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3- patient has no idea what 10/10 pain level means. Sorry, we don't live in the world where kids were whipped on regular basis, girls burned their fingers by live coals and babies were born "the way...

They don't, but every minute of their residency training and their subsequent practice push them to do just that. They're trained - or rather programmed, to "address" every "problem" they can think...

...3) patient with OIH has to either continue to take opioids, or accept the fact of living with significant pain for months and longer. The vast majority of them chooses "just taking my pain pills";...

Actually, this phenomenon is known for quite some time. And, yes, it is not drug seeking behavior. These folks, like people with fibromyalgia, really feel that 10/10 pain from BP cuff. It was...

Future residents choose their own specialty and programs to apply, nobody can do it for them. But because the chance to get no match is real (less common for US MD grads and much more for everybody...

Same in Russia - "brain death" criteria are not used, and church and public opinion are both vehemently against any transplants at all. Some minimal number of kidneys from related donors done, for...

What is LESS ethically "challenging": performing life-saving transplant on a tax-paying, law-obeying "non-American", whether "legal" or not but with good chances and intentions to return to...

IMH(umble)O, none of the above, unless it is well-known what's the purpose of the order. Although it is different in real life, sure. It is named "double-defensive medicine" - both helps against...

90+something y/o, double amputee, legally blind, on dialysis for the last 5 years, pleasantly demented and sent 20 years ago to LTC by her loving family was found to have new heart murmur. Turned...

I am not sure that Good Samaritan law covers health care professionals in all states. Several years ago, I went into anaphylaxis in a restaurant and two persons performed CPR on me. One of them...

I was using (as my school requires it) ATI for years and had access from my home computer without any problem. A few days ago, I found out that I couldn't log in. I called their famous customer...

Well, docs have nobody to blame but themselves. Their support of abusive and ancient system of training, their laziness, conservatism and proverbial greed led to that, and it's not going to be better...

Double the number of clinical hours required. Make it mandatory for the program to keep accreditation to give students hospital-based clinical hours. Make externship/internship mandatory. Limit paper...

That's all correct - except that the physicians' shortage is located into primary care domain, and that structure of the US medical care is unique. Nowhere in the developed world a doctor may be...

BTW, doctors as a community vehemently deny the very fact of existence of violence in residency programs. In nursing, I cannot imagine situation where a preceptor would have absolute power over a...

There are no fed regulations regarding number of med schools' graduates. There are money Medicare pays for training of the residents. There is only that much of the money, and there are...

OK. Here is something not all of you probably know. First, the process of applying for physician's residency costs A WHOLE LOT of money. There is an organization, popularly known as "The Match"...

... find out the name of the HR person to whom address the cover letter? (Google doesn't help, and when I asked the person at the hospital information desk I was told that this info and access in the...

Thank you so much!!

Current trend among NP programs is to increase scholastic requirements. I was told, and saw it myself when researching programs, that for anything but diploma mills undergrad GPA must be above 3, and...

For example, a nurse practitioner in Florida caring for a patient with a persistent cough and sore throat cannot prescribe cough medicine with codeine for the patient’s comfort (Nursing License Map,...

First of all, the old agade of "C is degree" is working nowadays only for those who don't and won't consider coming back to school. There were several posts on this very forum about problems finding...

Graduate May with BSN. Start in Med/Surg or ICU, work there for two years. Part-time DNP/Adult Acute Care. Probably PhD.

Sorry, I didn't mean to commit anything like dishonesty. Just that after some time and in another place the story might be mentioned a bit differently. Thanks for correction.

1). You can try accelerated program in a high-level, reputable university. If your previous experience is somewhat relevant to what you eventually like to do (and you can afford it) you can even go...