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    Acute Kidney Injury

    BostonFNP replied to Future Nurse In Training's topic in General Nursing

    AKI is diagnosed on the basis of a sudden reduction in renal function as measured elevation of serum Cr (>0.3mg/dL or 150% increase in serum Cr), reduction in urine output (<0.5mL/kg/hr for...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    FWIW the OP wants to be a nurse leader/educator not a
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    You really drank the Cool Aid huh? None of this has any basis in reality. Here is one example of a double-blind RCT. Bridges CB, Thompson WW, Meltzer MI, et al. Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit of...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any reason to doubt that you are a caring person but this issue isn't about that at all. Your statement above demonstrates the crux of the issue: it is not a matter of believing what...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    Was this an actual oncologist or an "oncologist" natropath? FWIW, I don't buy the story as being factually
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    Her oncologist advised her against getting the IIV/RIV4 vaccines (as well as the LAIV4 vaccine we avoid in immunosupressed individuals)? Something seems strange there, or there is more to the puzzle...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    I thought your post was kind to the OP and constructive advice. I’m not sure what you are basing this on, but no vaccines are made by the CDC or any other government agencies. Here is the list of...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sure if it is difficult to follow your comments because I don't understand them or if it is because you yourself don't understand what you are commenting v. what you are posting links about?...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    You do understand that there is a danger to just throwing something up that that you don’t have even a basic understanding of right? Especially when you work in healthcare because people assume your...
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    This couldn’t be more
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    Hair follicle

    BostonFNP replied to Anonlpn4's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If you consider me sanctimonious because I suggest that it is in poor moral integrity to engage in a willful lie to avoid professional backlash from something one admittedly and knowingly did, then...
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    Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    BostonFNP replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Why consider FNP vs remaining
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    Of the 180 kids that died of flu last year, 80% were
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    What to do about DNP and flu shot?

    BostonFNP replied to Travelingon's topic in General Nursing

    If you are in the healthcare field and you blatantly disagree with scientific consensus based on your "personal" opinion then intellect and competence is open to criticism, especially when considering...
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    Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    BostonFNP replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm not sure my partner MD even knows how to give an IM
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    Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    BostonFNP replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sounds like the student was actively using a POC reference to improve their
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    Western Governors University (WGU) and Flu Shot Declination Pre-Licensure BSN

    BostonFNP replied to CAFFEINEgtt's topic in School, College Programs

    My personal experience is: you get the vaccines that are required or you don't graduate, don't take the NCLEX, don't become a nurse in any
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    Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    BostonFNP replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Any type of national formalized residency is going to be expensive, even if it was 25% the cost of a medical resident year, given the huge numbers of NPs being churned out it would be a big chunk of...
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    Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    BostonFNP replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Nurse practitioners are somewhat stuck in trying to balance independent practice and cost-effective care: residencies would help with preparation and would make a better case for independent practice...
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    Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    BostonFNP replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    1. Most markets are not oversaturated, and even in markets that are completely oversaturated, intelligent, experienced new grads from quality programs generally don't have much trouble finding work....
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    Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    BostonFNP replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    1. If they are intelligent, clinically skilled, and hardworking then why do you think it is they can't find desirable jobs? 2. Honestly, have you ever worked in primary care as an RN or an NP? 3....
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    Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    BostonFNP replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    To be clear, better schools and education is also a barrier to entry for some/many. I would suspect its because of some of the threads we see right here on AN. I just read one last week about a...
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    Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    BostonFNP replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I’ve made the argument at conferences to try and move away from spending “equal time” in DE programs on RN and NP education and rotations. If we are going to have DE programs then make them...
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    Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    BostonFNP replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Requiring that many hours would, at very least, serve as a rate limiting step for NP programs, which isn't a bad thing. Having spend a lot of time in both didactic and clinical education of FNP...
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    Quality of Online NP Programs and Providers

    BostonFNP replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Here are the problems I see with mandating any number of RN practice hours prior to NP graduation as many DE programs do (including the one I teach for). 1. It creates turnover in RN jobs. No...