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    frustrated with "fluff" in my NP program

    core0 replied to Grnrn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Its a difference in emphasis. You might look at this as unnecessary, while I look at the various rotations as necessary components that make a competent FP provider. PA education is set up to make a...
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    cns scope of practice

    core0 replied to harveyla's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Its right here: health care providers. (7) (a) In order to enhance the cost efficiency and continuity of care, an advanced practice nurse may, within his or her scope of practice and within the...
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    Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    core0 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    There is no real advantage to having a masters. A for that matter the CC programs are considered among the best in the nation. RCC is probably the best PA program out there. If you are applying for a...
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    Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    core0 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Most NPs are already RNs before starting the NP route. So for them the route is much shorter. Consider that for PA they would need to take several semesters of prerequisites to get into a PA program....
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    How to become an er np or surgical np?

    core0 replied to NursKam's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Its a little more complicated than that. PAs scope of practice is derived from the supervising physician. So if the supervising physician is a CV surgeon then this is within their scope. The reason...
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    Help me, Help me, HELP! Work/licensing issue. Thanks.

    core0 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm kind of confused about this. Here, at least ACNPs can work anywhere in the hospital without any other certification. The only places they cannot work is primary care, peds (below 18 or 13...
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    APMHNP annoyed that they add FPMHNP..what now?

    core0 replied to DrZaphod's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It also depends on your state and hospital. In GA ACNPs can see patients 13+. However, our hospital only lets ACNPs see patients 18+. David Carpenter,
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    Heart transplant question

    core0 replied to KJRN79's topic in General Nursing

    Basically once you are told there is a heart available you are admitted to the hospital. With the new rules most donations are going to either status Ia or Status Ib donors. They are usually in the...
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    Can a PNP work in a hospital setting?

    core0 replied to caseyspen's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Most children's hospitals will only hire PNPs. The problem is this is a relatively competitive area with a small amount of jobs compared to adult hospitals. There are also pediatric hospitalist groups...
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    Prescriptive Authority in GA

    core0 replied to jlhs1969's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    You realize that this only applies to CNS in Psychiatric/Mental Health specialties? David Carpenter,
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    Pediatric Primary Care - How many patients do YOU see per day???

    core0 replied to jeepgirl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In 2008 for PAs in Pediatrics the median is 100 patients per week over 39 hours. So that works out to around 20 per day. Seems like you are around the average. The 90th percentile is 150 patients per...
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    glut 2 and glut 5

    core0 replied to lucy247's topic in General Nursing

    I think that the link between Fructose and DM2 is fairly well established. The link between Glut5 and DM2 is less so. I would say that PCG-1 Beta is probably more the culprit here than GLUT5. There...
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    Are online NP programs good for the profession??

    core0 replied to gerry79's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Nebraska's entire PA program is in house. There may be some online components but the students spend better than 1500 hours in the classroom the first year. What you are probably thinking of is the...
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    glut 2 and glut 5

    core0 replied to lucy247's topic in General Nursing

    GLUT2 and GLUT 5 both carry fructose. This and the fact that they are both encoded on the SLC2A gene are the only common element. The relationship is more complex. For absorption GLUT5 carries...
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    Are online NP programs good for the profession??

    core0 replied to gerry79's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Actually there are no completely online PA programs. I can offhand think of three where the didactic component is more than 50% online. Even those require 3-4 months at a minimum of on campus...
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    Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant?

    core0 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    As far as PA review, the requirement for review is entirely state dependent. To use Oregon for example. There is no requirement for any review of a PAs actions. Instead the requirement for supervision...
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    Anyone here work fast track/urgent care?

    core0 replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    10 hour shift pt every 15 minutes. 40 patients. It really depends on if you really get true fast track patients or not. For example Medicare says you should spend around 10 minutes on a 99212 and 15...
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    NPs With Admit Privileges?

    core0 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would disagree. I have admitting privileges. Its one of the privileges that I applied for when I went through credentialing. What it means is that I can sign an admission order to the hospital. The...
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    Salary, days off and hours

    core0 replied to ruralnurs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    first of all i would agree that you are being taken advantage of as a new grad. as to the issue that you should be given time off for your school i would disagree, unless all other employees have the...
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    Salary, days off and hours

    core0 replied to ruralnurs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There's a couple of things about salary. One is that you are paid to do the job not do the time. The time is however it takes you to the job. If you have xyz to do and it takes 30 hours then you still...
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    Anyone here work fast track/urgent care?

    core0 replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you don't want to see dozens of patients then you probably won't like fast track. The name of the game is churn. The whole principle is based on moving patients rapidly through the unit. The...
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    Is it legal to call yourself "Nurse" when you in fact are not?

    core0 replied to LoveMyDaughters's topic in General Nursing

    Most states protect the title Registered Nurse and Licensed Practical Nurse as well as the initials RN and LPN. As for the title of nurse a little over half protect the title nurse from being used by...
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    How will Health care reform affect me as nurse practitioner?

    core0 replied to cruisin_woodward's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Whether a resident is cheaper depends completely on the payor mix. Residents are paid and have additional money that comes with the resident. The money for the salaries is called DME (direct medical...
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    ACNP hours and settings vs FNP...

    core0 replied to cruisin_woodward's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Every local job market will be different. There are definitely daytime jobs out there. All of our hospitalist ACNPs work 4-10's during the day. One of the critical care NPs just left to work a 9-5...
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    NP Salary (independent practice vs. nonindependent)

    core0 replied to caffeineRx's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Mental health has a few different rules. Traditionally mental health benefits were separate from medical benefits. There were also limited providers. Because of this most providers opted out of...