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  1. When the doctor doesn't respond to their page...

    menetopali replied to kate4rn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Advise charge, call RR and/or send pt back to ED if the pt is deteriorating and provider is non-responsive. Remember that the nurse's primary obligation is to the patient, not anyone else.in this case...

  2. Throwing the computer out the window!!!

    menetopali replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Never trust a computer you can't throw out the window....

  3. FNP in a non-clinical position

    menetopali replied to Kgantt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am an FNP and DoN for the hospital I work in, I know that a hospital CEO in the valley is also an RN so there are definitely options out

  4. He Says/ She says, Who's in Charge?

    menetopali replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Strongly recommend you seek a place to practice elsewhere. If policy says x and practice does y then you are in a very bad position should there be a negative outcome, audit, or legal action taken....

  5. NPs... Who is your boss?

    menetopali replied to NurseKJ's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My immediate supervisor is the CEO and not an MD. I am in an interesting position in that I am the DoN and an FNP. With the FNP hat I am , I join the outpatient psych medical director and inpatient...

  6. Questions about DNP's

    menetopali replied to 4-yroldmentality's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I'm done with the troll. As is common with trolls - no cogent argument is presented, no evidence supplied, no counter-point to any argument raised. The troll merely acts to raise emotional

  7. Questions about DNP's

    menetopali replied to 4-yroldmentality's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    the DNP is a doctor. i will say that claiming a professional credential (physician) that one does not posses is unprofessional and i find it hard to believe that the DNP actually said that. As i noted...

  8. Questions about DNP's

    menetopali replied to 4-yroldmentality's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    i'll answer with a bit less vitriol than was originally posted - first, if i wanted to go to med school and be a physician, that's what i would have done. i am in fact a nurse and very proud of that...

  9. ? about DNP accreditation

    menetopali replied to PurrRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    short answer is that attending a program that is not accredited by a recognized agency is a risk that you must weigh. most schools have several accrediting bodies - one for the college or university...

  10. Online FNP/ACNP Programs

    menetopali replied to ernursechic's topic in Advanced Practice

    ASU has a hybrid program, UofA has a program with local clinicals and two weeks every year, UofP has a hybrid

  11. How did NP school compare to receiving your BSN

    menetopali replied to gospel Rn, BSN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    BSN was a cakewalk as it was mostly a rehash of the ADN with a couple of extras - half the MSN was that way as well (ie "nursing theory", research, ethics). The tough part of the MSN was the patho,...

  12. NP NEED MD?

    menetopali replied to massnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Arizona is like that - you can check the Pearson report at: http://www.webnp.net/ajnp08.html for a comparison of practice environments from state to

  13. Integrated medicine?

    menetopali replied to Papadoc's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The University of Arizona has an interdisciplinary (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician's assistants) fellowship in integrative medicine directed by Dr

  14. Is a NP also a " Physician?"

    menetopali replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    maybe in any state law - but federal law, specifically the social security act (and medicare by extension), defines "physician" a bit more broadly to include dentists, podiatrists, chiropractors, and...

  15. Help with a 3 question research paper

    menetopali replied to rnkimbran's topic in General Nursing

    sure, i'll

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

    menetopali replied to physasst's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    i'm not insunuating as much as saying outright that DNPs (and frankly all new NPs) should be able to participate in federally funded and closely mentorred experiences after graduation and before...

  17. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    menetopali replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    my program has computer log system that tracks this info - what isn't included includes orientation, drive time, meetings, lectures, condition/disease discussions, etc. in a given 8 hour day...

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

    menetopali replied to physasst's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    It is this very steep learning cutrve that physicians are helped through via residencies. unfortunately those with an economic agenda, instead of a patient agenda, block the inclusion of DNPs in...

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

    menetopali replied to physasst's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    This is a poor comparison as noted, no one is eligible to sit for the NCLEX if they did not attend nursing school. A similar pattern is a point of critisism of the current medical license exams (USMLE...

  20. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    menetopali replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    that's interesting because my clinical time only counts actual patient care time. If a patient no shows, i can't count that time, can't count lunch, can't count drive time from site-to-site. the...

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

    menetopali replied to physasst's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I think one of the reasons we are in this position is the "turf war" that continues. the arguement that procedure X (IV start / suturing) can only be done by profession Y (nursing / medicine) has lead...

  22. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    menetopali replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

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

    menetopali replied to physasst's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    surely you aren't saying that a physician who starts an IV is practing nursing? or are you saying sedation provided by a dentist is medicine? or a nurse who does diabetic foot checks is practicing...

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

    menetopali replied to physasst's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    newsflash: nurses have been providing primary care to the poor and undeserved for almost a century - it is only when they become an economic threat that medicine gets its ire up. as long as nurses...

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

    menetopali replied to physasst's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    no argument that more clinical training for the NP would be a good thing - perhaps in a system that provided exposure to a wide variety of cases under the eye of a mentor in the field while being...