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  1. AANP Certification process?

    globalRN replied to FNPdude74's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    stay up to phone them, ANCC and AANP have had a lot of consumer complaints(my

  2. Practitioner Conferences- East Coast- Balt/DC

    globalRN replied to NurseKJ's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    that was an older post. ACNP conference denver 2011 offers skills workshops but are usually booked up early. by the way, anyone from this forum going to the one in denver Oct

  3. US NP specialties--do they transfer to CA?

    globalRN replied to TexasCourgette's topic in International Nursing

    u need to speak with the provincial nursing body....diff provinces have diff criteria i dont think WHNP is recognized anywhere most NPs are licensed by broad patient population or acute care/primary...

  4. Stony Brook University - Fall 2012 applicants

    globalRN replied to cookie91's topic in New York Nursing

    the SON faculty and staff for FNP program are absolutely lovely and warm

  5. Life is bare bones on the Lakota reservation

    globalRN replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    as a vet wouldnt this person be entitled to more than this miserable

  6. Need Advice on FNP school!

    globalRN replied to amberthenurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    having clinical experience dealing with patients with the potential to 'crash and burn' is always good to have. helps to develop that 6th sense which is really the inner voice of experience....

  7. States restricting FNPs rounding on inpatients

    globalRN replied to Adenium's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    we have family mds looking after patients who are admitted to a family practice hospital care team. we also have internal medicine hospital care teams. often there is little difference between the...

  8. States restricting FNPs rounding on inpatients

    globalRN replied to Adenium's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    in my part of the world, FNP is restricted to family practice either hospital based(inpatients) or outpatient clinics. Specialty areas are the scope of the Adult Nurse Practitioner which covers every...

  9. Post Masters FNP versus DNP or PhD program

    globalRN replied to sross0077's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I am 5-max of 10 yrs from retirement. Hopefully, I am 5 yrs from retirement or scaling down to 2 days/wk. I am not interested in a doctoral degree. My work is almost all clinical hands on...I...

  10. neupogen

    globalRN replied to Susan Patterson's topic in Oncology

    I only order it as s/c. even thrombocytopenic patients can have it sc IV..complications so i don't choose this

  11. mom with pancreatic cancer and fractured hip...help!

    globalRN replied to DistrictNurse19's topic in Oncology

    a hip fracture can cause a lot of pain...i have seen the patient undergo surgery for pain control even when they aren't the greatest surg

  12. Rituxan Spill... IV disconnected from patient

    globalRN replied to kano's topic in Oncology

    that is right Rituxan is technically not chemotherapy it is a targeted biological tx, a monoclonal antibody targets cells: CD20 I would worry that the patient didnt get his full

  13. No blood transfusion r/t high WBC??

    globalRN replied to Aeterna's topic in Oncology

    when the WBC is high...the blood is very viscous...adding PRBC to this just thickens it more ..increases the existing high.risk of

  14. Needing Opinions

    globalRN replied to NoblePath's topic in Oncology

    OCN certification will make u more attractive to

  15. Dual Certification~AANP & ANCC~Worth it?

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

    ancc is the cert with the longest history...not worth it to be dual certified, unless it is in 2 practice areas and not the same certification but by 2 diff

  16. What can an Internal Med Physician do that a NP can't?

    globalRN replied to Darth Nightingale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    an internal medicine doctor has had extra training and broad ed in internal medicine which is a

  17. Corrected Serum Calcium

    globalRN replied to cruisin_woodward's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    for those who use SI units...the rest of the world other than the usa (40- serum albumin)x0.025 add this result to the serum

  18. Anemia: am I the only one who thinks it's all complicated?

    globalRN replied to BmoreCRNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    pretty much what others have mentioned another note look at the retic count and peripheral smear if it is normochromic , normocytic iron studies: show low ironbinding capacity you need to do some...

  19. Any NPs miss nursing?

    globalRN replied to ghillbert's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    i don't miss inpatient bedside nursing, i always preferred ambulatory care nursing. As a NP, I feel like a hybrid...most of my current work is medical care with some nursing

  20. "Doctor of Nursing Practice" in Canada?

    globalRN replied to mrnursing's topic in International Nursing

    the PhD implies a research focus there is no such thing as a clinical

  21. current np job

    globalRN replied to johnson0424's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    um, wow...if primary care expects u to see 17 patients/day... i wonder how our hospital can expect us to see 21-28 complex acute care patients(with multiple med problems) in our 7.5 hr day when they...

  22. OMG...AANP Certification Sample Questions are horrible

    globalRN replied to Sheri FNP-C's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    i think you have picked the right answers. 1. i think it is 4. I would want to keep it moist and covered until they take her to surgery. ortho consult for sure. her tetorifice should be ok if she...

  23. UofC versus UofA

    globalRN replied to webfeet's topic in International Nursing

    only thing i know is that a lot of u of ab nursing students are not happy with their education( undergrad and masters students). They have voiced their dissatisfaction to me on many different...

  24. UBC's 2 yr Program or BCIT's 3 yr Program

    globalRN replied to Hamster84's topic in International Nursing

    I graduated from the ubc 4 yr program. In my first job, i worked with new grads from bcit, langara and hospital program grads. yeah, maybe they had more hands on bedside nursing from the start but by...

  25. Alberta Health Services

    globalRN replied to Fiona59's topic in Canada

    what is sickening is that when they put the superboard in place...they paid out millions to davis and weatherill. now, we hear that the superboard is 1 billion overbudget which is 10 times more than...