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  1. BostonFNP

    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    Actually, you were the one that wanted to check the CMP over the BMP for pneumonia. You still haven't told us how that is an appropriate test for suspected pneumonia.... You seem to avoid questions,...
  2. BostonFNP

    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    I would think that if the all-powerful NP lobby you previously described were "spending their money to get a peice of the pie with minimal schooling" the hundred-fold more powerful AMA would squash it...
  3. BostonFNP

    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    So no. And I assume you are also a staunch opponent of the proposed involvement of pharmacists in treating chronic
  4. BostonFNP

    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    Again you seem to be avoiding the question and focused on semantics. Let me be more direct then, are you lisenced and permitted to diagnose medical conditions and prescribe medications in your country...
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    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    next § 825.125 Definition of health care provider.(a) The Act defines health care provideras: (1) A doctor of medicine or osteopathy who is authorized to practice medicine or surgery (as...
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    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    Non-compliance is a really poor excuse. It has been consistently evaluated in the extant literature over the past 50 years around 10-15% and has not significantly changed. If we could cure 85-90% of...
  7. BostonFNP

    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    The problem is, I don't think you do know. I am wagering from your posts you are not a provider or prescriber. What is your experience managing hypertension or diabetes or hyperlipidemia? What at is...
  8. BostonFNP

    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    It is not difficult at all, with a large enough sample you don't need the same patient seen by each provider. These studies are done all the time. It is basic research methods. Its not "obvious"....
  9. BostonFNP

    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    Enlighten us, what percentage of PAs working in a speciality setting have completed a formal
  10. BostonFNP

    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    And where did the specialist PA's you are referring to get their
  11. BostonFNP

    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    Congratulations on your upcoming graduation. I do hope that a year or two into practice, you revisit this thread. The perspective you gain from actual experience in the provider role may change your...
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    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    "These researches" were done by the people (authors) that are listed in the citations I provided, actually its the very first thing listed for each citation. And they were published in major...
  13. BostonFNP

    NP path ?

    BostonFNP replied to Nursing12287's topic in Nursing Career

    There are a lot of options from you to get from point A to point B. My two cents is, because you have a BA/BS already, is find an online RN-BSN bridge program that is on the cheaper side, then once...
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    50 Things New Nurses Need to Know About Calling Doctors and Other Providers

    BostonFNP replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would add just one more thing, coming from being on the other end of the phone, that I always appreciate: Ask the other nurses on your floor if anyone else needs to talk to the same provider. I...
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    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    I think you mean "physicians" not "doctors". I am not quite sure what a "doctor wanna bes" is; within the scope of care, most NPs provide the same safe quality care that physicians do, and we are held...
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    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    Is that a block schedule or a semester schedule? Topics are simply just pulled out into separate titles rather than included within one title. The only difference I see from what is covered in the PA...
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    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    That curriculum appears to be sufficient. Did you read the course descriptions or just the list? What do you feel is
  18. BostonFNP

    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    I am very familiar with the cirricula at quality NP programs; I also am familiar with the fact that a glance at a list of course names on a website gives very little informaiton about what is actually...
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    Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    BostonFNP replied to Cattz's topic in School

    I will try to learn a bit about the school nurse specialty as we go and during that time I was also give some information from a prescriber perspective, as many of you may not think along those lines....
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    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    How far have you gone in your nursing education? How would you change
  21. BostonFNP

    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    I don't agree with you on this point, from personal and professional experience, I feel that is is overgeneralized when it comes to NP preparation. As far as I know, there are no CRNA schools that...
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    Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    BostonFNP replied to Cattz's topic in School

    First off Cattz, don't think for a second that I (or anyone else here) is judging you. I'm not. I am asking some questions to help provoke some thought from everyone in general but it's not a...
  23. BostonFNP

    Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    BostonFNP replied to Cattz's topic in School

    Calling to verify that a order is correct is fine, and often appreciated. I am not sure that's what the initial post was about though. I don't think having concern is a "bad thing", don't get me...
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    Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

    BostonFNP replied to Cattz's topic in School

    Remember you can't just divide 6 hours by 3 doses. And it's really 6 hours 45 minutes. If dosed at 7:45, 11:45, and 14:30 that's 4 hours between first dose and second dose and then 2 hours 45 minutes...
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    Question from a doc on NP education

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

    How much of that 700 hours have you completed at this point? Have you voiced your concerns directly to your program? If there is too much theory and not enough "hard science" than students will have a...