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One dichotomy that has occurred to me is your embrace of DE and your Humanist style (is that fair to say of a shaman? Absolutely no mockery intended, serious). You of all people have to appreciate how much different it is to learn in someone's physic...

I love going 'round with zenman here and SDN, he's a fixture and has the experience to back it up. I too can disagree, but I have a feeling he'll be the one I hunt down for help when I finally lose my marbles. I have the distinct idea that a world-tr...

Amen to this thread. I ended up in some fortunate situations as a student, but there was some real stressful moments trying to get a site lined up. Our "Consensus Model" should include a little consensus on standardizing our educational system. I wou...

Trolling in its finest sense. Short, nonsensical posts, with subtle "bait" to incite the desired response. Make no mistake, I appreciate good trolling, even when I am the target. How can I best react to the hook in my mouth? Froth with fury at your m...

More than anything else, understand what a differential diagnosis is. This was something that tripped up many of my colleagues, regardless of years of RN experience. This is a new skill set for RNs. Pathology, physical diagnosis, pharmacology...these...

No, you are not. You are NPs with additional coursework in systems leadership, research utilization, health policy, etc. I support your right to exist. Your extra coursework no more makes you my leader than my extra coursework as a BSN makes me the l...

Deferential respect: "they paid obeisance to the prince". A gesture expressing deferential respect, such as a bow or curtsy. "Bow to your Sensei!" =]

I just made the decision to renew my AANP membership. Part of it is the benefit angle, i.e. I can renew at student rate, discount on my cert (if I do AANP instead of/along with ANCC), etc. My hesitation was that my $$ goes to de-facto support of AANP...

Legally, I don't know, but as a condition of employment? And working with the sure knowledge the "clinic" will NOT back you up if you deviate form said algorithm? I would definitely be wary.

I will say it again and again: in the end, it is the State Board of Nursing who will decide what degree is needed to be a NP in your state. That is where this battle can be fought (for those of us who oppose the DNP-as-NP-entry-to-practice) and won. ...

Check your state practice act first.

Tough call, and clearly a far cry from someone wanting narcotics. I like your invitation to provide you with some supportive evidence. This is the example of going out of your way for a colleague moreso than just giving it would be. Even a small stud...

My very uneducated information is that providers in these clinics are limited to very strict treatment algorithms...am I misinformed?

The powers-to-be in academia are leaning heavily on the state BONs to secure DNP dominance and the destruction of the MSN-educated NP. The Consesus Model is an early move in this war. SInce the original backlash in nursing against the Mundinger point...

That is a very good start, and to be emulated.

This is probable the single best indictment of online NP education that I have seen. I'm not singling you out by any means. As a matter of fact, if your school actually describes the tests in this manner, good for them, at least they are being honest...

At our level, patho and pharm should benefit eachother, not detract. Proper prescribing of drugs requires a mastery of the underlying pathology, and learning the drugs is no different. Especially since we only do a semester of each, I think they go a...

Step 1 review materials...Golgian, etc. Look on amazon. "Rapid Review" got me through pathophys. Look up the topic, and boom there you have a nice outline form all the s/s, tx, labs, etc. http://www.amazon.com/Rapid-Review-Pathology-Revised-Reprint/d...

+1 on th iPod touch. I like my phone, so I didn't want an iPhone, but the iPod makes for a thin, light supercomputer in your pocket. Epocrates, Medscape, etc for freebies, and my $$ UpToDate is sweet on it (and I paid the extra to have the entire UpT...

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The mistaken identity was addressed above, so no hard feelings there. I *have* been critical of issues in nursing education, at both the undergrad and grad levels, on this and other boards. Probably the only point I want to make clear is that I inter...

"One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong."

Such a love-hate thing with that book, some love it and some (like me) hate it. I found my undergrad text (Lehne) to be more in depth and detailed (and thus useful) than Lip, and about equal to other text (Katzung). Our pharm prof recommended Lippinc...

Honestly, those class pairings will make your life much easier. You're basically taking one substance class with one fluff class (which I'm sure is your logic). Ideally, it the systems covered are synchronous (or nearly so), then combining the "tough...

Nightingale is my go-to for all of the "pick a theorist" papers I have to do. Mainly because I can espouse her theories and say I'll apply them to my practice without feeling like a liar (i.e when the answer "I won't be using ANY nursing theory in my...