veritas

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1. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

   veritas replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   i agree with you, except, in reality, they do select people the way i described. i was on the selection/academic board once and the discussions that went on about RNs becoming MDs were not welcoming...

2. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

   veritas replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   i agree about the difficulty in getting residency if you did an oceania degree.... i mean any off shore degree will be difficult in getting you a residency anyway... plus oceania is dodgy... the 3...

3. Addressing physicians

   veritas replied to NeuroNP's topic in International Nursing

   :balloons: thank you kindly for the explanation. i am well aware of historical connotations, traditions, etc... but these days, it's the new century, the new era, etc etc.... i have never heard anyone...

4. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

   veritas replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   i would hardly be making up things that i post. i am aware that what i post is easily cross-checked. i personally triple check things i post before i post them. to name one of the schools offering a 3...

5. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

   veritas replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   i meant becoz in US you have some programs which shave off 1 year from the 4 year post-grad program, essentially making it 3 years post grad for a med degree. there is no such thing in uk or oz or...

6. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

   veritas replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   that's in USA. what i said is actually happening in Oz. wow, USA has a med school admission rate of 44% to 50%? amazing. must be real easy to get into med schools in USA. in Oz, it's 20%. and in many...

7. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

   veritas replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   to solve the shortage of doc problem, NPs should be given more power/autonomy. they can't just simply let in more students. plus it costs much more to train a doc than a nurse. they have started to...

8. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

   veritas replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   the med system is eliteist. and they are not starving for students. even with the mcat and interviews and high GPA required, there is still about 25 to 50 applicants per 1 med school place. so in...

9. pregnant options age 40

   veritas replied to tazrn2b's topic in General Nursing

   i wanted to donate my eggs... but people who haven't had kids are not allowed to donate their

10. A question about culture (what does string around the waist mean?)

    veritas replied to np2b's topic in Pediatric

    " The Indian culture has prescribed RITUALS AND RITES OF PASSAGE at various phases of an infant's development. When the child has lived for a full lunar phase (28 days), this is celebrated by tying a...

11. Anyone heard of any NP to MD programs?

    veritas replied to kittyw's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    anyone who wants to do MD should join the bottom of the pile and start new. seriously people, do you want to go to a doctor who did not pass mcat or interviews? do you want a doctor who took shortcuts...

12. Newly qualified in Australia?

    veritas replied to NurseyNurse19's topic in International Nursing

    in australia and USA, there are actually a lot of schools offering mental health

13. Is nursing bad for your waist line?

    veritas replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    i think this patient must be very ignorant or just choosing to see what he wants to see. i don't think nurses as a population are predisposed to or generally fat! it's got nothing to do with nursing....

14. Can nursing schools kick out students who are overweight?

    veritas replied to veritas's topic in General Nursing

    i totally agree! we all choose our own decisions in life and we lead our own lives. not someone else's idea of what ideal is. as long as we are doing our jobs in the standards required and as long as...

15. Addressing physicians

    veritas replied to NeuroNP's topic in International Nursing

    in lay man terms, all doctors are called doctors! its confusing with the mr and doc differentiation. a surgeon has to be a doc before he becomes a sugeon anyway. so all surgeons and physicians get the...