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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    I disagree. Too many PA's (and MD'or NP's) don't understand reimbursement and pay the price. Go to Michael Powe's talk at AAPA or almost any reimbursement talk. Listen to any reimbursement talk. They...
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    core0 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think the major barrier to entry for NP's as a second career is time. You have to get a BSN then get your NP. Outside of the direct entry it is extremely hard to get into nursing school. Also as you...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    I would disagree on this. NP's and PA's are sued just as much as Physicians . I do some expert witness testimony. It used to be that the NP or PA would occasionally be named, but usually dropped. The...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    You would have to look at the rest of the practice act to see what this involves. How I would interpret this is that the board is telling the physicians that they are responsible for the acts of the...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    To some extent. There have been attempts to use NP's (and PA's) as independent contractors. This has met with mixed success. It is rare that they are truly independent and generally the courts have...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    i am not sure we are speaking on the same subject, but in general physicians are responsible for the medical acts preformed by a pa under their supervision. this is different from being responsible...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    while this quote looks nice, this depends on how you define independent practice. the number bandied about is different depeding on the quote, but if you look here from the acnp:...
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    what's the deal with physician assistants

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

    Please look at 2 of the 5 stickies at the top of this forum. Insurance billing can be a problem for NP practices depending on how the insurance company credentials providers. In our market they only...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    Both NP's and PA can open practices. The difference is how they are structured. PA's form a company that can be up to 99% owned by the PA (the other 1% can either be owned by a physician or anyone...
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    Silly question re: lab coats

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

    Agreed. The interesting thing is the longer I practice the less I have in my pockets. I did the same thing as a paramedic. You carry all this stuff around as a new grad, but all you really need is...
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    Adult ACNPs - How young? Can't find it...

    core0 replied to DaisyRN, ACNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think that it is state to state. In Colorado it is 18. There is a similar problem with MD's. Where does pediatrics end. The interesting thing is that in Colorado unless there is a restriction on...
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    Silly question re: lab coats

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

    Get one with lots of big
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    Young -- should pursue NP or MD?

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

    there is a lot of discussion about the supervision aspect of the profession, for the most part the relationship works so why mess with it. as far as the difference from my point of view np's tend to...
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    Endocrine help

    core0 replied to lynn92259's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Try these online offerings" All information from the internets should be taken with a grain of salt. Many "CME" companies are front companies for drug manufacturers. Most have some degree of...
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    PDAs

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

    I'm tempted to get rid of my pager and have my office text me with messages. However, there are several areas in the hospitals that we cover, usually the doctor's lounge and radiology that get little...
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    PDAs

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

    I have a 650. I was an early adopter and there were some troubles initially with the software and the storage. Once they upgraded things its been smooth sailing. The way I looked at it, I needed a new...
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    core0 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Congragulations.
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    core0 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    you should probably look at this thread: https://allnurses.com/forums/f34/can-nps-work-rns-195396.html there is a diversity of opinion as to wether an np brings increased liability when working in the...
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    core0 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    David Carpenter,
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    core0 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    i agree with you that this is a common problem and a constant source of debate over our name. however, what i was referring to was in the sense of employment, in my environment i see confusion over...
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    PDAs

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

    Consider a Treo even though you don't need the phone. You save having to carry around another device. It is more capable than most PDA's that you would pay much more for. I think they are about 130 if...
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    core0 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I guess that this paralells the discussion we are having in the PA profession (sorry to bring in the PA thing again). The average PA student is becoming younger with less health care experience than...
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    core0 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This is an interesting study, and I have seen it. The problem I have with this is that ACNP represents 5% of NP's and this is limited in geographical area. It is a well done study, but I would be...
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    NP billing

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

    i'll ask about the billing, but she was working for a cardiology group. they were co-billing, but i would assume she has a provider number. she is working on her npi. as far as charting, there is a...
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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    core0 replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am assuming that you are being sarcastic. Are there superb NP clinicians out there - of course. Are PA's on the average better clinicians than NP's - no data on this. There is ample data on what...