About ENSEARCH Staff Writer: Johanna Galyen

Johanna Galyen, RN BSN Freelance Writer

How to Obtain the Nurse Compact RN Before an APN

One of the great perks of working as a NNP is being able to travel to new locations and work in long or short-term (locum tenens) assignments. You do not have to be tied down to one location or another, and this is where the nurse compact comes in handy! [...]

How to Obtain the Nurse Compact RN Before an APN2022-05-07T21:08:16+00:00

Why the Need to Edit Your Social Media BEFORE Applying to NNP Jobs

“The most difficult job you’ll ever have is finding your next job.” Job hunting is seldom easy. It can often seem like one is mostly trying to be in the right place at the right time for an unlikely encounter with the perfect employer. This isn't too far from reality. [...]

Why the Need to Edit Your Social Media BEFORE Applying to NNP Jobs2021-04-16T16:08:12+00:00

Eric Shiffman: The Interview Series

What is the passion of ENSEARCH? Our passion is the ethical, quality recruitment of amazing people. The people that we work with here at ENSEARCH are stars in their own right. The Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, the recruiters, hospital HR staff, are all part of our family.   In this personal [...]

Eric Shiffman: The Interview Series2020-09-18T22:13:58+00:00

The Evolution of PA’s (and others) Entering the NICU Workforce

Time changes everything...except something within us which is always surprised by change.  -Thomas Hardy It hasn't been very long since the traditional model of only doctors and nurses were the primary staffing model in the NICU. Some hospitals still keep this tradition, while many are using the Neo-NNP (neonatologist — nurse [...]

The Evolution of PA’s (and others) Entering the NICU Workforce2020-07-28T16:54:30+00:00

The Risk of Hiring on Gut Instincts

Why it’s not right for the candidate interview process.   Whether most employers want to admit it or not, the hiring process often comes down to the emotional feels that arise during the interview process. Sometimes this is born out of desperation: i.e., you have an opening at your company [...]

The Risk of Hiring on Gut Instincts2020-07-08T19:35:21+00:00

There’s More to Your Job Offer than Just the Salary

Have you ever looked at a job offer and felt the pitter-patter of your heart? Maybe it’s the butterflies of seeing all that money. Or perhaps, a sense of disappointment at wishing your future employer would have given a better offer. But here’s the bottom line: your compensation is more [...]

There’s More to Your Job Offer than Just the Salary2020-06-18T22:01:02+00:00

Strategies to Work Through A Reduction in Force

Managers and human resources have a difficult job, and it is never more difficult than during a time of reduction in force (RIF). It’s easy to think that your worst day is when you lose your job, but perhaps the worst day is when you have to tell your employees [...]

Strategies to Work Through A Reduction in Force2020-07-08T23:20:26+00:00

Sounding the Siren Call for Preceptors

The model for staffing hospitals and the neonatal intensive care unit is changing, but is your hospital ready for that change? In a nurse’s journey to becoming a neonatal nurse practitioner, one of the final steps is working in the hospital under a preceptor. This is often a thrilling time [...]

Sounding the Siren Call for Preceptors2020-07-08T23:21:46+00:00

5 Steps That Result In A Higher NNP Salary Offer

Sometimes negotiating your job offer with a future new employer could be uncomfortable, if not downright scary. How do you ask for more money? Are you justified in even doing so? Do you even have any good reasons to ask for more money? Knowing what aspects your new employer thinks [...]

5 Steps That Result In A Higher NNP Salary Offer2020-05-15T14:55:07+00:00