Hello Everybody!!!!

Hey guys,

How are you guys? Any new jobs started out there? I thought boards were a mix of tricky and easy and I was excited to see that I had passed, but I still don't have my paper results (which I am very curious to see). Just wondering how everybody is doing. Hope you are all having a great summer!

Anna

Politics

Here's a chance to do some easy "politicking." Remember the last day of class when Ruth was telling us about the Medical Home concept being pushed by the AMA in front of Congress? Well, the AANP website has a way for us to easily contact our representatives and tell them that NPs and other providers should be represented in an upcoming demonstration. Just click "here" and you will be taken to the AANP's advocacy center's link for this issue.

Have a great week!
Stacey

I Passed!

Hi everyone,
I took boards yesterday and I passed! I thought the test was extremely hard; I thought for sure I had failed until I saw the screen pop up saying that I had passed. David said he thought it was pretty easy, so I guess each person will have a different experience. Good luck to everyone who hasn't taken the boards yet, I know you will all pass!

Graduation Pics

Hi Everyone...

Here's the one picture I have that includes someone besides me and my family. Mel, I have some how lost the email you sent to me following graduation...could you please send it to me again so I can post those pictures as well? They were great pictures and I'm bummed I lost them. Thanks! Anyone else who has pictures, please feel free to post to the site or email to me at stacey722@email.com and I will put them up.

We have "sold" our house and close tomorrow. I'm wary about saying "sold" until tomorrow has come and gone without any hitches. It has been a whirlwind month with lots of home improvements, emails, phone calls, and faxes back and forth, but I am so happy we have been able to "sell" on our own....6% in my pocket versus a realtor is a good thing!

I think I'm finally ready to sit down and really study. I scheduled my exam for July 10th to give me a month of solid study time. I'll probably need it since the only studying I've done in the last month is the HGTV kind for ideas on how to stage and sell a house =).

Congrats to those of you who have passed....so exciting and I'm sure a relief. Can't wait until I can say the same!

Stacey

Hi Guys!

Did anyone take boards yet? I scheduled mine for June 19th. How much are you guys studying? What is anybody studying other than fitzgerald book and tapes? Just wondering. What jobs do you guys have? I feel like a professional interviewee! I have had tons of interviews but I am not exactly sure if I have found something exactly right yet. If I was still in my kids-free single days, it would be a little bit of a different story. Miss you guys!
Anna

Hello everyone!

I am studying for boards and am getting nervous since I take them June 11th. That is just 2 weeks away!
I had to fill out the stack of paperwork for credentialling that HealthPartners sent me for my new job; it wasn't so bad, as a new grad there is not much information to give. The worst part was making a copy of the 70-80 pages for myself.
Has anyone received their Metrostate diploma yet? I thought that I would have it by now.
I was wondering if anyone has some graduation photos that they would be willing to e-mail me (adbergstrom@comcast.net). My husband only took 3 pictures with the camera and only one of them turned out - I did not realize he was camera incompetent :).
I put in my resignation at Children's for June 13th since I start my new job July 7th (hopefully), I am more sad about this than I thought I would be; I have been there 13 years and it is scary-sad to leave even though I am excited about my new career. I had better pass boards or I will be without a paycheck! More stress!!:)
Andrea

Anyone started their new jobs??

Curious if anyone has started new jobs and how they are going??
David

Hello all

Well, I am starting to unwind a bit. Sean's family is here from the east coast and my graduation party was a stunning success. The only downfall is that there were so many people that I didn't really get to spend much time with anyone. However, it was great to see everyone...

Gabi the puppy is doing okay. She actually was doing really well and then she was running after the kids at the party and today she is limping pretty good. However, she can bear bull weight on her leg. She had a plate and 7 screws placed on her radius (the weight bearing bone) and they left her ulna to heal on its own..

Job front...

Well, I am still planning on working at Life Link III for the summer and I have committed to working "on call" at the central ave clinic (with Jody Orfield and where I did my last clinicals) one to two days a week to cover for vacations etc. I figure this will get me geared up for the "real" job whatever that might be. I was also offered a Job at HCMC in express care on thursday but I have to negotiate a salary because the one they came back at was a bit low for my liking ;-) . I had 3 NP colleaugues here last night that have been my mentors and they all said "do not take that job because you will be so bored", I trust them explicitly so I am not sure what will happen. I am going to have coffee with them early this week to discuss this further, just wasn't time at the party..

Boards . . . . . I haven't really started studying yet either. I have tried to listen to the "tapes" by fitzgerald but she has this effect on me that after 10 minutes I am fast asleep. I have done about two chapters of her review book so I need to start seriously studying after the relatives leave (this wednesday).. I have scheduled my boards for June 10th.... Very nervous about them so will need to study...

Anyway enough about me...

David

Update from WI

Hello Everyone! I'm so glad everyone's finding there way to this site and figuring out how to post =). I do still have a house for sale, but we have had several bites and actually will do a couple of showings this weekend. Hopefully it will all work out. I'm so glad to be done with school because I don't think I could be doing this and school at the same time. Once this is done, I'll really feel like a free woman. Kira keeps saying, "go home mama, go home." Poor thing, she is ready to spend more than two nights in one place and less than 8 hours a week in the car. One more weekend up in the Cities and we should be set and then I'll be in full-on mommy mode.

Soooo...I haven't even cracked a book yet. I was planning on taking the exam end of May or beginning of June, but maybe middle of June?

How's everyone else? Any job updates? How's your doggie David? Alright, I should quit procrastinating, dirty dishes await.

Hey Guys!

I don't know about you guys, but I am not sure who is happier about me graduating...me or my family! My stepson made me a book for mother's day and the #1 out of 10 reasons "Why I am a good mom" was, "Because she is done with school". I have had several job interviews but I am not sure about anything yet. I am just picking up a shift or two here and there at HCMC and studying for boards. Has anyone else accepted a job yet? Stacey, any luck with selling your house "for sale by owner' style?

Was I successful at this?

I am old and have never done this before. I am a novice. Funny story is I created a new blog the first time I tried to post and had to delete and come back in. LOL.

I am loving my freedom. My "to do"list is so long that I am up early and go to bed late--because I can. I am so exctied to be able to fix things I have neglected, watch my twins sports without a book in hand and just have a family movie night without worrying about tests, papers....

Sorry I missed the gathering after commencement. Amber has asthma, got really sick Monday, was still sick that night so much so Grandma took her out after I walked on stage so she could breathe. Grandma got a little freaked out by the amount of coughing and phelgm. Needless to say, we barely got home that night before she hurled all over from the phelgm. She wasn't better Saturday for me to ge to Leslie's party. Sorry friends! You know, I loved being a mother who could be there mentally and physically for her. Talk to you soon. ----Jean

Done at last!

hi all,
I am trying out the new blog just to see if I can do it! I was cleaning my house today for the first time in a long time and actually enjoyed...doing the laundry!!! took my boys to school and to the bakery...an awesome day!

I have a job interview in Mora tomorrow morning at 9a.m....and yes I DID accept the Grantsburg job but now they have sacked both the CEO and the clinic administrator that hired me...the docs still want me to come...but I am proceeding cautiously and covering all the angles...

How is everyone doing????
Mel :)

Hello 2008 Metro NPs,

Hopefully each of you received an invitation to participate in this Blog. Once you "register" you should be able to post to the blog (pictures, questions, stories, etc.) by simply clicking on the post tab at the top of the blog. Please let me know if you are having problems...I'll try to help, but beware, I'm no computer guru.

Happy Blogging!
Stacey

Here It Is!

Hello Metro NPs,

I'm not completely sure how this Blog will work, but I'm hoping it will be a tool for us to stay in touch about our lives and our practice. I'll post more information about how to contribute as soon as I figure that part out!

Stacey