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What if the pt has Sheehan's Syndrome? Then a low TSH means a malfunctioning pituitary and low T3/T4 levels.

The level to pass was also set lower. That's something to consider if this test is mandated for all DNP's. What if the medical groups force the real USMLE step 3 on us?

Take a look at this http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/03/10/cvs-shutters-90-retail-clinics-for-the-season/

Look at any state law. "Physician" will be defined as someone who holds either an MD or DO. Ever heard of the phrase, "It is illegal to impersonate a physician"? You can go to jail for that. I guess NP's could amend the state laws so that they ar...

Physician is a protected legal term. Discussion done.

It's called supply and demand. Nursing education can be done quickly, therefore supply is higher than demand and hence lower salaries.

Doesn't Texas have thousands of physicians waiting to get into the state to practice? Since tort reform, Texas has been a very popular destination for physicians. In fact, they had to expand the medical licensing department to handle all the paperw...

If more states license AA's, more AA schools open, and more CRNA schools open in response, yes we will hit a saturation point very quickly. It may happen sooner than most of you think. One day it's all great, and then next month the market goes off...

You guys are forgetting something. At least 40 successful surgeries (at the time of the writing) have been performed so far with this McSleepy system. I read that the inventors want to do a 1000 surgeries. Kinks will have to be worked out. OR desig...

But you assume that an automated system would use the same room setup we have today. What if we have better room design that would accomodate such a system? Imagine if you will a spoke and hub design. The spokes outline the OR's and the hub is cent...

But what percentage of the operation involves "intubate, extubate, bag-mask, provide MAC, insert regionals, invasive lines"? Very little. Most of the time, the anesthesia is uneventful and can easily be handled by an automated system. You will sti...

Sometime nexty year, Tammy will create a thread called, "Why aren't the physicians treating me like equals when I have an online NP degree" :chuckle

For every good NP who comes out of one of these online NP programs, how many make the profession look bad? Maybe even you know of an NP who you said probably shouldn't be in this profession. That's the problem with these programs. Too many questio...

FNP2009, It sounds like you got a great experience from your well-structured program. However, the arguments that people are making here is that there is no mechanism in place to guarantee that all online NP programs are of high standard. Too many ...

I'll say it again. There are no accredited online US MD or DO medical schools. In fact, if online coursework was the mainstay of your medical training even during the pre-clinical years if you're from a foreign medical school, I don't know of one s...

this still doesn't address the central question. who do physicians prefer to hire? traditional or online np's? if you're so proud of your online pedigree, make sure you repeatedly point this out again and again during your interviews and see how the...

no accredited us medical school is mostly online. they may have some online components here and there like any modern educational institution, but the vast majority of the time in the classroom. in fact, you will not get a license in many states eve...

The goal of any NP degree, whether online or traditional, is employment. Because physicians are the primary employers of NP's, I think that it is more important to consider their opinion on degree format. Do most physicians have favorable views of ...

You are employed at-will. An employer can let you go or you can quit at any point in time. You can't force an employer to keep you on and pay you for another 2 weeks or month. They could use that money instead to hire and train your replacement. ...

However, to get that residency at Mass Gen or JHU or to get into derm, plastics, etc, it sure helps you a lot if you go to Harvard Med or JHU Med. To get into Harvard Med, it helps if you went to an Ivy for college. Not saying it's impossible to ge...

I think what ANPFNPGNP is trying to point out is that among docs the school that other docs went to is very important to them. Graduating from Harvard Med is different in the eyes of many docs than graduating from State U Med. So why are people sur...

but for who's benefit? for the universities who will collect more tuition money from me? if i don't see an increase in pay or scope, how do i benefit? i'll be forced to compete with pa's for the same salary but i have to spend twice as long and mu...

I doubt it. If PA's are smart, they will stay master's. I've been saying this over and over again. We're shooting ourselves in the foot with the DNP. DNP is longer to complete than a PA but there's no benefit in terms of scope or pay. The DNP doe...

So how can anyone here argue that APN's shouldn't at least be regulated by both BON's and BOM's as they do in some states? Many of you are saying is that you do both. If you do both, then doesn't it make sense that both regulate APN's then? APN's a...

Are APN's practicing nursing? Even Mundinger herself said that DNP's will have the knowledge of a physician and to play it safe Mundinger keeps the DNP's toes in the nursing pool. I've asked this before and I'll ask again. How many of you think tha...