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  1. doctor office benefits

    If you are in a hospital based clinic, generally you keep your same pay scale, when you transfer to that department. There are many benefits, but you also have to look at the hours of operation etc. I've done this and couldn't be happier. For the...
  2. Help! Wicked Sore Throat!

    Guess What!!! You don't have to have tonsils to get strep!!! That's what we were always taught but my daughter has have it several times post T/A.
  3. Help! Wicked Sore Throat!

    A rapid is just a screen, that's all. I never do just a rapid. You have to do a culture if the rapid is neg. Otherwise your are left in limbo, is it really neg or could it be pos. The rapid does pick up most of the strep bacteria. On a normal d...
  4. Help! Wicked Sore Throat!

    A rapid strep test and a culture are two different tests. When testing use 2 swabs. one for the rapid and one for the culture that takes about 24-48 hours to test if the rapid is neg. If the culture is negative you also have to consider cellulitis...