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    how can this happen

    core0 replied to marina17's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    IR or GI? David Carpenter,
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    Salary info?

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

    You are going to find it almost impossible to make that amount in Denver/Boulder as a new grad NP. The salary in the area is lower than the national average (known as the view tax) due to people...
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    Saba University School of Medicine

    core0 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    If the physician is licensed they can practice. Up to 25% of US residents are graduates of foreign medical schools. Basically they have to be a graduate of a school recognized by the WHO. Then they...
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    Sink or swim....

    core0 replied to ARNP08's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Anyone who writes a scrip should be aware of renal dosing. There are a lot of people walking around that have poor kidney function and should be renal dosed. As far as transplant meds most of the...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    The problem is that certifying bodies shouldn't have to mandate this. If one did then whats to prevent people from going to the other certifying body. The certifying bodies should be in the position...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    its more than just the hours its the type of experience. the canadians went to 750 hours after they studied this, but there have to be requirements to get certain types of experience. some programs...
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    NPs more likely to be laid off than RNs?

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

    I've seen some NP positions that were essentially for Physician convenience. Things like D/C planning or management of patients for the private practice physicians - ie things that can't be billed...
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    Nurse Practitioner Salaries by State?

    core0 replied to roadrunner25's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This has the state salaries by state from Advance. I would take them with a grain of salt since there are bound to be low numbers in some states. They also have three cities in Texas below the chart:...
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    Interested in Nursing/Physicians Assistant career and need advice on how to start.

    core0 replied to millsnd's topic in General Nursing

    Answer uncertain. Neither site lists a preceptor as a requirement (which I believe is a change for Davis from last year). It may be one of those unwritten extras that gets people in or not. ARC-PA has...
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    Interested in Nursing/Physicians Assistant career and need advice on how to start.

    core0 replied to millsnd's topic in General Nursing

    PA programs are usually divided into two phases. Didactic and Clinical. Didactic is full time (there are a few programs that allow you to do part time over two years) for one year 30-40 hours are...
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    Interested in Nursing/Physicians Assistant career and need advice on how to start.

    core0 replied to millsnd's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know much about Merritt but UC Davis and Stanford have good reputations. I think that to be competitive in any of these you need a fair amount of HCE. I would ask on the PA forum there is a...
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    Cash Only Practice Ideas

    core0 replied to kiser56's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'll make a couple of points here: 1. It is a very bad idea for a new grad to try to establish their own practice. The transition from school to practice is just the start of life long learning. It...
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    The end of C-diff testing??

    core0 replied to medpsychRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am wondering if the physician has mixed up their tests. Most hospitals will not do stool cultures on patients hospitalized more than 2 days. This is based upon multiple articles that show its not...
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    Which type of blood product is compatible with all blood types?

    core0 replied to linda2097's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught that you have to give type specific or type compatible FFP. There may be newer methods but the website I use here says the same:...
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    Interested in Nursing/Physicians Assistant career and need advice on how to start.

    core0 replied to millsnd's topic in General Nursing

    You have some choices where you are at. I will say that my advice at least has changed as nursing schools have become more competitive. I used to advise prospective students get an ADN and then...
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    Can NPs admit?

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

    Medicare specifically lists NPs, CNS, PAs and Physicians as the four providers that can determine whether a patient meets inpatient or observation status. They are also the four types of providers...
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    Career as a NP, GC, or PA?

    core0 replied to because's topic in General Nursing

    You can, but you run into issues of scope. Many genetics problems cross age boundaries. Most of the NPs that I know in genetics are PNPs doing pediatric genetics. This becomes a problem when adults...
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    What's the point of the ACNP?

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

    The problem is that acuity has no standard definition. Is by how sick the patient is, or how many resources that the patient is using. Both are common uses. The bigger problem is the patient has no...
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    What's the point of the ACNP?

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

    Its a little more complicated than that. The states that have been enforcing this have differentiated between the education of the FNP and the ANP. These states (mostly Texas) look as the FNP as a...
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    Endo unit needs your help

    core0 replied to lpnQT25's topic in Gastroenterology

    We had 12 chairs for three rooms. 2 for each room for pre and post. Each room had a nurse assigned for pre and each three chairs had a nurse assigned for post. This for ~45-55 procedures per day PP...
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    Medical Laboratory Scientist?

    core0 replied to eukaryoticnurse's topic in General Nursing

    First 50 minutes is probably not enough time to get a response on a fairly obscure subject. As far as the job I would recommend going to shadow someone and find out what its about first. Its a very...
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    CFA's

    core0 replied to staceyp413's topic in Operating Room

    The issue is that they are not really qualified to do any of these things just by the nature of the CFA. Presumably you have a nurse educator that does inservices. Equipment evaluation is pretty...
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    Explain the different trauma level designations to me please.

    core0 replied to Pepperlady's topic in Emergency

    Interesting. I can think of one program off hand that does not meet this requirement and is on the level 1 list. They did get their designation before this rule change so may be grandfathered in....
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    Explain the different trauma level designations to me please.

    core0 replied to Pepperlady's topic in Emergency

    Actually no. That's a common misperception. Most are housed in academic centers, but there are several that are not (and have no surgical residency). There is a requirement for research but that can...
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    Explain the different trauma level designations to me please.

    core0 replied to Pepperlady's topic in Emergency

    Wiki in this case provides a pretty good overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma_center Level 1 has in house anesthesia and surgery. Rapid availability of all other specialties. Must have a...