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    Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

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

    You forgot #4 Your chance of getting licensed in the US or getting into a residency is so close to 0 as to be meaningless. There is no shortcut to an MD. You will have an advantage as an NPP with some...
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    Is there a transition program to PA to NP?

    core0 replied to tab65's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't think that costs have increased as much as that many of the new programs are private and more $$$. There has been an increase with the increase in master's programs which are also more $$$....
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    Is there a transition program to PA to NP?

    core0 replied to tab65's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would be very careful with RNFA certification programs. There are a lot of programs that are happy to charge you a lot of money and don't delivery anything that is relevant. I have seen a lot of...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    I think that alternative medicine has its place. Some modalities such as accupuncture are well tested and have some science behind them. I use this not infrequently. Some such as chiropractic have...
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    Is there a transition program to PA to NP?

    core0 replied to tab65's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you want to specialize in surgery you should probably look more closely at the PA route. While NP's are active in post-op and pre-op surgical care most surgical assist is done by PA's from a NPP...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    First of all ALL CAPS IS YELLING mmm bad OK. Second you probably need to get a little experience before you make these profound statements. I would hang out in the ICU a little and see all the...
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    family NP vs. Acute care NP

    core0 replied to KatieRN04's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Realistically, it's about taking care of patients. The real issue is not letting people take advantage of this. What I like about my job is the variability. I have a small group of patients that I see...
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    CRNP: The perfect occupation?

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

    This is a supply and demand question. The RN salary is dicated by the supply of RN's willing to do ER (high burnout rate) and the demand for ER RN's. I would say that the Salary.com rates are actually...
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    NPs exempt (salaried) or non-exempt (hourly)?

    core0 replied to rmc2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am unsure why you are disappointed. If you are looking to go into the NP profession soley for the money, you are going to be disappointed. While, I am not an NP, I work and refer to a number of...
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    core0 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I think that you have to look at didactic hours also. If you don't have the knowledge base to build on then how do you get benefit from clinical hours. The old version of medical education was...
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    core0 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    so yes the total hours of the dnp are close to the pa if they adhere to the aanc standards. otherwise they are less, but np's concentrate in one area as opposed to the pa approach. for example the dnp...
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    core0 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I would be curious to see this reasearch? The concept of direct entry NP's seems to be poorly studied if at all and there is little data on factors relating to success as a nurse practitioner vis a...
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    Scope of practice decision tree

    core0 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The National Council of the State Boards of Nursing has apparently been reading the allnurses.com boards and in response to the many questions about NP scope of practice put out the following...
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    family NP vs. Acute care NP

    core0 replied to KatieRN04's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think that generally ACNP's work more defined hours. Although if you are in a hospitalist group you work til it's done. FNP full time is going to be 50+ hours a week (or at least it is around here)....
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    Advice from acute/critical care NP's

    core0 replied to CAPRN77's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This is part of the landscape these days. If you have an overwhelming fear of being sued, then any ANP profession is probably going to be a problem. The $9,000 for a CRNA is very low. Other states it...
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    Endo Center vs Hospital

    core0 replied to GIRN's topic in Gastroenterology

    We do about 36-40 cases per day. We see a big fatigue factor past that. Also its hard to get people to schedule after noon. We try to do more EGD's in the afternoon. I don't think that our pay is that...
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    What are the roles of FNPs in hospitals?

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

    Nothing says you can't you just have both. Just have to pay the fees twice. David Carpenter,
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    Endo Center vs Hospital

    core0 replied to GIRN's topic in Gastroenterology

    We use sedation. There is no real market in an outpatient setting for Propofol. There are some centers in the midwest that use nurse administered propofol, but our doc's don't see any real advantage....
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    UCHSC supply list?

    core0 replied to TemperStripe's topic in Colorado Nursing

    yeah the angel of death thing really brings out the best in a student :chuckle. Try the scrubs place by Porter the scrubs they have hold up better. David Carpenter,
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    Endo Center vs Hospital

    core0 replied to GIRN's topic in Gastroenterology

    Our practice has its own center and initially we staffed up for 2 rooms. The beauty of the endo center is that we have a variety of shifts 4-10 hours 2-5 days per week. We started with two rooms 8...
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    What are the roles of FNPs in hospitals?

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

    I think there is a divergent opionion on what an ACNP is. The ANCC would like to make the field as broad as possible to foster jobs. The danger here is that by broadening the field without additional...
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    What are the roles of FNPs in hospitals?

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

    This is the kind of thing that drives credentialling boards crazy. If they look at a physician they know what they are getting on the basis of the residency. Now you have to evaluate each NP on the...
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    core0 replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    First of all there are no reliable studies (my opinion) that compare the care given by an NP (or PA) to that of a practicing MD. If you want to understand the DNP drive you need to look back through...
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    Incorportation

    core0 replied to deb18's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am incorporated as an LLC for another business. My experience in medicine comes from working with rural health clinics and the BOM on incorporation. Even with several lawyers in the room it can be...
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    What are the roles of FNPs in hospitals?

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

    This is from the ACNP 2004 competencies: Based on educational preparation, ACNPs practice with a focus on a variety of specialty based populations including neonatal, pediatric, and adult. The ACNP...