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    Counting for organ harvest?

    core0 replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    More importantly go by the how would that look in the news. Imagine "hospital left instruments in my loved ones dead body". Even if the patient is declared dead in the OR you still need to account for...
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    NP or PA for ER w/ some primary practice

    core0 replied to Bird1987's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It really depends on the program. Where I trained we had no surgical residency and a limited ER residency. There was a trauma fellowship, but the fellows main job is to manage and operate so there was...
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    NP protocols

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

    There are a few states that require NP protocols. However, in reality this rule is so broad as to be useless. For example in Georgia NPs with prescriptive authority need a protocol for medications....
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    NP or PA for ER w/ some primary practice

    core0 replied to Bird1987's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I will disagree. If you actually want to be trained in both emergency medicine and family practice PA would be the way to go. As a student you will be heavily involved in procedures in both your EM...
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    How difficult is FNP school?

    core0 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Its probably not too far from reality. If you interpret the numbers from the graduate report on nursing the graduation rate for NPs is around 50%. At the PA doctorate summit the AACN representative...
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    Physician Assistants questions

    core0 replied to WKredz5's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a PA for eight years. In that time I've done peds GI, adult GI, and now transplant medicine. Most of my jobs have been driven by a desire to never again set foot in a primary care office...
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    Physician Assistants questions

    core0 replied to WKredz5's topic in General Nursing

    The BLS site is not the best one to use. The AAPA site will give you a better idea of what PAs do: http://www.aapa.org/geninfo1.html Our own version of allnurses can be found here (friendly reminder...
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    CNS vs NP?

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

    There is a long thread about this on the NP side. Basically for this to become a requirement one of four things has to happen: 1. Both CCNE and NLNAC would have to require DNP for NP programs. This is...
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    Elevated ALT, AST and ALP- acute renal failure?

    core0 replied to careerchg09's topic in General Nursing

    Two different processes. I didn't explain it well. Fluid overload usually causes left heart failure. ARF can put you in this bad cycle where you get fluid overload then get low oxygen to the kidney...
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    Elevated ALT, AST and ALP- acute renal failure?

    core0 replied to careerchg09's topic in General Nursing

    Some good suggestions here. I would not favor alcohol for two reasons. The AST/ALT ratio is the wrong way. In alcohol AST>ALT is the norm. AST/ALT ratio greater than 2 is almost diagnostic for...
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    Advanced Practice Nursing in the OR

    core0 replied to sallber's topic in Operating Room

    I felt exactly the opposite. I worked as a tech and assisted some. I hated not knowing anything about the patient, never knowing how they did or what happened to them. Now I work in a surgical service...
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    Advanced Practice Nursing in the OR

    core0 replied to sallber's topic in Operating Room

    Most ORs have CNS which is more of an educational role. NPs, PAs and CNMs are the only providers that Medicare pays to assist in the OR. Depending on the setting you may work for the hospital or the...
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    Basic question about intraop blood transfusions

    core0 replied to lilla_fjaril's topic in Operating Room

    FFP is the fluid portion of whole blood. It contains the factors, as well as compliment and proteins. So if you have a patient that is bleeding some surgeons feel that after a certain blood loss the...
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    DNP's failing the test????

    core0 replied to physasst's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Given that between .5 and 1% of medical students are nurses you would be incorrect. You could argue that the pass rate for physicians that have taken the test is 100%. On the other hand the pass rate...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    most if not all pa programs use either a pa or web based program to count patient encounters. it logs patients and included age, medical condition and time in the encounter. do np programs not use...
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    core0 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Its hard to say if this will change the number of RNs that go to PA school. RNs have always been a significant player in the PA student population. Depending on the program they run between 5-70% of...
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    how many patients?

    core0 replied to NPs4health's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    40 per day is on the upper end for FP but not unusual. Most places I've seen schedule every 15 minutes with 30 minutes for physicals. Add some walk ins and overbooks and 40 is not abnormal. These are...
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    My wife is having a Whipple!!!!

    core0 replied to Smokey9283's topic in General Nursing

    We do around 5-10 a week. Most Whipples for benign processes do well. The recovery period can be extensive but younger patients definitely do better. Here is a nice description from USC that has good...
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    What needs to be done after graduation?

    core0 replied to Sheri FNP-C's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There is no NP accrediting agency. The schools are accredited as nursing schools by the same programs that accredit nursing programs. There is no specific accreditation for NP or CNS programs. CNM and...
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    core0 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Wrong thread:
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    core0 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Actually I would much rather listen to that than "discussion" over abortion or stem cell research. Of course we get to listen to more discussion about 10 year recertification -- again. I believe that...
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    core0 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    two different issues in the essay. one is the name of the profession. the name is physician assistant. the aapa membership has made it crystal clear that they do not want to change the name of the...
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    core0 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    While I respect Mr. Mittman he has an agenda. This Clinician 1 post is part of that agenda. The AAPA and most practicing PAs disagree with this assessment on where the PA profession is going. David...
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    To be a NP at the VA...

    core0 replied to UMCSN4's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think that you missed the most obvious path - Adult NP. Adult NPs can do primary care and work in specialty clinics. Depending on your hospital they generally do not work in critical care areas. Of...
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    Colonoscopy Drugs and alternatives

    core0 replied to darne20's topic in Gastroenterology

    For hospital endoscopy insurance will pay for anesthesia. For AEC where colonoscopies are done they don't pay (except the NE). There is an interesting model that they use in California. If you want...