dory2

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1. Abdominal pain

   dory2 posted a topic in NP

   Anybody have any info. regarding LLQ abd. pain. We had a 16 year old in with this pain. CT negative - wt. loss of 5 pounds over 1 week - constipation alt. with diarrhea - LLQ pain persists - neg pregnancy - WBC o.k. - u/a o.k. - electrolytes etc o....

2. Computer Prgrams for the Office

   dory2 posted a topic in NP

   Does anyone know the name of any good computer programs for an FNP office. the office where I've been hired is still on paper. They're interested in a computer program. We had one at my student site that was system specific for charting as well ...

3. Has anyone got accepted to CRNA school with a GPA less than 3.0?????

   dory2 replied to hotnursy14's topic in SRNA

   My undergraduate GPA was low - The University allowed me to take some of the Masters Level Nurse Practitioner classes for credit (non degree status) - I did nothing else but study and write papers outside of work - I got an A in pharmacology and a B...

4. How to tell a drug rep to shut up?

   dory2 replied to DucatiNP's topic in NP

   We had a lot of drug reps and dinners at my clinical site. They would have given these MD's anything to write more scripts for their brand. They were able to keep track which doc had written the most prescriptions for them and they would suck up or...

5. Dermatology book

   dory2 replied to NCLEX_CareBear's topic in NP

   I'm a picture person and the book I found the best was "Skin Diseases Diagnosis and Treatment by Thomas P. Habif - 2005 - Elsevier Mosby ISBN 10-0-323-02753-9. The pictures look very much like the actual diseases - the lab, dx, prognosis section is ...

6. Employment

   dory2 posted a topic in NP

   Hi I Graduated from a FNP program in May. Passed my boards in June and am looking for employment in Maryland. I've used the internet career sites and sent resumes to Doctors in the area. Does anyone have any more advice or ideas. Thanks I got a job...

7. Using PDA's in practice.

   dory2 replied to Finally2003NP-C's topic in NP

   Thank you - I have used this information as well as given it to other people. It is very helpful

8. Hospital Admitting Privelidges

   dory2 replied to dory2's topic in NP

   Thank you everyone. This was really helpful information and the article was fantastic.

9. Hospital Admitting Privelidges

   dory2 posted a topic in NP

   Does anyone have any info. regarding FNP and hospital admitting or hospital privelidges in general. There seems to be a big disconnect (lack of continuity of care) at this point. Is it due to finances (more beneficial to have the NP at the office s...

10. Byetta

    dory2 replied to dory2's topic in NP

    Thanks for the help. The info. re: side effects was helpful and I will call Byetta re: inservice. I'll let you know how everything turns out.

11. Byetta

    dory2 replied to dory2's topic in NP

    Thanks for the info. regarding yur MIL and co-worker. It sound like they're using Byetta as a first line drug which I had never thought of doing. As first line it would decrease the weight earlier and prevent the complications of DM. Metabolic syndro...

12. Byetta

    dory2 posted a topic in NP

    Has anyone had any experience with this drug? It sounds good to me but my co-workers don't want to use it.