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  1. NP learning OMM?

    Ranier replied to thenewguy8's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Actually, CPT and CMS/Medicare do not currently limit the use of the OMT CPT codes to DO's only- any billing provider (MD, DO, PA, NP) can use it if within the scope of their practice. Except DC's,...

  2. Trop and CK-MB levels

    Ranier replied to aprilleverett's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    These markers have different kinetics. CPK peaks within a few hours and then declines relatively rapidly. Troponin takes about 24 hours to peak and then days to decline. So you were probably testing...

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

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

    Wow, as the spouse of an osteopathic family practitioner, let me just correct you on a few points: to imply that a D.O. program "doesn't even begin to compare" to M.D. education is absolutely...

  4. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    Ranier replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A simple example of providing poor care to a happy patient who remains oblivious to the consequnces of that poor care: prescribing antibiotics inappropriately. A lot of patients still believe that...

  5. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    Ranier replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm not sure what you mean when you state that some Caribbean schools are accredited. Neither the LCME nor the AOA accredit offshore schools, and given that these are the accreditation bodies under...

  6. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    Ranier replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Osteopathic medical schools have, on average, higher tuitions than LCME schools despite being regulated by the AOA. And the AOA is certainly less anti-competitive in its accredidation policies; the...

  7. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    Ranier replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    There are lots of other reasons European doctors get paid less compared to those in the US. Not only do they go to school for fewer years and have no student loans (higher education essentially free)...

  8. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    Ranier replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    nice try, but we both know this isn't a stand-alone dnp degree (the kind existing msn/nps get to enhance their clinical expertise, and the kind that is being discussed here) but rather a direct-entry...

  9. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    Ranier replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    A nurse with a PhD has "earned" it in your sense. A DNP, as a professional clinical doctorate like the MD, would

  10. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    Ranier replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Unless you want to post a link to your school's DNP curriculum that is going to be really hard to believe. I haven't seen a DNP program yet that didn't contain at least 50% fluff. Fluff being courses...

  11. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    Ranier replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Well, just to clarify... medical school graduates who have not passed the USMLE are not allowed to call themselves doctors in the clinical setting. And, also, a residency is not "required to practice"...

  12. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    Ranier replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Yeah, the guy they quoted for this article with his silly airline allegory is a jerk. However, the DNP degree is still a piece of garbage that fails to rise to the level of academic rigor we...