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  1. Sigmoid volvulus anyone?

    JDCitizen replied to JDCitizen's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Exactly the same article I pulled up to do some reading. CA is still on our

  2. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    JDCitizen replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    But back to "Doctoral degree to become an NP???": MSN for NP but now will be have Doctoral for NP: The curriculum / clinical needs improvement still. I wonder what it would take for "universal"...

  3. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    JDCitizen replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Good point... Mostly right.. I checked out several area colleges and found you needed to do just a tad more research. I myself found the regular biology and chemistry classes to be OK, I loved...

  4. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    JDCitizen replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Echoes many a statement that have been made.. Unfortunately I don't think too many in the ivory towers are

  5. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    JDCitizen replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    It will be 2 years (+): You have to go through a recruiter, submit your package, have that package accepted, get a COT date and get into the Air Force.... Once in will the Air Force let you transition...

  6. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    JDCitizen replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I still believe the skills you gained will rust and I doubt your time would apply towards recertification as an NP... I highly recommend you look at the AANP and the ANCC recertification...

  7. Don't Hate Me, All....

    JDCitizen replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    "How can you say that NP/DNP training is similar to medical training though? That's what I don't understand. There's people out there lobbying for equivalence to physicians and equal reimbursement as...

  8. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    JDCitizen replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    there are many :-) oh i still remember my boards :-) congratulations! you will find on this site the arguments about clinical hours while in np school. true nursing as an rn is different with...

  9. Don't Hate Me, All....

    JDCitizen replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    "my favorite this week: referred as "moderate ankle sprain" patient presented + otowa signs....np never ordered radiograph....so had to back track...called referring np and requested radiograph. np...

  10. Don't Hate Me, All....

    JDCitizen replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't know I just turned your question/statement around? You won't hear me bashing PAs as a whole, I won't even bash MDs as a whole. There are some organizations out there that, I believe, do...

  11. Don't Hate Me, All....

    JDCitizen replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    queen: i don't think so.............. :-) "the nursing profession has never really grasped the notion that a standardized format for educating the students equals quality" echoed in multiple postings...

  12. Don't Hate Me, All....

    JDCitizen replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    wow some direct attacks on profession.... i know a good many pa's that are not happy with the mid-level moniker... i know a good many pa's and nps that are perfectly happy with the mid-level...

  13. Moving on to another program

    JDCitizen replied to Nursing Student 09's topic in General Nursing

    Here in Georgia there is the University System of Georgia and the private schools and maybe a few that blur the line. Transfer of Credit from private to public or public to private may be all, some or...

  14. Don't Hate Me, All....

    JDCitizen replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    "The issue is not about errors or safety, but about staking out advertising ploys in the public eye; about being disingenuous by claiming to have market share on caring, which by its nature creates a...

  15. US Army recruitment question

    JDCitizen posted a topic in Government, Military

    This should be a hoot for some that have read my past postings.... OK its been over 8 months since I sent all requested information into my local Army Medical Recruiting station. I have not had any...

  16. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    JDCitizen replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hmmm most doctors (at least in my area) don't want to take the time to do much more training.... But it must be something about cardiothoracic surgeons because my Internal Medicine/Nephrology doctor...

  17. Don't Hate Me, All....

    JDCitizen replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    sorry but i wanted to keep this together and the site wouldn't let me jdcitizen [/url] oh fun, fun.... i get to rant jdcitizen first: is this just another political, turf protecting kind of...

  18. Don't Hate Me, All....

    JDCitizen replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Oh fun, fun.... I get to rant First: Is this just another political, turf protecting kind of thread??? The subjective/objective interpretation of holistic treatment will vary from provider to...

  19. NP school difficutly compared to RN school

    JDCitizen replied to vikichck's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hmmm some many experiences in both programs. I can honestly say each program had its own style of making one feel like they were in one of the circles of Hades :-) BSN Program: - My main problem...

  20. US Army recruitment question

    JDCitizen replied to JDCitizen's topic in Government, Military

    Well my schedule has been far from great lately; I know the recruiter has received my follow-up email but has not

  21. Will Florida inmates come to my home?

    JDCitizen replied to Blackcat99's topic in Correctional

    Here in Georgia address is available on line: - No PO box allowed - Home or business address necessary - Changes must be reported immediately I do know of at least one nurse who had a inmate show up...

  22. US Army recruitment question

    JDCitizen replied to JDCitizen's topic in Government, Military

    :-) Actually I had.... I come home from work and check my email and after all these months poof a "lets talk qualifications"

  23. Don't like kids...ANP best bet?

    JDCitizen replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hmmm: My experience one big old solid yes. Although some practices are more geared to that than others. Sometimes I look at the patient's age and look at patient and think that cant be

  24. Education vs Experience

    JDCitizen replied to Airforce1's topic in General Nursing

    :redlight: Every day with every patient. If not reinforced by patient/family there is always the medical director.:redlight: PS. We are all here to learn and share and sometimes whats printed seems...

  25. Sign on bonus in AF

    JDCitizen replied to fluffy103's topic in Government, Military

    Soooo true.... If waivers are involved they can really, really drag out