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Really? I thought this was a nursing forum not a bash nursing forum. You have nothing positive to say about nursing so why are you on this board? Who needs this? I agree with Tammy-- I think it time to find a forum where I can get support and a...

I think I gained 20 pounds getting my masters!!! All day on the computer for work and then all evening. Not nearly enough exercise. Now I am paying for it.

Thanks--I it sounds as though it is open to interpretation. Fortunately, I work in a state that purposefully keeps the language vague so opportunities are kept open. Iowa does not require a collaborative agreement, however , the hospital I work in ...

I did find a very good article about the role of ACNPs: http://ajcc.aacnjournals.org/cgi/reprint/14/3/211

Do you have a reference for this comment? I didn't realize that any state specified what kind of NP could practice in the ER.

I worked 1/2 time and it was doable. Tough but doable.

I did Barkley and the one thing that he suggested was to form study groups. That is a difficult thing to do when yo live far apart fro others. So do what we did. Study the material--he sugests not memorizing it but to ask questions about the materi...

Absolutely an ANP can work in an ICU. You may be trained for primary care but in an inpatient area you will most likely have a collaborative agreement and with trainig you can work in this area. I don't think there are any states that ban this. I a...

This is the report you need to look at: http://www.pearsonreport.com/

Very well said!

Good point. I just got hired as a NP hospitalist in Cardiology. There is a collaborative agreement and I will work with physician hospitalists. But when NPs can't get admitting priviledges, it would be nice if they could admit to NP hospitalist es...

I am finding this thread very unproductive. This debate has become NPs vs Physicians. I work closely with physicians and will continue to do so. If in primary care I decide when I need to collaborate with a physician and I often do. I very much ap...

The difference might be that they are referring to themselves as being a nurse--NPs are stating they have a doctorate--they are not calling themselves a "physician" so this is not the same thing.. You seem to think that NPs will intentionally mislea...

http://www.ask.com/bar?q=usa+today+nurse+practitioners&page=1&qsrc=121&dm=all&ab=0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fhealth%2F2010-03-11-nurse-practitioners_N.htm&sg=4zIetTcL%2FQVR9Vse2Zua5%2FrZ9HCCDXZCe4ZpB06w8Jw%3D&am...

Its probably true. And if you work in an endoscopy lab you are probably infected with H-pylori--there is research about that.

I work in a hospital--cardiology. Not boring.

I have had 10 vaccinations for hep B and cannot convert. I guess I am just one of those who won't.

"Dealing with doctor shortage As the debate over health care legislation continues in Washington, advocates for nurse practitioners say it is these primary care nurses who will make up for the shortage of primary care physicians and at the same time...

I did to some extent and then decided to apply for every grant scholarship I could find. I got a full scholarship my last year. Think about getting employed somewhere where they have tuition assistance or pay your full way. Don't use credit cards....

There are a number of med students and phsycians posing as NPs on this board. Interesting they have so much time to come NP bashing instead of studying for their degree. I am not a med-level provider. And I do not need a collaborating physician. ...

Sorry--It is a year full time but I am doing it part time. It will probably take me three years to complete. BTW--I finished my masters this past summer so I have those courses done. The BSN to DNP program now is 3 full time years post BSN. The pr...

DNP is doctorate of clinical nursing practice. Doctorate being the key word. We don't say Physician Smith. We say Dr. Smith. Who says physicians have the right to rob the title only for themselves? I make it clear to patients that I am a nurse. ...

I start the DNP program at the University of Iowa this summer. The curriculum does not look 'watered down' to me.

I would bet Alaska.

Possibly not. If you let your license laspe then you might even need to go back and get the DNP to get re-licensed. That is how I understand it after talking with some professors in the DNP program.