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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    core0 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Its comparing apples to oranges. Despite statements from PA leadership from the beginning roughly 1/3 of PA schools have not required medical experience. This has its roots from early research that...
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    Worksheet for Transplants

    core0 replied to DMRoweLPN's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of transplant and what kind of worksheet? Are you looking for pathways? David Carpenter,
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    RN-MSN Thesis vs. project

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

    The term thesis is used in a number of ways in the US. Generally in the US a thesis is associated with a Masters degree and a dissertation is associated with a doctorate. Interestingly overseas it is...
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    Moving to CO..New grad...Can anyone help me with a few questions?

    core0 replied to Cardiac14's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Pretty right on. I will add a couple of things. Unless things have changed in the last year Childrens is actually not a very large NICU. They do have a special care nursery also that adds to the...
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    Hepatitis B, need help

    core0 replied to kg14's topic in General Nursing

    It is hard to understand exactly what they are reporting. There are three components to a HBV test. Surface antibody - indicates resistance Surface antigen - indicates active infection Core antibody...
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    Who thinks this school is jumping the gun on the DNP?

    core0 replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Its a common misperception. There have been big gains in Pharm but its mostly due to the guild system that exists in retail pharmacy. The interesting part is they state that retail pays less than...
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    Who thinks this school is jumping the gun on the DNP?

    core0 replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I think that you will be in for an unpleasant surprise if you think that this will lead to a significant increase in salaries. For DPT the salary is essentially the same as those with a Masters (at...
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    Tell me more about g-tubes and J-tubes

    core0 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    All of these should have something placed in the tract if possible to keep the tract open. A G-tube and a PEG are the same thing. A PEG is placed endoscopically, but is frequently used when IR places...
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    Lab diagrams

    core0 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    usually it is horizontal the first four are electrolytes the last two are kidney function and the one on the end is glucose. like this: na | cl | bun / ------------- glucose k | co2 |cr \...
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    PA in hospitals and their role

    core0 replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    I see. I missed the part about cardioversion. She is still correct. Pretty much anyone who is ACLS qualified in a hospital can do cardioversion in an emergency. Most of those people cannot do a...
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    PA in hospitals and their role

    core0 replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on your hospital but the only signatures that have to be on the consent are the patients and the provider (or their representative). The witness line is there if the patient is unable to...
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    PA in hospitals and their role

    core0 replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    You are correct that a PA cannot do something in urgent situations that they cannot do at other times. There are disaster rules but they deal more with loosening the supervisory rules than procedure...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    I would tend to agree. There are some institutional issues that can be involved but generally on a personal level PAs and NPs get along. David Carpenter,
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    Need a job in ATL

    core0 replied to KckStrt's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Take a look at CHOA. EUH doesn't do Peds. Crawford long does have peds and a big NICU. CHOA Eggleston does the peds on the EUH campus. There is also Scottish Rite on pill hill and Hughes Spauding next...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    One of the joys of working in surgery is the odd hours. That and the ability to work on little sleep. David Carpenter,
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    Combined NP/PA programs?

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

    Copied for the clinical differences post: Unfortunately the Stanford program is no longer available: http://pcap.stanford.edu/program/FNP...n%20Change.pdf The Davis...
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    AA/CRNA advantages?

    core0 replied to Conz3434's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Some of the states that AAs practice in do not have a state AA practice act. I am guessing they practice under delegated authority but I am not sure. AAs cannot practice as a PA. PAs are either...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    unfortunately the stanford program is no longer available: http://pcap.stanford.edu/program/fnp%20option%20change.pdf the davis program now has a separate fnp program as well as an option for rns in...
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    How many APNs in school for DNP???

    core0 replied to traumaRUs's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Here are the recent exemplars put out by NONPF. I believe the new DNP content is in red: http://www.nonpf.com/NONPF2005/Buttons/DNP-NPCurricTemplates0907.pdf There is an upcoming teleconference on...
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    Who thinks this school is jumping the gun on the DNP?

    core0 replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I depends on how the degree is implemented. The NONPF statement implies that the NP will use the DNP to become better at that nursing specialty. They recommend extra coursework in Pharmacology,...
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    Critical care NP programs vs. regular NP programs...

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

    I'm assuming this is pointed at me? I think that I have posted this before. I am working on a PhD in Healthcare policy. A lot of my research is on delivery of healthcare by NPPs. I have a long...
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    Who thinks this school is jumping the gun on the DNP?

    core0 replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'm a cynic. The impetus has not come from practicing NPs but from NONPF and the state BONs. They are doing this for different reasons. I agree that the BONs want consistency. Unfortunately cursory...
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    Any NP's working in plastic surgery?

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

    no problem. you just have to understand how the system works. plastics has a different entry point. people show up and pretty much have decided that they want surgery. there is not testing or medical...
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    Recommendations for getting EKG training?

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

    For what its worth: http://www.ecgcourse.com/index.cfm I received this in my E mail from somewhere. I cannot vouch for anything about this (not saying its good or bad really don't know). David...
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    Any NP's working in plastic surgery?

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

    There are a lot of PAs working in Plastics. There are a few issues that are unique to plastics. One that you have already run into is the reimbursement. Because this is cash pay, there is no reason...