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1. Have any NPs considered med school?

   sgent replied to HealthyRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   NP/PA supervision is a state by state issue. At least in my state (MS), NP's & PA's are essentially interchangable from a physician / hospital perspective. They both have a fairly broad practice....

2. Have any NPs considered med school?

   sgent replied to HealthyRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   All states require an internship, only a very few require a residency of one year beyond the intership. No state requries more than 2 yrs after graduation to recieve a license. The issue isn't...

3. Tylenol toxicity? How serious?? Please read!

   sgent replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Emergency

   I would definately have your doc run the tests as part of your annual physical. There is a lot that still might be wrong with you -- or might not be. As to telling your doc about it, remember that...

4. Mammography in UK

   sgent replied to suzy253's topic in International Nursing

   In the states its still all over the board. The US Preventative Task force recommends cervical smears q1 for high risk women, defined as age age of first sexual encounter and no later than 18. After...

5. Mammography in UK

   sgent replied to suzy253's topic in International Nursing

   A lot of stuff in the states leads to disparities in the best medicine vs. best for the hospital/doctor. Mammograms aren't one of them. Unfortuantely this is a situation where the lack of...

6. I'm so upset! (warning-long)

   sgent replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

   Federal labor law doesn't state that unfortunately -- either clearly or obsequiously. Individual states can adopt labor laws that prevent mandatory overtime; however, if they don't, federal labor law...

7. I'm so upset! (warning-long)

   sgent replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

   I believe the poster is saying the get $1.25/hr, plus their regular salary, plus overtime if applicable. Even if not called in, the get $1.25/hr for their oncall shift as a

8. how does your facility take blood pressure

   sgent replied to chicagrl72's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. The most accurate BP measurement is a manual one done by a properly trained person, using a mercury spygometer, everything else is downhill from there. For speed of use, a handheld spyg is...

9. ECT Treatment: For or against it?

   sgent replied to Keely-FutureRN's topic in Psychiatric

   One of the first things to realize is that today's ECT is nothing like it was 60 years ago. The reality that brought us "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest" and other popular images of ECT, is long past....

10. Autism, mercury and cover up???

    sgent replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I wish someone would point out some research.... Thermisol, the form used in vaccines, is not chemically reactive, and is expelled from our body in a matter of days. Ethyl Mercury is the stuff that...

11. Im trying to decide my career and I have some questions

    sgent replied to Kourtney16115's topic in Emergency

    ~What are some good high school courses to take to prepare me? I can't add too much to the post above (great post), but would recommend the following... Take every course your high school has in...

12. Penicillin desentiziation

    sgent replied to Peaches N L&D's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you get a -, it means the patient may not be allergic to PCN. Also, performing the skintest in this context is considered a medical procedure -- it has a billible CPT and everything -- meaning in...

13. How many of you practice homeopathy?

    sgent replied to healinghand's topic in Holistic

    Yea maybe... except there are double blinded studies with allergy shots -- and a lot of

14. herbals and migraines

    sgent replied to Indy's topic in Holistic

    I know this isn't a natural suggestion... You might want to try 550mg of Naproxen (Alieve). That was our neurology groups first line treatment to abort migraines before all the triptans were out. If...

15. Questions about Nursing as a Second Career (for a 37 yr old male w/ an IT backgrd)...

    sgent replied to Lou R.'s topic in Nursing Career

    I'm just thinking aloud here, but you should really check out the following if your interested in health care.... 1) A BSN or Direct Entry MSN program will take the same time as a standard ASN, but...