Inspired By Silence

Thank you, everyone. You've been absolutely helpful. My mistake, though. The ad did in fact say "credential," not "certify."

I read a job description for a nurse practitioner to serve as a clinical instructor for a well known school of medicine. Towards the end of the add it read, "The nurse practitioner, upon hiring, will be certified by the [state board of medicine] and [school of medicine] to perform advanced procedures such as bone marrow aspirations, scopies, biopsies, and other procedures as needed by the department of pediatric hemo oncology. My question is this, why would a school of medicine and the state board of medicine certify a NP rather than hire a MD, DO, or even a PA? Why would the medical board certify a NURSE practitioner rather than the board of nursing? Just a bit confused, please clear this up for me. Thanks.

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Why do male nurses need to be "chaperoned" when performing intimate procedures on women patients. For God's sake, they're professionals who underwent rigorous academic training to get where they are. Do male gynecologists need to be chaperoned? NO! How about male obstetrician? Again, NO! To suggest male nurses need to be supervised to do what they do is an insult to their intelligence. I'm sick and tired of being looked down upon because of my genetic makeup. I am not a sexual predator, I would NEVER purposely hurt a patient under my care. I long to work with children in a neurosurgical ICU / step down unit, but if I'm going to be eyed suspiciously for merely doing my job, then it's not worth it. The nursing profession needs radical change NOW! This sexism must be stopped.

I had my chickpox vaccine when I was young. Pneumonia, too.

A nurse who did not want a swine flu vaccine, was fired after refusing to wear a mask. http://www.statesman.com/news/local/nurse-fired-over-refusal-to-get-flu-shot-168154.html What do you guys think? She seems a bit out of it, in my opinion. Just unwilling to comply with perfectly reasonable requests.

To my understanding, nurses are not yet REQUIRED to have the swine flu vaccine. The vaccines I know nurses need are as follow: Tuberculosis Flu Small pox Chicken pox Pneumonia This is an incomplete list, but are the vaccines I know nurses must have in order to practice with patients.

I'd love to get my dental needs there. I hate pain.

Notice, please, how I said dentists and podiatrists when referring to administering prescriptions. I did not imply optometrists could prescribe medication.

You're telling me management is compromising safety for vanity? I'm fairly certain there are laws that insist on grab bars in certain settings. I'd imagine a health care faculty's bathroom would be one of the settings.

Are you not allowed to work for dentists, optometrists, or podiatrists? Podiatry seems very similar to medicine, except that podiatrists treat patients directly rather through nurses. Can a nurse work for a podiatrist in surgery or in the clinic? Can a nurse pass meds a dentist or podiatrist has given orders to administer? Lot's of questions that I'd appreciate answers to.

Thank you.

Luckily, I don't mind buns.

Hello. I'm s male with very long hair, but there's a reason for it other than vanity. I donate seven inches of my hair to Wigs For Kids every six months. The organization is a non profit who, unlike Locks of Love, does not sell hair for profit. All hair goes to making wigs for children who have either temporarily or permanently lost their hair due to a medical issue. Will I be allowed to keep my hair in the hospital setting after graduation?

Your pity is unwanted so keep it to yourself. You are not God. You do not decide this young woman's abilities and disabilities. People like you are why her and I have to work twice as hard just to get by. You need to stop and think before you blurt out such disgusting garbage. I'm sorry for my rant, but your comment ignited my inner bomb.