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  1. Curious...using the title "Doctor" for a DNP...

    n_g replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    If DNP's want to go around introducing themselves as "doctor" to boost their ego, let them. It doesn't change anything otherwise. A DNP will function the same as an NP except the DNP goes around...

  2. Curious...using the title "Doctor" for a DNP...

    n_g replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    That's the point of why the only people who should introduce themselves in a clinical setting as doctor should be physicians. It confuses the patients. Pharms want to get into primary care as well....

  3. Is NP practice truely semi/autonomous?

    n_g replied to amzyRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    When you look for a job, when you are looking at reimbursements, when you're writing scripts, when you're trying to get hospital privileges, the answer will come to

  4. Is NP practice truely semi/autonomous?

    n_g replied to amzyRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm not sure why you keep referring to pharms. Pharms don't compete with physicians. Dentists don't compete with physicians. NP's and DNP's claiming to be equivalent to physicians are in direct...

  5. Curious...using the title "Doctor" for a DNP...

    n_g replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    What do people think when they see this? http://www.getsmoothskin.com/index.shtml It says Dr. Kimberly Ho. She must be a physician or maybe even DNP? Nope. It's Dr. Kimberly Ho, PharmD. Do people...

  6. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    n_g replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Physicians have to justify their actions when things go south. If DNP's want the same privileges as physicians such as admitting and being in charge of the patient while they're in the hospital, then...

  7. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    n_g replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Don't feel you were being picked on. Medical students and residents are constantly treated the same way. Your preceptor was trying to force you to think through the problem deeply not just...

  8. Doctors blackballing NPs/DNPs

    n_g replied to mslinzyann's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    You're missing two important facts: 1) Doctors can hire either NP's or PA's. If DNP's have the same role as PA's, who's smarter for spending two less years in school and indebtedness. 2) There will...

  9. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    n_g replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Let's learn the lesson of the CNRA's doing pain in Lousiana. If you push hard enough, the MD's will push back. If you anger enough or the wrong MD's with the DNP claims, all of advanced practice...

  10. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    n_g replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Let's learn the lesson of the CRNA experience with pain in Louisiana. If you push hard enough, the MD's will push back. After a few legal challenges, CRNA's are legally banned from doing pain in...

  11. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    We're talking about interventional pain medicine. I guess giving someone an aspirin is pain management, but it's not interventional pain medicine. Most interventional pain medicine is done by pain...

  12. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    uh, we're talking about board-certified physicians who have finished their residencies, not medical students. specifically, these are pain medicine specialists who have also completed a fellowship...

  13. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Doing invasive procedures is more than simply performing the procedure. It's also knowing the indications, best treatments, and managing them post-procedure. Do you think that there are no...

  14. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Oh, are you a licensed medical professional? Or are you a licensed nursing professional? Because pain is "solely the practice of medicine" according to Louisiana. If you want to be licensed medical...

  15. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/news/2008/mar/05/nurses-surrender-licenses/ The Nevada State Board of Nursing reports that five certified nurse anesthetists voluntarily surrendered their licenses...

  16. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Maybe you should bother to read what your degree says. A medical license specifically states that a person is a doctor of medicine and surgery. A FP is a medically licensed professional. What does...

  17. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Here are the arguments presented in court regarding the current case. First, the plaintiffs emphasized the differences in education between nurse anesthetists and physicians. Second, Spine...

  18. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    If you bother to read the contents of the pain courses, it involves just injections. Just a small subset of what a board-certified pain medicine specialist does which can involve implanting pumps and...

  19. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    When backed into a corner, the red herrings and ad hominems come out. :icon_roll Stick with the debate. You seem convinced that CRNA pain training consists of more than weekend courses. We all want...

  20. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Robotic surgery is in its infancy. It's very experimental and we don't know which types of surgeries are best suited for it. Maybe in 10 years, it will prove to be an established tool. At that...

  21. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Exhibit A: typical weekend course I'm waiting for wtbcrna to post info about accredited and recognized programs that comprehehsively trains CRNA's to do pain that would make them equivalent to pain...

  22. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Would an internist believe that he could suddenly become a brain surgeon with a few weekend courses? Even though their medical licenses allows them to practice medicine and surgery, physicians are not...

  23. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm sure the LA AANA will appeal the decision specifically banning CRNA's from doing pain. If you have great arguments and evidence, you're more than welcome to participate and convince the courts...

  24. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    To do obstetrics such as c-sections, FP's need to complete a year long fellowship after residency. You don't learn how to do a c-section after watching one or two of them. A medical license grants...

  25. Scope of Practice

    n_g replied to paindoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    He's made a good point. Rocking the boat is not always the wisest thing to do. Because of their overt attempt at changing the scope without working with all parties including the pain doctors,...