greatone1210

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1. Make Advanced Practice Nurses Independent

   greatone1210 replied to Pete495's topic in NP

   No healthcare provider is truly independent. Everyone defers to someone else at some point. I am finishing up my ADN now, already having my BS and my paramedic. Nursing is a different ballgame from medicine obviously. I learned more in my paramedic ...

2. Medic to ADN --> NP

   greatone1210 posted a topic in Career Support

   I have been working in EMS for around five years now, three as a paramedic. I have a good bit of college under my belt and am finishing my BS in Wellness and Fitness with a Sports Management concentration. I had never really planned on nursing as a c...

3. difference emt and nurse

   greatone1210 replied to seriouslyserious's topic in Career Support

   EMT-Basic is just that, basic. You will do a lot of gopher work for your medic, take vital signs, assist with extrication, and drive. You will learn a lot on the job regarding illness and trauma and patient assessment however. Field experience in inv...

4. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

   greatone1210 replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

   From the number of physicians and mid-level providers I have been in contact with both at my job and while considering my career path, there have been two distinct camps. 1. Finances/Job Security 2. Scope of Practice/Knowledge My thought is there is...

5. Medic --> ADN --> BSN/MSN

   greatone1210 replied to greatone1210's topic in NP

   I am not concerned with independent practice. I do however care about autonomy, like many of you do as well. I am very well informed on the roles of mid-level providers in numerous settings. Many of my friends are NPs and PAs. Really there seems to b...

6. Medic --> ADN --> BSN/MSN

   greatone1210 replied to greatone1210's topic in NP

   The best mid-level I have ever met was/is a ACNP and a current NREMT-P. He is a mix of what I aspire to in terms of professionalism and competence. And for the most part, the NPs I have met have all been equally, if not more, knowledgeable than the P...

7. Medic --> ADN --> BSN/MSN

   greatone1210 posted a topic in NP

   First, thank you for a nice forum to talk about whatever. Much nicer than some of the other forums (I won't mention names). I'm a 24 y/o guy applying to a hospital-based RN diploma program here in the Pittsburgh area. It is a UPMC hospital, BTW. I a...

8. Getting into Nursing, yet Concerned

   greatone1210 replied to greatone1210's topic in General Nursing

   What exactly do you want me to think or say? I have seen nursing in action. Nurses in the ER and flight nurses simply do not meet your views I must say. You form a false dichotomy by almost completely separating medicine and nursing. Nursing is a di...

9. Getting into Nursing, yet Concerned

   greatone1210 replied to greatone1210's topic in General Nursing

   Whoa now. I am pretty sure I didn't say nurses are "lowley". I think that NP and CRNA are wonderful additions to the healthcare team and are providing essential care to the patient. But they are not physicians and this must not be forgotten. Nursing ...

10. Getting into Nursing, yet Concerned

    greatone1210 posted a topic in General Nursing

    First a background on myself. 22 y/o M working as a Paramedic for a very busy ambulance service. I spend half of my day in the ER dropping pts of so I get a chance to interact with nursing staff very often. I am finishing up a college degree now and ...