reznurse

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1. No wonder our profession is messed up

   reznurse replied to NeuroNP's topic in NP

   quoting laughingrn "until the standards or education for apn are set (such as not allowing people into the program with no clinical experience having never worked as a nurse, online programs, " this statement seem contradictory to your preference for...

2. Nurses stand up for themselves

   reznurse posted a topic in Activism

   Here is a success story of nurses working together to fight against layoffs and benefit cuts while the hospital executives prosper. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/17/nurses-layoffs-executives-attack_n_862741.html

3. Is Mandatory DNP by 2015 a Done Deal?

   reznurse replied to SandBetweenMyToes's topic in Doctoral

   That's embarrassing. I hope it wasn't some kind of Freudian slip pun.

4. Is Mandatory DNP by 2015 a Done Deal?

   reznurse replied to SandBetweenMyToes's topic in Doctoral

   For me, the biggest driving force for the move to DNP is the fight for parody. It seems impossible to get parody without doctoral level education being the requirement.

5. NP at ASU or U of A

   reznurse replied to rapidash425's topic in NP

   I think that the route you should take depends on your circumstances. If you are able to get get into a BSN program right now, can afford it, etc. then it would make since on a timeline to go that route rather than get your ADN and then go back for ...

6. What is the difference between NP and DNP?

   reznurse replied to ajhill00's topic in Doctoral

   ANyone who says that optometrists and dentists don't call themselves doctor in a clinical setting is wrong. Like I said I have several family members who are optometrists, we have had this discussion and they call themselves doctors all of the time, ...

7. What is the difference between NP and DNP?

   reznurse replied to ajhill00's topic in Doctoral

   Do you think it is okay for an optometrist to be called Dr?

8. What is the difference between NP and DNP?

   reznurse replied to ajhill00's topic in Doctoral

   Several people in my family are optometrists, and they go by Dr. I also have a freind who is a dentist that goes by Dr. None of them went to med school, isn't this the same deal?

9. What is the difference between NP and DNP?

   reznurse replied to ajhill00's topic in Doctoral

   here, here Smitty! I am applying for the DNP instead of the PhD to become tenured faculty, and I certainly plan on using Dr.

10. Socialized Medicine

    reznurse replied to PlainsBuffalo's topic in CRNA

    Why are we the only industrialized nation to think that healthcare is a choice not a right? The only answer I can come up with is selfishness. People are so scared of loosing their healthcare coverage that the power elite can treat people unfairly an...

11. Socialized Medicine

    reznurse replied to PlainsBuffalo's topic in CRNA

    When people say anything negative about war we are called unAmerican. When people say things in support of other Americans (let's not go to war for the profit of the military industiral complex) we are called unAmerican, even though the whole point b...

12. Socialized Medicine

    reznurse replied to PlainsBuffalo's topic in CRNA

    Wow, people are really misinformed. I worked for the USPHS (government run health care) and I never heard a single CRNA, or any other midlevel provider complain of their pay. The physicians were paid fairly and weren't required to work 60 hours a we...

13. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    reznurse replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism

    The California Nurses Association have great ideas. http://www.calnurse.org/

14. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    reznurse replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism

    yes the VA does provide quality care. So does IHS, the federal bereau of prisons, essentially all government run hospitals.

15. Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    reznurse replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism

    Americans don't go to Canada to seek healthcare b/c we can't. Their system is free for their citizens but not for Americans b/c we don't pay taxes there. Last summer I saw (on MSNBC, and NBC nightly news) stories of Americans going to India on surge...