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Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Job Serach Tools for New Grads
An interactive listing of job search tools, resources, and recommendations for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (PNPs)

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1. Demand for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
1. Demand issues, demand for subspecialty positions, does demand differ based on geographical location
2. In the US there are approximately 13,000 Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and 2,000 Pediatric Physician Assistants
3. Approximately 45% of Primary Care Physicians and 60% of Specialty Care Physicians work with PNPs
4. Of those physicians who have worked with PNPs, most have worked with PNPs for more than 2 years and up to over 10 years.
5. 38% of Primary Care and 64% of Specialty Care Physicians have increased the number of PNPs in their practice over the last 5 years.
6. 16% of Primary Care and 41% of Specialty Care practices have increased the Scope of Work for PNPs
7. 15% of Primary Care and 43% of Specialty Care Physicians plan to add PNPs to their practice within the next 5 year. Potentially another 26% of Primary Care and 17% of Specialty Care may add PNPs, but are currently undecided.
8. Physician Shortage: Nurse Practitioners are Pertinent to the Solution
2. Salaries
1. Overview of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Salaries and Benefits
1. 2011 Advanced Practice Nursing Salary Survey
2. Participate in the Advanced Practice Nursing Salary Survey
3. Advanced Practice Nursing Salaries Interactive Map
4. PNP Benefits
3. Starting Your Employment Search
1. Strategies: Advanced Practice Nurse Job Search Success Strategies
2. Resumes: Sample Resume
3. Interviews: Successful In-Person Interview Tips, Potential PNP Interview Questions
4. Assessment: Personal Employment Assessment
4. Evaluating Potential Employers
1. An Institute Medicine report on the future of nursing declared that nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training and that they should be full partners with physician and other health care workers in redesigning health care in the US. Does the organization or practice owner feel the same?
2. Does the employer understand your role? According to an AAP report, an overwhelming majority see PNPs as those who: perform assessments, patient education, develop management treatment plans, coordinate care, perform well child exams, and interpret lab or test results.
3. 33% of providers indicated that NPs rarely or never manage the care of children with complex chronic illnesses. This is something to consider - do they let you practice within the scope of your credentials? Does the physician want to limit some aspect of the PNP care provisions?
4. Scope of Practice: What will your scope of practice look like within the organization?
5. Prescribing Authority by State
6. Is there a collaborative agreement?
7. State board of nursing requirements
8. Advanced Practice Nurse Orientation Process -Do they have an orientation process, and what does the process consist of?
9. Contracts and Negotiations
10. Do you like their office environment? Evaluate their turnover rate, customer service, practice setting, asses PNP outcomes patient satisfaction, treatment variations, quality measurements
11. How many patients per day does the practice see? How many are you expected to see?
12. Community outreach – Is the practice involved in the community and do they have a good community patient base?
13. Office and business structure – Who runs the office? Are they business savvy? Do they have a respectable website and do they market the practice or organization well?
5. How Potential Employers Evaluate You
1. Practice Management Resources for Hiring Advance Practice Nurses - An inside look at the tools and resources employers utilize when hiring a PNP
2. Interview Questions to Ask an Advanced Practice Nurse Candidate
3. Effective PNP Selection Process
4. PNP Productivity Calculator
5. Interview Topics for an Advanced Practice Nurse Candidate
6. Advanced Nursing Job Search Strategies
1. How to be proactive in your search for a Pediatric Nursing position
2. Cold Calling? How to approach a practice about creating a position that they might not currently have or have not yet posted as an open opportunity
3. What selling points are most agencies looking for?
4. How to portray yourself as more marketable if you are not an experienced Nurse Practitioner
5. NAPNAP, NAPNAP Chapter List by State
6. How a graduate should approach their current employer for a job and find decision makers
7. Know your value - what you bring to the organization as an Advanced Practice Nurse:
1. Benefits of Hiring a PNP
2. Exceptional training and most up-to-date knowledge and skills
3. More clinical hours and increased patient load
4. An eagerness and ability to learn
5. A positive and open attitude
6. Billing for Nurse Practitioner Services
7. Career Goals
8. Melnic Consulting Group – Leader in Pediatric Nurse Placement
1. Who is Melnic Consulting Group?
2. Who are Melnic's customers?
3. Why hospitals and practices hire through Melnic
4. Melnic Consulting Group Team
5. Contact Melnic Consulting Group
6. Let's Connect: Melnic New Grad PNP Facebook Group, PNP Facebook Group, Pediatric Nursing LinkedIn Group
7. Additional Resources: Melnic Blog, Melnic YouTube, Join Our Newsletter
8. Current Jobs: Specialty PNP Jobs, PC PNP Jobs, Pediatric CNS Jobs, Pediatric Nursing Jobs, NNP Jobs

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