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  1. Vitals during an MI

    wowza replied to silverhalide's topic in Cardiac

    Esme, I probably should have qualified my statement. RV infarcts can cause hypotension but are much easier to correct and usually much more benign than LV infarcts*So hypotension in an anterior MI...

  2. Vitals during an MI

    wowza replied to silverhalide's topic in Cardiac

    It depends on the type of heart attack (ie what part of the heart it affects). In most cases, the heart rate will increase. This is attenuated by the fact that most people who have an MI will also be...

  3. Post-Master's FNP versus Med School

    wowza replied to HealthyRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    OP, I had people in my class who started medical school at age 44. We had multiple people in their 40s and tons in their 30s. You will probably always wonder "what if" if you don't pull the trigger...

  4. Just saying no to drugs.

    wowza replied to BlueDevil,DNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Minocycline treatment results in... [Allergy Asthma Proc. 2008 May-Jun] - PubMed -

  5. NPs practicing as DRs

    wowza replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yeah, no there't not. This guy you posted is a chemist who has an appointment doing research for the medicine dept. Specifically he has a PhD in biochemistry (ie not in

  6. NPs practicing as DRs

    wowza replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Are you trying to say that 510 clinical hours is a lot? I think that is what some people are saying- the hours are insufficient especially when compared to what the DNP is trying to mimic.Let me give...

  7. NPs practicing as DRs

    wowza replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    First, wow, that was a very long post. Thank you for taking so much time to post your views. The difference here is that osteopathic education changed so that it now is IDENTICAL to allopathic...

  8. NPs practicing as DRs

    wowza replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Actually I bet almost all of them would pass. Of course, we'll never have data to show one way or the other but for us, Step 3 of the USMLE is a really easy exam- by far the easiest of the 3 steps....

  9. Nurses Masquerading As Doctors (INSULTING)

    wowza replied to djaychris's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ummm... the people who write those guidelines are clinicians AND the leaders in research who are CHOSEN to be part of the panels that write the guidelines. Almost none of them are from DC. Evidence...

  10. Nurses Masquerading As Doctors (INSULTING)

    wowza replied to djaychris's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Since a nurse is part of the healthcare team, I am not sure it would be a HIPAA violation, but I could be wrong.I think most physicians are realistic about how much a given patient will be able to...

  11. Just saying no to drugs.

    wowza replied to BlueDevil,DNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    How bad is her asthma- how bad are her PFTs ? There is literature in COPD that daily Azithro decreased hospitalizations so if the FEV1 showed true obstruction you could make a bit of a logical leap to...

  12. Nurses Masquerading As Doctors (INSULTING)

    wowza replied to djaychris's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No one works through medical school. There is no time. Almost every student takes out the full amount of loans to go to medical school. Very few people in my class had their parents paying for...

  13. Nurses Masquerading As Doctors (INSULTING)

    wowza replied to djaychris's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well this is just ridiculous. First, no one is forced to work through undergraduate education. Second, I know plenty of doctors who did work through undergrad.Finally, put your money where your mouth...

  14. Future role of MD/DO in relation to APNs/PAs.

    wowza replied to sramsay's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The distinction here is the difference in education. MD and DO education is equivalent and very standardized. It involves 2 years of classwork and roughly 4000 clinical hours during school and...

  15. NP/DNP in Dermatology?

    wowza replied to TicAL's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yeah it was never about filling the void in primary care. It has always been about money and power. The DNP movement was 100%

  16. These classes are nonsense

    wowza replied to HumptyDumpty's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Seriously, why don't you all complain. That is really the only way you all are going to change anything in NP education. Lord knows the administrators aren't going to do

  17. Scary reading doctor forums about NPs...

    wowza replied to thenewguy8's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The negativity is directed at the NP lobby who is continually pushing for expanded practice rights despite doing nothing to improve the clinical education of NPs and the NPs who really think that they...

  18. combivent for a 12 year old

    wowza replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The physiology of adding ipratropium is the same in COPD and astham; it adds extra bronchodilation. I agree though that a steroid burst should have been added for a

  19. List of most commonly prescibed meds, please

    wowza replied to Stcroix's topic in General Nursing

    I'll bite: Anticoagulants/antiplatelets: Heparin Lovenox Coumadin (warfarin) Bivalrudin Aspirin plavix (clopidogrel) Blood pressure: ACEi's- captopril, lisinopril, enalapril ARB's- losartan, valsartan...

  20. Possible exposure?...So much anxiety!

    wowza replied to Kourtneyrn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. You should immediately talk to your employee health. I (in a non-medical advice kind of way) would recommend considering prophylaxis if you think the body fluids may have actually gotten in...

  21. Make Advanced Practice Nurses Independent

    wowza replied to Pete495's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'll give it a read. Again, this doesn't negate any of the other arguments put forth in this thread- a nice diversion but I'd love a response from some of the other arguments put

  22. Make Advanced Practice Nurses Independent

    wowza replied to Pete495's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    1) You can label it whatever you want- whether nursing or medicine, but diagnosing and treating whether a nurse practitioner or an MD is the same job. You can call it "nursing practice" if you want to...

  23. Make Advanced Practice Nurses Independent

    wowza replied to Pete495's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Again, just because a politician gave you permission to have independent practice does not mean you have the skills or knowledge to do so. You are confusing the two. Whenever I bring up the chasm in...

  24. Make Advanced Practice Nurses Independent

    wowza replied to Pete495's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    ironic you allude to doctors as being the ones who are arrogant. now which group is it that is taking a short cut around tens of thousands of hours of clinical training, scores of hours of hard...

  25. Make Advanced Practice Nurses Independent

    wowza replied to Pete495's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I mean that's just funny. I have some pliers here if you need to remove the foot from your mouth. Well I actually went to medical school and I am now a doctor at the #1 hospital in the country so I...