TMPaul

I do read the EKG's on my patient but I always have my supervising MD (I am a Nurse Practitioner) review and I NEVER base my treatment solely on a EKG; look at your patient. :)

Hello. I'm a former Schenectady resident and a nurse. I now live in TN but I was working at the VA hospital in Albany. Check them out. YOu can e-PM me if you need additional info. Tina

Their website is http://intramural.nimh.nih.gov. I did a Google search and found it. It's a good site and easy to navigate. Tina

As an NP student we had to do both breast and gyn exams on one another as well as Pap's. :) Tina Nurse Practitioner

Yes. It's called PANDAS- Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Strep. Tina Paul Nurse Practitioner

ACNP, I agree 110% with you. I have also prosecuted for abuse of my name and prescriptive privileges. Worked too long na hard not to. Tina, APRN-BC

I've already given the IV/IVP meds and am awaiting results from them so I chose po Benadryl because it would take a bit longer to work and I would also wait about 30 minutes or so to give it. By the time the effects of the Benadryl kick in, I have had sufficient time to evaluate the effects of my other meds. I've found that Benadryl IVP can be very sedating (not that I won't use it if necessary) and most of my patients fall to sleep from it. I've also used liquid Zyrtec (has both antihistamine and antipuretic properties). :) Tina

I'd order Epi, Tagamet IV, Decadron IVP, Benadryl (po), O2 and observation until Sxs abated. Tina, MSN, APRN-BC Nurse Practitioner

I'm a DMAT Nurse Practitioner. Been with my team 3 years now and won team member of the year for 2004. DMAT is Disaster Medical Assistance Team. I've been deployed 7 times thus far (3 of them this Hurricane season). DMAT's go into the most austere environment (I slept on the ground at Keesler Air Force Base the day after Katrina went through!) and set up tent hospitals. We're self-sustainable (equipment, food, water, lodging) for 36 hours on our own before our basic load arrives. I've done everything from a clinic in a mall in FL (treated a cardiac arrest there) to immunizations in New Orleans, to augmenting medical care to the morgue workers in LA to operating a Mobile Medical Unit (MMU).

Hi Simon, Nurses with an Advance Practice degree (Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Anesthetists, etc) take advanced courses (A & P, pharmacology, diagnostic classes, etc) and sit for a national certification test. Each state differs as to what (if any drugs) advanced practice nurses can prescribe. I live in Tennessee and can prescribe any medication. I hold a DEA license that allows me to prescribe controlled substances. :)

I'm an instructor for the on-line BSN program and I've had students who have taken breaks between classes without problems. :)

I'm an OH NP. Fell free to ask me anything. :) Tina, RN, APRN-BC

You cam PM me.... I'm a NP working in a local Knoxville hospital. :)

Vanderbilt University has such a program.

I teach for them. PM me and I'll try and answer your questions. Tina, MSN,APRN-BC Nurse Practitioner :)