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    If you don't have to be (insert job) before becoming a PA, why become an RN before NP?

    BostonFNP replied to nightingale4me's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't think it is irrelevant to the comment that "NP school skips much of the basics"; it doesn't. Education and experience are fully independent and whether you have 0 RN experience or 30 years of...
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    Mandatory flu shots????

    BostonFNP replied to 45whenimdone's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If the OP isn't allergic than this is unethical. I don't understand what you are trying to say here. In both nursing and medicine we follow evidence-based practice, and according to the ANA...
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    If you don't have to be (insert job) before becoming a PA, why become an RN before NP?

    BostonFNP replied to nightingale4me's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A few important corrections: NPs in many states do not simply practice interchangeably. There are no (none, zero) NP programs that don't have a full RN program preceding the graduate NP work; you...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting blog addressing many of the common arguments we see on the issue. Another Excuse from Anti-Vaxxers? | Medpage
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    Working part time as an FNP

    BostonFNP replied to ccononc's topic in Advanced Practice

    I don't have any personal experience with this but I did have two colleagues that start out as novice NPs part time and they both had some problems adjusting to the NP role in this setting. It may...
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    Urgent pls help!

    BostonFNP replied to entrepreneur_np's topic in Advanced Practice

    If you feel it is outside your scope (beyond your education and experience) then don't do it, in most states you could lose your license for that let alone the ethical considerations and your personal...
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't disagree with you that the efficacy of the IIV is less than that of some other vaccines (and the NNT is higher), that being said, it has a well-demonstrated safety profile as
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    Dr. denigrates NPs, cites low IQ etc

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

    Man it stinks to have your account hacked on two separate
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    You are using a logistical fallacy here. Nothing is 100%; no science says anything is 100%. That doesn't mean it is not important or
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    Are anti-vaccine people conspiracy theorists generally?

    BostonFNP replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Op-Ed: If You Distrust Vaccines, You're More Likely to Think NASA Faked the Moon Landings – Mother Jones Study: The Role of Conspiracist Ideation and Worldviews in Predicting Rejection of
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    BSN is a joke

    BostonFNP replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Aiken is a researcher; like most non-profit researchers she holds an academic appointment. She is not the business side of "nursing academia" (which is a term I don't quite get, seems to be similar to...
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    BSN is a joke

    BostonFNP replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently I am extraordinary and a guide on this site (at least according to what you just wrote) :) Thanks! I also like long walks on the beach, spending time with family, science, and data. Who are...
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    BSN is a joke

    BostonFNP replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    First off, the only one that is "telling" things to people is you. The studies have been mentioned because they are the extant data we have on the topic. No study is without flaws. There are many...
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    BSN is a joke

    BostonFNP replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    You quoted my post. That is what I am referring to. It was right there above your post. I gave you specific outcomes measured. What is more descriptive than mortality and failure to rescue ? They are...
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    BSN is a joke

    BostonFNP replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Sure I did look at the text you quoted. Also this information is available in every abstract under the heading "Main Outcome Measures". As above, in the case of the first two studies the outcomes...
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    BSN is a joke

    BostonFNP replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Now that I have posted publicly (although the studies are all free and open to the public themselves) the information you wanted so we can all be informed, it is your turn to please cite and share...
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    BSN is a joke

    BostonFNP replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    What is a good reason? We know that statistically and in aggregate they do; that's what a number of studies have shown. That doesn't mean that Nurse A, BSN is a "better" nurse than Nurse B, ADN. This...
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    BSN is a joke

    BostonFNP replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Simply, what I am saying is we don't have any idea what it is about the BSN degree that is responsible for the differing outcomes. I think we all would make the assumption that is it nursing-related...
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    BSN is a joke

    BostonFNP replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    This is ridiculous, IMHO. Who is making you do it? Your employer I assume? It seems like you could have gotten an MSN easier and it would have opened more
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    BSN is a joke

    BostonFNP replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Employers are following the lead of $$$. Lets not kid ourselves it is about anything
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    BSN is a joke

    BostonFNP replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing experience was also a statistically significant variable in mortality and failure to rescue so it was controlled for in the model used to assess both staffing levels and nurse education Not...
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    Quincy College Spring 2018

    BostonFNP replied to jm9621's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Congrats everyone, please be careful with your investment, best of
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    Cyclical vomiting syndrome

    BostonFNP replied to thelema13's topic in Emergency

    Read back through them to my posts, in adults, Canabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome is one of the leading causes and the diagnostic factor (for me) is taking hot
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    BSN is a joke

    BostonFNP replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Is it just me or does this whole thing sounds just like the anti-vax pseudo-scientist crowd? The studies are readily available to everyone who "does their own research" but funny enough they don't...
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    BSN is a joke

    BostonFNP replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Second degree ADNs are not really ADNs as they are bachelor-prepared RNs just like BSNs; to seperate them out would shed some light on whether it is the liberal arts education or the specific BSN...