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1. Medical Model vs. Nursing Model...Huh?

   amanda sue replied to amanda sue's topic in General Nursing

   Ah, I see. Thank you!

2. Can nurses suture?

   amanda sue replied to amanda sue's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks, everyone! I was always curious about how that worked...and now I know!

3. Can nurses suture?

   amanda sue posted a topic in General Nursing

   Under their legal scope of practice, can any nurses suture? LPNs, RNs, NPs, etc? Or is suturing only "allowed" by doctors and physician assitants. I ask because you often hear about military corpsmen and medics suturing (they are taught this durin...

4. Medical Model vs. Nursing Model...Huh?

   amanda sue posted a topic in General Nursing

   When reading about the differences between nurses and doctors/physician assistants, I always hear the claim made that nurses operate via a nursing model and make nursing diagnoses, whereas doctors and physician assitants operate via a medical model. ...

5. Medical Model vs. Nursing Model...Huh?

   amanda sue posted a topic in NP

   Opps...I posted this in the wrong forum. Being moved to the General Nursing Discussion forum.

6. So how important is a Med-Surg background?

   amanda sue replied to amanda sue's topic in Psychiatric

   Thank you for your response, kimee. That seems to be the general feeling I'm getting from talking to people about this and reading about it. I guess it's better to start out more "general" and then go into a speciality. You never know what skills y...

7. So how important is a Med-Surg background?

   amanda sue replied to amanda sue's topic in Psychiatric

   Thanks for your reply! The general consensus I seem to be getting is that a Med-Surg background, even if only 1 year, is a good thing for teaching you skills and providing more opportunities / not closing any doors down the road in one's nursing care...

8. So how important is a Med-Surg background?

   amanda sue posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I'm currently a Psychology major / Biological Sciences minor and plan to enter a 2nd degree BSN program after I graduate with my BA. I truly love psychology, and feel as if this is the area of nursing I want to go into. However, I've always planne...

9. Nurse Psychotherapist

   amanda sue replied to amanda sue's topic in Psychiatric

   Thank you for all that information--it was exactly what I was looking for!! I really appreciate the time you put into both replies. Thanks again!

10. Nurse Psychotherapist

    amanda sue replied to amanda sue's topic in Psychiatric

    That's exactly the kind of answer I was looking for! Thank you so much! :) I know exactly what you mean about how "nowadays" the medication is the primary concern, and the psychotherapy is considered an afterthought (or a nice, but not needed addit...

11. Thinking about joining AF...Questions

    amanda sue replied to mommy3k's topic in Government

    Yes, you've answered my question--thank you for your reply. Best of luck with your career and God bless!

12. Thinking about joining AF...Questions

    amanda sue replied to mommy3k's topic in Government

    Very interesting! (My apologies for hijacking this thread...) I would have assumed (and we all know the problem with assuming ) that ICU, OR, ER, and MED-SURG nurses would be getting deployed the most over to Iraq/Arghanistan. Would you mind shari...

13. Nurse Psychotherapist

    amanda sue posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi all, I am currently a Psychology major and Biological Sciences minor and plan to attend an accelerated/2nd degree BSN program after I graduate with my Psych/Bio BA. I really enjoy psychology, and would love to combine that with my interest in bein...

14. medical condition

    amanda sue replied to aniko743's topic in Government

    I heard through the grapevine (not from any source of authority so take this with a grain of salt--I think I read it somewhere long ago in a magazine or something...) that hypothyroidism/underactive thryoid is NOT disqualifying because taking meds fo...

15. Deployments in military nursing

    amanda sue replied to mistyval's topic in Government

    Perhaps she means Certified Nurse Midwife?