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  1. Make Advanced Practice Nurses Independent

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

    Mrs T, Instead of building coalitions to advance what nurses are legally allowed to do, how about you spend some of that time improving nursing education so that DNPs graduate with more than 800...

  2. Make Advanced Practice Nurses Independent

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

    Ha. Touche. You took the words out of my mouth. - (real) Doctor

  3. Is your hospital discontinuing isolation precautions?

    wowza replied to gypsyd8's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Alternatively, are there any good studies that demonstrate contact precautions improve outcomes or infection control in a

  4. New idea for NP/PA to MD

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

    Just curious, how would the curriculum be structured... that is, what would you cut out from the current medical

  5. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

    wowza replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    good

  6. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

    wowza replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    So explain how it is more cost effective. Here are the facts: 1) the patient pays the exact same co-pay- so it's not cheaper for them 2) midlevels get paid what, 80-85% of what physicians get paid 3)...

  7. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

    wowza replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    And if midlevels were really concerned about patient care, they would make their education more in line with physician training. Instead, what it really is about is money- not patients. You can house...

  8. The latest good news for all of us

    wowza replied to t2krookie's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Then by methodology both are weak studies. Forget biases, both are poorly done studies. This is unquestionably the stupidest metric that has ever been devised by nurses or doctors or anyone else....

  9. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

    wowza replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Notice despite the fact that this lecture was 20 years ago, no medical school in the country has done this- for a reason. They never cut down the breadth or depth of medical school and many...

  10. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

    wowza replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Ha First of all, it's only anti-competitive if midlevels can do the same job... which they can't. Sorry. They never will be until their training is the same as a physicians. In that case, what's the...

  11. MD, DO, NP, DC, OD -- Who deserves the title Physician?

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

    The way I look at it, the NP is a shortcut degree (I am not trying to be nasty). It was made so that nurses could treat the easier cases that did not require a physician and could extend the reach of...

  12. Insulin administration

    wowza replied to Sunnysidegirl's topic in Patient Medications

    It makes sense to keep the basal insulin. So your body normally secretes some insulin at a basal rate whether you are eating or not. When you eat, it then revs up its insulin production. So the docs...

  13. Insulin administration

    wowza replied to Sunnysidegirl's topic in Patient Medications

    Basal insulin should always be given (unless they are already profoundly hypoglycemic) even if the patient is newly NPO. The insulin that should be held if the patient is NPO or is eating poorly is...

  14. What's a day like on a strictly "medical" floor?

    wowza replied to felineRN's topic in General Nursing

    Common med complaints: UTI, PNA, asthma, COPD, R/o MI, MI, ACS, ARF, diverticulitis (non surg), acute hepatitis, pancreatitis, GI bleed, cellulitis, osteomyelitis,

  15. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

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

    Sure, independent practice shouldn't be up to him to decide but quite it definitely shouldn't be up to some politician who knows next to nothing about healthcare to decide either. The people to...

  16. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

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

    No argument? Argue

  17. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

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

    Do you, seriously think you could argue hard enough against DNP education and autonomy as a DNP student? Probably not- it's almost a conflict of interest. You lose the argument and suddenly your...

  18. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

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

    I can. Thank you. I have been busy and I am back. I have had a few patients actually tell me they weren't "real" doctors because they were PhDs etc. I still called them doctor out of respect. I...

  19. UP to Date

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

    Up to date is good and bad. A lot of times you have a question and it just doesn't answer it. Sometimes it is good though. Other times it is very long winded and verbose and you have to porifice...

  20. What does this mean?

    wowza replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It's much cheaper to have an NP or PA do the procedures rather than hiring an MD. That is probably your answer. As to why it is under the BOM, in certain states NPs fall under the

  21. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

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

    That's nice for us that the psychiatrists handle comorbidities on their own (seriously not being sarcastic). At my current hospital we get consulted for a ton of basic issues. If one goes by the...

  22. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

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

    I see this everyday as a consultant for medicine. The vast majority of our consults come from psych. In my experience, psych doesn't manage any of those things by themselves. They consult medicine for...

  23. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

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

    psychiatry is in its own world that does not deal with medical conditions. it deals only with psychiatric conditions- so much so that most of the docs have lost the ability to manage common medical...

  24. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

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

    Technically they are practicing psychiatry. I can tell you as a consultant for medicine that psychiatry is definitely not practicing Medicine (although they are medical docs). Haha. But the field of...

  25. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

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

    I am kinda equivocal about that one. I don't really care one way or another. Psych is really in its own realm of "medicine" and I am still not so sure I would include it under the title of "medicine."...