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Dude, We need to talk off line (571st 76-80: MVA till 83).

I to started off on the Rocky Mountain High post ETS'ing from Fort Cartoon. OH, your one of those holy tony type's. I'm so sorry. We of the Swedish/DG programs remember you all in our prayers (lol). Wow, they were the good old days, weren't they? I'...

Actually worked with a DSN level NP who's last name was "Doctor". Oh man, did we have a lot of fun with that one.

You are right. Hopefully someone will correct the curriculum that the DNP schools are advocating. If you want to make it a terminal professional practice degree-then put some patient care material in it. Lord, it looks like a certification course fro...

Is there a problem with Nursing wanting and/or having a doctorial degree. Of course not. But I've been looking at the curriculum listed for the DNP. With one or two exceptions all that I can say is-You've got to be putting me on. Do it right or these...

Hey Dave, Just kind of off target but I've just gotta ask. When I trained/worked in Colorado, we used to term "CoreO" for arrest of what ever etiology. Are you back their running around on the front slope? Man, do I miss home. But the mountain states...

The Ambulance drive-damn I did that full time for 15 of the best years of my life! A shame I damn near went bankrupt doing it-or I might still be having at it (and I do on occasion still fly rescue-when the kids will let me). I do believe that I migh...

To some people of the medical establishment, and you know to who I speak. I am a professional military officer who has completed 3 combat tours(as infantry and after injury an NP). I also have a PhD in Military History. And if any one of your want to...

Sory my friend, but I do have to disagree with you. I work with many high quality physician's who, in truth are brillent. Most of them will tell you that they don't use a great deal of the materal from their undergrad degree. The primary function is ...

Like a lo of individuals on this board I had the same problem. So not being able to make up my mind (or whats left of it)--- I got both (NCCPA and AANP). Guess my schitzophrenia just got to all of me AGAIN (LOL). I do practice on my NP licence- a lot...

If you are in a good FNP program, you'll already have most of the qualifications of a WHNP. You may not have the depth of information or proficiency to begin with, but you will fairly rapidly.

The two major differences to remember is this. NP's bill for services, while clinical staff RN's are carried as overhead. And there is a greater man (or woman) power requirement for the bed side. A Practitioner can cover a lot more patients than the ...

They write the ACNP board.

It seems that there are a lot of clinical staff nurses that don't care for the role the practitioner plays in the system. They should be able to do the same thing, because afterall they to are nurses. There's a lot of folks that want to do what we do...

It is really funny how so many people do not understand the concepts of "screening" and being complete. I not a big fan of "gestulting" (sp) it. I was trained that you do not just think it-PROVE IT! You end up not missing a lot of things this way, An...

I do critical care and interact on a regular basis with quite a few CRNA'a. Except for an occasional outlyer (usually referred to by all as an *******) we all work well. If your running into this type of behavior, it's the individual, not the general...

"Cor zero" !!!!!!! I haven't hear the term used since I left Colorado. Wow, do you bring back memories. Thanks, you just brought back some really good memories.

In my experience this has been a chronic problem with virtually all levels of nursing education/training. Your exposed to the basics. Then whoever hires you is supposed to provide on the job upgrading. This is OK to a point. But when your getting 600...

The ability to cure, to heal and to help is not a function exclusively owed by physicians. When I did my program at UC Davis (back in the dark ages) we had NP's, PA's, MS 1's and clinical Pharm students. And no single discipline has the right to clai...

It seems that everyone is trying to place these programs in a box. Different programs, different people with varied background, learning styles, etc. Let's put it out in multiple models and let the individual pick what works best for them.