so many of the NP students want to come to my clinic to practice. We give them ?the rest of the story? when they come to us ? take off the gloves and get down and dirty. Let me go to the office. Nina Ravey Nina Ravey, RN, MSN, CNS, C-FNP Family Nurse Practitioner Shirley Medical Clinic 711 N. Main St. Jennings, LA 70546 337-824-2002 Fax:337-824-2004 www.shirleymedical.com Programs we offer: Pharmacy Assist, Kid-Med, LEAP Testing, Weight Management, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Diabetic Education Classes, Walk-ins, Appointments "It never ceases to amaze me how being a good nurse is often in direct opposition to being a "good employee." Spreading the word and bucking the herd! Backing up what's right without backing down from the fight! Nurse Practitioners are exactly what our health care system needs: a flexible, adaptable, high-quality, low-cost provider who can fill a variety of roles. After all, it's what we do that makes us what we are. jim croce Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. - Groucho Marx "You don't stop laughing when you get old, you get old when you stop laughing" Psalms 55:22 "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved." "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, then you win." quote from Mohandas Ghandi "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land amongst the stars." -Les Brown From: prvpracnp-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:prvpracnp-bounces at nurse.net] On Behalf Of Terry White RN FNP Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 11:35 PM To: PrvPracNP at nurse.net Subject: [PrvPracNP] Hello I'm from LaFayette NY---just south of Syracuse (Gerry MacNamara Country---for all you college basketball fans.....), and have started tackling the ultimate goal of my life---opening up my own practice....WHEW!!!! I have the building (an old Victorian house)---practice will be on first floor, and I'll be living on second floor, have the financial backers, have a good patient base --approx 300 to start, have an accountant, attorney, but I'm still scared to death that I'll bomb----I have 20 yrs as RN, and 10 yrs as NP, and as outspoken and confident as I have been for past 30 yrs, I'm a wreck.... Did anyone else have that nagging anxiety when they first started out???? Have any pearls to throw out????? Thanks Terry _______________________________________________ PrvPracNP mailing list PrvPracNP at nurse.net http://lists.nurse.net/mailman/listinfo/prvpracnp % You can change you list options and unsubscribe from this page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From avvarnp at msn.com Tue Mar 14 09:31:25 2006 From: avvarnp at msn.com (Audrey Van Voorhis) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:31:25 -0800 Subject: [PrvPracNP] Hello In-Reply-To: <006101c6474e$8837d760$6601a8c0@suellen> Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From GIN11153 at aol.com Thu Mar 16 18:50:41 2006 From: GIN11153 at aol.com (GIN11153 at aol.com) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:50:41 EST Subject: [PrvPracNP] Question about forming a corporation Message-ID: <249.8b19eed.314b7e01@aol.com> Since I probably won't finish either my NP or midwifery programs for over a year, but desperately need to earn money and have an outlet for my clinicals for my schooling, I have decided to go ahead and open an OB/GYN clinic with a doctor I know. Originally, he was just going to be my medical director, but today, the attorney I got through PrePaid Legal (he's wonderful) told me that the best way to do this in the state of California, would be to form a medical corporation with the doctor and I as employees for protection of ourselves. I being an RN, can only be a 49% shareholder and the doc has the other 51%. Have any of you done this? I have an office lined up-they are giving me 2 free months and early access to move in to start decorating. It's a large office, 1660 sq. feet for $2975 a month( about $1.75 a sq. foot). I had proposed a year at $1.50 a sq. foot to help me get started but the agent says that the landlord's offer is actually $250 cheaper. Hmm. They are desperate for me to sign the lease as the office has been vacant for a while. Only a few spots on the rug that I can shampoo myself and some minimal other work. While it's a lot of rent money, I and my biller friend who will be my office manager decided that in the long run, it's better to pay a little more for a turn key office that I can stay in long term, rather than have to do major renovations like running plumbing lines for sinks and have to move to a larger office in 2 years. My biller, who does the billing for the same doc for his other 2 offices says that I will earn money in my first month with good marketing, as it's right in the middle of an underserved Hispanic MediCal community-just what I wanted! My husband, who's a general surgeon, isn't being very supportive as he says that starting a medical office will be more headaches and hard work than it'll be worth, but it has always been my dream. If it doesn't work out, at least I tried, but considering I owned a mother-baby home visit business that took in over $400,000, I know in my heart that I can be successful at this also. I think I picked my clinic name-Orange County Maternity Center and got a logo for $28 on ebay but I might shorten it to OC Maternity Center or SoCal Maternity center. Any hints on office leases, etc.accepted please! Gail Neuman RNC CPHW SNP LNC student nurse practitioner and student midwife listowner of LegalNurseConsulting at yahoogroups.com certified high risk OB/legal nurse consultant Perinatal Nurse Associates Notary Public/Certified Loan Signing Agent Tustin, CA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: