And that's what I am talking about. So many don't know what they don't know. Which brings me back to the different levels of treatment for practicing medicine. NPs have a significantly lower bar for minimum competency for medical practice. They ju...
not unless they mandate it for practice. Advanced practice nursing education has many issues to straighten out such as standardization of curriculum, experience requirements, diploma mills. Current DNP curricula is based on fluff such as infomatics...
Should there not be physician control? After all they invented the practice of medicine. They are responsible for setting standards of practice. Why are there 2 different levels of requirements for practicing medicine? MD, DO and DC all have to ta...
I am in my last semester in an FNP program after 15 years in a mixed Trauma 2 ICU. I think I am very cautious about FPA. I am reminded by the limitations of my education every day as I discuss my patients with the physicians. What used to be an inex...
So nurses that are practitioners, practice both nursing and medicine without supervision. what is the logic behind having different standards of practice levels. I mean why is it that doctors are held to a different level of education to practice m...
I am not sure on what side of the fence I stand on as of yet. I am having difficulty squaring the different level of standards for an APN to practice medicine vs a physician. Can somebody explain this to me?
I think of CPAP as a mode and pressure supports is the measurement of the amount of CPAP support. I also think a pressure support as peep I don't know if that's accurate but that's what I think of it . For instance you can have a non-invasive CPAP wi...
Looking to see how different ICU do a standard I and O is it hourly on all Critical Care patients? obviously those are require invasive hemodynamic monitoring will be hourly I'm talking about the old lady on the vent who's in with pneumonia who's ju...
I figure if ur gonna spend that much cash go with the Prevue Ultrasound by Bard http://www.bardaccess.com/ultra-siterite-prevue.php it will be more useful especially for the "fluffier" patients
That is true. Thats why after complete fluid resucitation fails, and levophed begin to become ineffective switch to Vasopressin ASAP. Vasopressin is a hormone that works much differently. Ideally you would begin CRRT Immediatly when noticing metab...