core0

Member
  • Content

    1,831
  • Visitors

    18,281
  • Followers

    0
  • Likes

    48

All Content by core0

  1. core0

    Incorportation

    I would only incorporate with the help of an experienced lawyer with experience setting up corporations for NP's. What's tjhe point in going to the trouble if you don't get it right. S corp seems...
  2. what i was referring to was the nursing specialties. these are different than medical specialties and have different limitations. the fnp model was not conceived to provide healthcare for inpatients...
  3. core0

    UCHSC supply list?

    I know its the school colors and all but I have to tell you it really freaks out some of the patients. David Carpenter,
  4. No I think that there is a role for them in Hospitalist medicine and in academic centers where there is less concern over reimbursement. In specialty medical practice and especially surgery there is...
  5. There are essentially two (or three) options after a BSN. A traditional MSN usually has either a teaching or management focus. The other option is an APN which may be a MSN but sometimes has a...
  6. In theory NP competency builds on nursing experience. The reason that MD's don't need pretraining is that they have 4 years of coursework in medicine and a minimum of three years in residency to...
  7. I think that it points out the difficulty of trying to force a nursing model on a medical world. This is probably the primary reason that PA's tend to dominate the surgery market. The real problem I...
  8. Umm if you are equating four years of med school and a minimum of three years of residency with NP programs you really should examine this. David Carpenter,
  9. I am not sure I understand you here. What do you mean by a direct entry MD? Are you referring to someone who hasn't finished internship? David Carpenter,
  10. core0

    Uninsured/Underserved

    bottom line is that it takes a lot of work and people to deliver healthcare. for your dad check out what other programs are available. many states and localities have programs that help people above a...
  11. I agree that an inpatient setting is the proper role for an ACNP. There are many FNP working in inpatient settings. However, I see this as becoming increasing restricted due to the prescence of the...
  12. I would agree, but this may not be what the physicians are looking for. In private practice the hospital part is more quality of life and harder to quantify as far an monetary reimbursement. With a...
  13. At least locally I see some changes on the way NP's are treated in the hosptials. Some of this seems to be anesthesia driven and is catching NP's in the crossfire. The other part is the reason that...
  14. core0

    Why the salary difference?

    CRNA's get paid more for the same reason that Anesthesiologists get paid more than internal medicine. The billing. A CRNA can pull in 400k+ billings with almost no overhead. This is more than an...
  15. I'm guessing that there is some overlap in the didactic portion of the ACNP and FNP. The ortho part is interesting. Do they scrub? We don't see NP's around here in the OR (one actually). Part of the...
  16. Sorry I was referring to a medical specialty such as endocrinology. The one ACNP that has applied got privleges, and an FNP that had hospital experience got privleges. The problem is for new grads. I...
  17. core0

    Fundoplications in children

    Talk to your GI they may have samples they can give you. Also look into patient assistance programs. Finally look into getting it paid for through either prescription benefit or medical benefit...
  18. The thing that you don't address here is the hospital credentialling. Locally hospitals are denying FNP's (and ANP's) credentialling for inpatient services. Their standpoint is that the FNP cannot...
  19. core0

    Fundoplications in children

    I have a hard time believing that anyone would consider a fundo without a scope. Around here the minimum would be 24 hour pH and an EGD. In adults you want manometry also. Good luck with the EE. The...
  20. That was a far cry from the ND here. I was almost like it was a deliberate attempt by the nursing faculty to alienate every nurse in the state. The way the program worked was that you could only apply...
  21. how did the nd get grandfathered in to a dnp? at least in colorado it was a three year degree off a non nursing bachelors. the students got a bsn after the first year and then nd after the next two. i...
  22. core0

    NP billing

    My background, I understand mid-level billing and lecture on PA building. I understand that there are some areas that are slightly different for NP billing. Here is my problem: I have a friend who...
  23. I agree with this. The one place that I see a difference in is surgery. This is really a young person's field. I worked in the OR in my 30's. I am not sure that I could keep up anymore in my 40's....
  24. If you are talking about this program it is in person: http://pcap.stanford.edu/faculty.html I am not aware of any PA program that has a substantial online portion. As far as teaching the terminal...
  25. Anectdotal reports are just that anectdotal. Viral illness is common enough that it would actually be likely for one patient to come down with a viral illness within a week of a colonoscopy...