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The article concludes that it isn't effective for lowering A1C. I'd argue it provides great data in clinical decision making, especially if the fasting starts creeping up despite therapy with oral agents. And just because one article says something ...

Physician is a term that only MDs/DOs can and should use. I think chiropractors are trying to inch into that territory though. I plan on eventually getting my DNP and PhD because I'd love to do research, but I doubt I'd ever want to be called doctor ...

Uhh, I would not say the average new grad MD is better equipped to practice than the new grad NP. I was running circles around new grad MDs as a new grad RN in terms of doing things clinically (OH HEY LET'S GIVE 4 YEAR OLD 80MEQ OF K AT ONCE AND NOT ...

You can believe that all you want. However, the facts are not on your side and my anecdotal evidence counters your anecdotal evidence so there's that.

Crazynut, the problem is you are speaking about NPs as a whole, not just about those specific types of schools. I'd wager to say most of us agree about those types of schools.

So, some background: I'm currently an NP working in IL. I'll have been an NP for 2 years this coming May. My first year in practice I worked at an NHSC site doing primary care and while I loved it, the pay was awful and I couldn't support a family on...

CrazyNut's screenname seems to be very appropriate. If you aren't an NP and haven't done the schooling and don't know what we know, your opinion is irrelevant. I've seen some really bad MDs and some really awful calls, but you don't see me generalizi...

I wish my disagreements were civil. They usually go something like "Attending A, I think your patient Patty P is septic due to her low BP, elevated white count, diaphoresis, etc. I've ordered blood cultures, a CBC, CMP and a UA C&S." "No, absolut...

I agree with tobra to a degree, and think some of it may be sampling bias (you may have a lot of new grad NPs in your area). I've been an NP for two years and during my first year of practice I was definitely referring to specialists a lot; however, ...

From the AANP website it didn't look too good. It was colored as a red state. AANP - State Practice Environment My resume would look something like this though, which worries me: Locums job: Now- May 2016 This job: October 14-March 15 Per diem job: J...

I forgot to add, I precepted a student from a local school for a clinical rotation this semester and it was a blast. I had a great time teaching and I basically took her from someone who was scared to see a patient alone to being completely independe...

Even a nursing student straight out of school should know those things so that all seems a bit odd.

My worry would be that taking a locums job would make me look like a job hopper. I could easily work my per diem Walgreen's job and pick up shifts as a staffing agency as an RN and make the same money I am making now but I am worried that when we do ...

Gee, you're lucky. I got to assist with a birth during my OB rotation (none of the female students did) and my patients used to BEG me to do their OB and GYN care instead of the gynecologists. I'm glad I'm in geriatrics now. MUCH less GYN there.

I'm an FNP, not a CRNA, but I work with lots of MDs. My question to ether would be, if their training as MDs is SO thorough, why am I constantly catching serious diagnoses (TB, brain tumors) in patients that my MD colleagues have seen and missed with...

BlueDevil, do you mind me asking where you did your post master's certification? I'd be interested in doing both of those actually. Thanks!

So I applied to, and got accepted to, a PhD in nursing program to start this fall. However, recently I've been questioning exactly what the point of it is. Initially I applied because I was interested in research/teaching, but now I am not so sure I ...

I'm in a state that requires collaboration. That means I pick 5 charts for my collaborating MD to look at and he assesses my level of care. I've scored 100% so far and he agrees with all my charts. I have never, ever had a specialist reject my referr...

My husband was accepted into the Truman program last night. He accepted as well so he'll be joining you all in the fall.

BCgradnurse, most people in my NP program feel the same as me and continue to feel so even after graduation, and my other NP colleagues agree. I think courses such as physics could definitely aid an NP program, especially since ya know....physics gov...

You are not a typical NP, though. Most NPs do not have the background you have. Again, as a PRACTICING NP, someone who has finished NP school, I do tend to agree that NP school adds a lot of fluff where more rigorous science or diagnostics courses w...

Yes, but does that mean EVERY NP student should take it, or only those interested in it or after graduation as an independent learner? What is the reason to include that class but not others? If there is no rhyme or reason, then an overhaul of nursin...

The truth is, it wouldn't hurt. And I do not use anything I learned in my graduate level nursing theory class in my practice at all. That was a waste of 3 credits that could have been incorporated into another class as a lecture or two. Same goes for...

As someone who took two semesters of intro biology while in NP school (after already having taken A&P and patho and advanced patho and my first clinical semester) I can say with a resounding YES that I think pre-med classes should be incorporated...

I'd second that. I get around 2 complaints of CP a day and I've only had one in the past year that turned out to be an acute MI. We have an EKG in office and use it to rule it out, but it's almost always chest wall pain or GERD.