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  1. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    wowza replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Well there goes

  2. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You may say one thing but your lobbying organizations are behaving completely differently and you guys do not object. They are trying to expand practice rights such that while not called physicians,...

  3. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You can twist my words all you want but it is clear you are manipulating the meaning. If we take any population and then select the best students based on GPA and scores, those selected are, on...

  4. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No, something colloquial does not have to stay the same but what is the rational to change it outside of ego. If you want to change the status quo, you need a logical reason. You still have not...

  5. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In the US (and all other english speaking countries including the UK, australia, south aftrica, new zeland), it is custom to call physicians "doctors" clincally because the degree is the highest level...

  6. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Putting egos aside, why should a DNP be called a doctor in a clinical setting? Do not have the same education as a physican. Do they have the same post-graduate training as a physician? No. They even...

  7. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My comments on this board are also not meant to be attacks on nursing, just that those who created the DNP degree do not have patient care on their mind. I feel that every effort needs to be made to...

  8. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Perhaps I should clarify my point: Nursing students have finished a bachelors degree. Medical students have also finished a bachelors degree but were selected to enter medical school out of the group...

  9. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My last post was a quote from another board from another person. I left out that person's screen name. I am not that person. I am not an NP. 1) I think the debate is less about the pre-requisites for...

  10. DNP's failing the test????

    wowza replied to physasst's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'm not quite sure what you were trying to say about medical students have more... time? clinical experience? The people who make the DNP are pushing for similar rights to a physician but do not want...

  11. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I found this quote from a member on another forum. He went to both NP school and MD school. Here is his take: "I have a unique perspective on this. I am a physician (i.e. I actually went to medical...

  12. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well the results of the first administration of the DNP exam are in. 50% failed. The sample size was small but that is a pretty severe fail rate for a watered down version of step 3....

  13. DNP's failing the test????

    wowza replied to physasst's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I do find it funny that a test that had such obvious political motives to serve as a launching board for DNPs to get more autonomy, has largely

  14. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I looked up some RN to DNP curriculum. This one is from MGH. http://www.mghihp.edu/nursing/postprofessional/dnp/curriculum-overview/RN-to-DNP-Curriculum.html?cw=1 In it's core courses it has 5 credit...

  15. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    i assume that this comment was directed at me so i will respond. 1) first i dont have time to search for the specific cochrane review so hyperlink it for me. second, i like to interpret articles...

  16. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    i looked for this study and couldn't find it. if you can find it i would be interested to read it. again though, are outcomes different or just approaches

  17. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This study is just as bad as the last one. Again, the endpoints measured are essentially meaningless. This rehashes the exact same stuff as the other study but in the Netherlands. When we are...

  18. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Perhaps I have not been reading the same articles but all the articles comparing NPs and Physicians have suffered from pretty severe biases, poor sample size and strange end points measured. Poor...

  19. Reckless Nurse?

    wowza replied to Andrea81's topic in General Nursing

    To give you an idea how bad the fines are in Va: Let's say you were driving in a 45 that turned into a school zone but you didnt slow down. The speeding ticket from that would be more than if you set...

  20. Reckless Nurse?

    wowza replied to Andrea81's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah Virginia sucks for traffic violations, especially with the new laws. Usually with background checks they distinguish between traffic and non-traffic violations. It would still be in your best...

  21. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree that if you are trying to measure data that is totally subjective (satisfaction and the like), you must use a subjective test. In this case a questionnaire is your best bet. I conceded this...

  22. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Of course questionnaires can be assessed for validity but they cannot correct for a number of biases. That is why they are nearly universally considered a weak way to obtain data when other options...

  23. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sure, with a fine enough comb you can find minor faults with most journal articles but these were egregious. I mean common things like controls or adequate blinding should be caught and fixed before...

  24. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Took a look at the first one. Thank you for the link. N was sufficient, there were clear goals and clear outcomes to be measured and the patients were randomized but there were some pretty significant...

  25. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    wowza replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm going to give up my journal review for the time being b/c I cant access the full text of these articles, only the abstracts. Some of the later ones do seem compelling and seem to have solid...