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    DNP vs MD

    GilaRRT replied to healthstar's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    This is all over the place: Doctor Shortage? 28 States May Expand Nurses' Role - ABC News Yet, I do not see the nursing community correct the underlying impression of NP =
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    DNP vs MD

    GilaRRT replied to healthstar's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    From what I've read and from what I've seen in the news the pro DNP folks seem to believe DNP =
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    What is the true future of Nursing 2010 and Beyond?

    GilaRRT replied to divagirl's topic in General Nursing

    1) Yes provided we are talking about relevant course work and not just fluff. 2) Not really. 3) The initial educational commitments can be less than many professions such as physiotherapy. Nursing...
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    Who is responsible for paying for an ambulance?

    GilaRRT replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Nobody, the guy refused and there was no transport. Sometimes people refuse, if they refuse after being educated about the risks, we often must honour their wishes. Assuming an alert patient who can...
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    Please help me interpret this ECG strip

    GilaRRT replied to chillax's topic in General Nursing

    Atrial fibrillation with rapid response. Positive deflection in I, II, and III suggests normal axis. With such a chaotic baseline, appreciating these ST changes some are talking about is not all that...
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    Heated debate between Civilian ED RN and FMF Hospital Corpsman.

    GilaRRT replied to testing109's topic in Emergency

    We actually need more of an allied health and physician presence. I have actually followed a couple of the physician assistants and one of the physicians who would post here regularly to other sites....
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    Heated debate between Civilian ED RN and FMF Hospital Corpsman.

    GilaRRT replied to testing109's topic in Emergency

    While I understand your point, I think we are getting a little pretentious when we say "any" civilian nurse. I have both remote medical and evacuation experience in austere environments OCONUS as a...
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    looking back, are there courses that you thought were not necessary?

    GilaRRT replied to nowIamRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the psychomotor aspect of paramedic school is great; however, I often find that a deeper understanding of the physiology (the why) behind all the hands on stuff is often neglected in...
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    looking back, are there courses that you thought were not necessary?

    GilaRRT replied to nowIamRN's topic in General Nursing

    However, it is my personal bias that nurses outside of the United States commonly receive a superior education. In my area of the world, nursing students are down to a single clinical day a week. We...
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    Radiation Safety

    GilaRRT replied to healthstar's topic in General Nursing

    That sucks. Is it possible to at least get a minor or two out of it? I know some of the people in my area of the world are able to minor in optics and general chemistry with enough credits. I also...
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    Radiation Safety

    GilaRRT replied to healthstar's topic in General Nursing

    Summit summed the effects up pretty effectively. If you remember back to chemistry, the atoms that make up our cells and complex molecules rely on the interaction of electrons. Basically, atoms can...
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    Radiation Safety

    GilaRRT replied to healthstar's topic in General Nursing

    Right, we are still talking about light, just very high energies. I do think things like alpha particles and so on (stuff with mass) do apply to this discussion. I was trying to say that radiation is...
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    Radiation Safety

    GilaRRT replied to healthstar's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I think a bit of confusion stems from the concept of "radiation." Simply put, radiation is a nebulous description of matter waves moving about. This can be anything from visible light to the...
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    What's the difference between medicine and nursing?

    GilaRRT replied to Livinstrong85's topic in General Nursing

    I think the quote was a response to some "interesting" CHF management
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    Normal SQBS, critically low venous BS?

    GilaRRT replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Semiquantatitive would be something like a test strip then? Even the point of care glucometers will give you a numerical reading, technically quantitative. I was a "bit" off on my guess it
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    What's the difference between medicine and nursing?

    GilaRRT replied to Livinstrong85's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is really no different from any other allied provider expect we can distinguish ourselves as a unique and fully autonomous profession by inventing special nurse language and renaming all those...
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    Normal SQBS, critically low venous BS?

    GilaRRT replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Subcutaneous Blood Sugar I assume, never heard that
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    Heated debate between Civilian ED RN and FMF Hospital Corpsman.

    GilaRRT replied to testing109's topic in Emergency

    Nurse was rude, end of that story. Unfortunately, I have a sneaky suspicion this thread is fixing to go down an unproductive and inane path. Paramedic versus nurse
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    Wilderness/expedition nursing

    GilaRRT replied to wildernessgal's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I have found nasal airways to be critical for airway management in the remote setting. Typically take up less space, rather easy to place, better tolerated and harder to dislodge than their...
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    Plz help with Bumex, amio, dopamine, cardizem calculations!

    GilaRRT replied to RamaMama's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps; however, the tools to figure these questions out exist. Why not have the OP at least try, then we can help them out if they are having problems or struggling with a specific concept? At this...
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    Plz help with Bumex, amio, dopamine, cardizem calculations!

    GilaRRT replied to RamaMama's topic in General Nursing

    A new grad huh? Seems awfully similar to nursing school questions. As stated, review your formulae, come up with the answers and tell us what you think. Then, we can have a
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    I am an American.

    GilaRRT replied to UnionRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If we want to pull out the cultural sensitivity card, I would go down the route of women. In fact, throughout all of antiquity and modern times women have been and will continue to be the most...
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    CCRN & Laura Gasparis videos

    GilaRRT replied to patientadv's topic in General Nursing

    The videos are quite antiquated and it does make a
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    How to pay for nurse anesthetist school (CRNA)?

    GilaRRT replied to azchicago's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Take out loans. I have two friends who went the CRNA route and ended up 100k in debt. However, the prize will be a salary that will allow you to pay this off. Good
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    IS IT TOO DIFFICULT TO TAKE A & P 1 and CHEMISTRY 101 AT THE SAME TIME???

    GilaRRT replied to LILYROSE11's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Depends, if the chem is a survey type course for health students you should be okay, if it is a gen chem course for science majors (Bio, Chem, Engineering and so on), you may want to reconsider your...