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After finishing up with medicine and surgery rotations (3rd year), I can honestly say that nurses are capable of cannabalism towards the young and truly defenseless students. Backstabbing, cutthroat, selfish, ego stroking, petty, bullying, belittling...

You know this question is coming. Why would I bother with 4 years of extra nursing school when in that same amount of time I can get a medical degree that has unlimited diversity potential? You already need to take chem and org chem to be considered ...

BINGO!!! I was fortunate enough to witness an autopsy in my medicine clinical rotation. The pathologist was excellent about teaching my group as she cut and dissected each organ. The patient was a 285 lb female 25 year old heavy smoker who died of a...

CRNA schools highly recommend a chemistry course(s) prior to entering their programs. However, these schools never seem to specify a preference(s). Some recommend Organic Chem, others BioChem. That would infer at least two full chem courses, sinc...

Is BSN entry to practice a proactive measure to keep foreign trained nurses out of Canada? I am seeing two sides here. You have the angels in the sky press release version. This is the version where some nursing prof., whom hasn't had to deal in b...

So, um, I am guessing by the non response that the Chem requirements aren't all that important then? High school will suffice? Where's a Biff Tannen emoticon when you need one???

I have been thinking. The theory is that DNPs will be able to bill insurance companies just like docs, right? This would suggest that they are not earning a yearly salary. Mundinger suggests superior care because of the "Noctor" approach, which is ...

Well, it looks as though DNP entry to practice is coming well before the 2015 proposed "official changeover." Two schools that have scrapped their MSN programs: -UTHSC (Tennesse) -U of Michigan (Flint) Feel free to add to this list.

Is there going to be a standardization process to ensure consistency? Isn't there something like 190 programs nationwide slated to be offered in the upcoming years? I have a hard time swallowing that someone who attended campus for 4 years is on th...

Proof? How many clinical hours do med students put in prior to finishing a residency? Around 6000 hours or so? NP programs? 500-700 ish hours? Research indicates that two fields can equally Dx strep throat? A broken arm? Prescribe Humalin R for ...

Are the foreign nurses that Capital Health is recruiting Baccalauraeate prepared? If not, that is one glaring hypocrisy. Or is it that the RNs brought from overseas being settled into Canada as LVN/LPNs? This is the same "better than you" attitude ...

Oh boy, lines are gonna be drawn with jackhammers in the near future. /me grabs a bag of popcorn....this is going to get real ugly in the near future.

As you can tell by the handle, I am statebound when I am done nursing. My questions: 1) Does NC require the NCLEX? 2) Do employers ask or look into your CRNE (or lack thereof?) I am asking b/c I have no desire to hand over any more money to Canadian ...

We already are robotic in the search for EBP based rationale. We are constantly beat over the head with "EBP" in our Nursing Skills labs. We are told not to listen to the "older" nurses if what they show us contradicts what is taught in class. The...

As for reductionist, I would think that 4 years undergrad BN and a few years in practice would help solidify our caring perspective and help us not write off people so quickly. I was watching Mystery Diagnosis on Discovery Health this morning, I ha...

Scroll down to Length of Program UTHSC has already implented DNP as their standard entry to practice as of 2009; guess they got sick of waiting I'll be honest here, I just assumed 3 years because I was thinking to the future and forgetting about curr...

Oh, I am also not flawed in respect to one additional year. DNP programs are 3 years versus the two required in a masters? I guess I did not make that clear. If you throw in the 1-2 years of RN experience these programs require prior to admission.....

When I said fluff earlier, it was not aimed at the ENTIRE courseload an NP student is required to learn. I think I made that pretty clear. The courses you listed would be the meat and potatoes required to Dx, Tx and Rx. Of course they are not usel...

Shalom! Best wages are in Alberta, period. They pay double for overtime, start higher than BC and Ontario, and have the lowest income tax structure of any province. Also, you only pay one tax there. It is so good that Ontario keeps losing their new...

NANDA Dx's are such hokey it's not even funny. NO ONE USES THEM OUTSIDE THE FRIGGIN CLASSROOM!!!!!!!!!!! It's just more useless fluff to sell textbooks and give something profs can use to recharge their egos. Most nurses use DARP or narrative, so ...

It is the paradoxical effect of more is less. More requirements for NP = less applicants to grad school. I am guessing people with ambition apply to NP grad school. These people, motivated people whom should have a good grasp of foresight, will se...

Visit US World and Weekly news. I paid a pretty penny to get their "Best American Grad Schools 2008" issue mailed up to Canada. Top 3 schools for NP year after year: -UCSF -U of Washington -U Penn If I were to choose a school, it would be UCSF. Th...

Troop demoralization that begins in the school setting before getting that BSN in your hand. It is funny to see how the nurse instructors who were complete bullies to powerless students relegated to "gossip queens" towards their RN counterparts. I g...

How about professionalism extended to the clinical instructor/student dynamic? I find that clinical instructors can be angelic to evil incarnate. Yet, professors and other staff prefer to take the ostrich approach and hope these whiny students grad...

All throughout my 2nd year of nursing school I would spend a lot of my free time looking at both Canadian and American schools that offered an NP Masters stream. It is three years in Ontario. You have to complete a Masters then a 1 year certificate ...