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  1. New health-care law might make doctors more informed, efficient, responsive

    wowza replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yay, more bureaucracy and more hastles that will keep doctors from doing their

  2. How do you feel about the NP "haters"?

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

    The internet gives people free forum to say what they want without consequences. And this works both ways for people who are pro-NP expansion and those against NP expansion. Just like docs dont say...

  3. NPs With Admit Privileges?

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

    Is that admitting

  4. Nurse Practitioner and Image Interpretation

    wowza replied to cbott1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Considering a CT scan is the equivalent of hundreds of x-rays and considering how ubiquitus CTs are, I don't think anyone is going to sue him for an extra XR If you want to read CXRs, go to med school...

  5. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    wowza replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Now ^THIS^ is a strawman. You misrepresent my point and then attack the misrepresented point. On a different note, if you'd ever used a sledge to break up concrete (which I'm betting you haven't which...

  6. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    wowza replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    This is an excellent metaphor. I'm assuming the jackhammer is the expensive MD and a sledge hammer is the NP. Your metaphor is exactly what I have been saying. The jackhammer does more work in less...

  7. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    wowza replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Regardless, the economic argument is a terribly weak argument. Let me give you an example of why this argument is weak: Instead of having physicians who train for 5-10 years after medical school...

  8. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    wowza replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Why don't you post that data then. Value to the customer? They pay their insurance premiums and their co-pay... both of which don't change whether they see the MD or the NP. So given the extra...

  9. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    wowza replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Can't beat an argument? Just move on to a new argument. I have posted arguments from an NP who then went to medical school who knows from experience that it is dangerous for NPs to deliver independent...

  10. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    wowza replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    first, that's not what a strawman is. perhaps you should look it up. second, it was not a suggestion, it was a farce. hyperbole. that apparently was missed by some... from the posters other...

  11. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    wowza replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    i mean we're talking sematics here. fine. change m3 to m4 in my example. i'll repost it here: since cost is so paramount to you, why don't we just let 4th year medical students have practice rights?...

  12. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    wowza replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    While I agree that the DNP currently doesn't add more clinically useful knowledge, I don't get how one could make the leap in logic that because the DNP doesn't add more, the masters is perfectly...

  13. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    wowza replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Perhaps I am just an ivory tower academic but the issue should not be what makes you more money. The issue should be what prepares you the best to take care of

  14. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    wowza replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    so 3 years of training, with limited clinical hours and lack of sufficient foundational courses (pharm/path) is now the same as 7 years of training with more hours, more relevant courses and a...

  15. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    wowza replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    i think the issues get linked because the same people who created the degree were the biggest cheerleaders early on as well as the largest forces pushing for expanded practice rights. it is hard to...

  16. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    wowza replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I think the term "fluff" was not used to connote easy. It was used to show that these courses just pad the credit hours, so that the DNP can be in the ballpark (by number of credits) of other...

  17. Will NP salary increase b/c of health care reform

    wowza replied to Wed03's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Actually both Drs and NPs will be in higher demand. Nonetheless, reimbursement won't change much as it is controlled by how the gov;t sets reimbursement for

  18. Need honest advice: NP vs. MD

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

    This is an excellent point. Especially during training, your time just isn't your

  19. NP or MD? What would be the right choice in my situation?

    wowza replied to StangGang92's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think your choice comes down to this: 1) Do you want the best and most extensive training that will give you the most tools to treat patients and 2)Are you willing to give up some of your...

  20. How will Health care reform affect me as nurse practitioner?

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

    while i completely agree that we will need many more nps in primary care (as well as doctors, rns etc), i fail to see how this bill does anything to shift the paradigm from a "sick" approach to a...

  21. How will Health care reform affect me as nurse practitioner?

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

    Unless the medicare fix gets passed anytime soon, expect salaries for all health care workers to decrease. Even then, the bill is unsustainable, despite what congress says. Eventually they will cave...

  22. What is the difference between NP and DNP?

    wowza replied to ajhill00's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Well its good there were 450 participants in that

  23. What is the difference between NP and DNP?

    wowza replied to ajhill00's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Power (1- beta) is an indirect measure of the number of subjects. Not having enough power for every measure means that there were differences approaching statistical significance (like the p=0.12),...

  24. What is the difference between NP and DNP?

    wowza replied to ajhill00's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Do you notice it is only the "pro-DNP" people who are using adhominems and attacking individuals posting rather than attacking the education or the

  25. What is the difference between NP and DNP?

    wowza replied to ajhill00's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    i couldnt find where in the article it says that the authors couldn't determine who ordered the tests (especially since you can tell who ordered what on the va system). however, i will agree that the...