[Suzi]

We have visited the villages once and we loved it. My husband and I are very close to buying property and building a home. But I have a question about my future. I am a very experienced nurse practitioner specializing in plastic surgery and currently have a thriving practice where I give BOTOX and do injectable fillers. I love what I do and am very good at it but I wonder if I should just retire or consider opening a business in the villages? Would there be a need for someone like me? SuziQ

[SukiChu]

I'm not there yet. However, you can go ahead a sign me up !!

[njbchbum]

i'm a snowbird and do not require your services.

[getdul981]

I am sure that if you opened a practice here, you would have plenty of niches to fill. I don't personally anticipate needing your service. but I know there are plenty of folks here that are vain enough and affluent enough to welcome your service. However, unless you "need" to work after moving here, I would not even consider it. You will have plenty of stuff to keep you busy.

[chuckinca]

Have you determined that your license is transferable into Fla?

My wife is a California Dental Hygienist with 30 years experience, lazer qualified, etc, etc and Fla will not recognize her CA license.

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[borjo]

Even if FL recognizes your license, will you be legally allowed to do the treatments here?

[graciegirl]

I didn't know a person who is not an M.D. could do those sorts of things without direction from an M.D. Correct me if I am wrong. A nurse practioner is the same as a physicians assistant and they have a PHD in nursing?

We didn't have Nurse Practioner's practicing on their own in Ohio.

We were just talking about how different medicine is here last night. That is the ONE thing I am disappointed about in the TV area, lack of really GOOD doctors as I knew them in Cincinnati and the very strange dental folks here too.

If you find an excellent doctor, you are on a waiting list for 18 months.

[PaPaLarry]

If it's going to look anything like Joan Rivers, forget it!!!!

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by svgephart

I am a very experienced nurse practitioner specializing in plastic surgery and currently have a thriving practice where I give BOTOX and do injectable fillers. I love what I do and am very good at it but I wonder if I should just retire or consider opening a business

Plastic Surgery/Botox/fillers ..... It's a huge industry in TV. There are plastic surgeons continually running free seminars at Hotels in TV to troll for business. I bet you'd have no problem finding work in a Surgeon's office.

[asianthree]

do you have your own office where you are now or are you in with a doc? our doc's do their own injects

[nitehawk]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I didn't know a person who is not an M.D. could do those sorts of things without direction from an M.D. Correct me if I am wrong. A nurse practioner is the same as a physicians assistant and they have a PHD in nursing?

We didn't have Nurse Practioner's practicing on their own in Ohio.

We were just talking about how different medicine is here last night. That is the ONE thing I am disappointed about in the TV area, lack of really GOOD doctors as I knew them in Cincinnati and the very strange dental folks here too.

If you find an excellent doctor, you are on a waiting list for 18 months.

Graciegirl it is very very easy to look up thing on google Nurse Practitioner vs Physician Assistant: What so now you will know. - I am not knocking you, but sometime the fact are better then "I think" -- Love you, Graciegirl

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by asianthree

do you have your own office where you are now or are you in with a doc? our doc's do their own injects

There is a nurse in Southern Trace Plaza that has a full-time job doing injections. She works in a Doctor's office.

[Suzi]

I am nationally certified as a n.p. and I have have a collaborative practice with a m.d. in my hometown. I worked as a plastic surgical n.p. for over 15 years assisting with surgeries and doing procedures in office and have been basically on my own for a few years. I am licensed in my state and would need to obtain licensure in Florida but I would still be in a collaborative practice with a m.d. in the villages. But the central question remains: would there be business for me if I came? Like I said, I love my work, I'm experienced and very good at it but does that translate into someone coming to see me instead of whats already available in the villages? SuziQ

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by svgephart

I love my work, I'm experienced and very good at it but does that translate into someone coming to see me instead of whats already available in the villages? SuziQ

Of course you'd have to build clientele. And perhaps offer some Introductory Specials to get started. It wouldn't happen overnight unless you were affiliated with one of the more popular Surgeons. There are lots of aging women in TV. You say you're very good and I don't doubt it. Word-of-mouth referrals are powerful.

[Suzi]

Thanks for the advice. its true about the word-of-mouth referrals, I haven't had the need to formally advertise for a long time. Been a nurse for 30+ years and in independant practice a long time and most of the time MD's want referrals FROM ME.....for facelifts etc. rather than the reverse. The advantages of an independantly practicing NP include: lower cost, woman of age treating women of age, and results reflective of my experience and integrity. I have a great deal to consider. Still conflicted about whether I should really just retire or if I should open a practice. Coming down in about 2 weeks to scope out practice possibilities and building a home. SuziQ