zenman

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    NP to work for Preventative Health

    zenman replied to jensfbay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Why don't you look up "health psychology" programs and see if that is what you're looking for? I don't know if an MPH is exactly what you
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    Large number of Muslim nurses?

    zenman replied to greenfiremajick's topic in General Nursing

    There is a lot of them outside the
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    Spring break- must be nice...

    zenman replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in School

    I just got back from Cambodia and Thailand. Few more days off and I'm back to the grind till
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    Vent about resentment from older RNs toward NP students

    zenman replied to SteveNNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Heck, yes. I'm 58 and in NP school and two of my peers are
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    Is a NP also a " Physician?"

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

    No. Let's see here. Soldiers call medics, "doc" even though they're not. But they are the soldiers "doc." So, a soldier can say to a medic, "you're my
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    Residency's for NPs?

    zenman replied to jlcole45's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'll bet most NP schools won't mind if you keep signing on for more clinical experiences. The only formal residency program I've seen for NPs was one for
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    Is a NP also a " Physician?"

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

    This is actually quite simple. I see them as saying "my NP is my 'physician'" Any
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    I agree but do think that prior experience CAN mean more than what some might think if you are an eager sort of person. For example, just think what I've seen in my years of experience, the heart...
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    Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

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

    Great. May we now close this
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    Certification Frustration

    zenman replied to worm9's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What about getting our schools involved to help with this
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    Getting back into NP practice

    zenman replied to Saifudin's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sometimes (double check with your program) you can do clinical outside the USA if you do it with a American trained, board certified physician in your speciality or on US soil (military base or US...
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    zenman replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I got this this morning:
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    Knee Replacement

    zenman posted a topic in Orthopedic

    What's the average LOS for a bilateral total knee replacement these
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    How difficult is FNP school?

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

    I hear physicians talk about how "tough" it was/is to get through medical school and residency. What this means to me is that due to the "tough" conditions you will maybe remember half of what you...
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    What can i do with my husband?

    zenman replied to beatriceb321's topic in General Nursing

    In your job you know who has what and can take the necessary precautions. I think it's more dangerous if you are in a place where you don't know the dangers. Do you understand what I mean? I run...
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    zenman replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    There has to be some leeway for strong personalities...God knows we need
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    Torn Between NP and CRNA

    zenman replied to RN in Bmore's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Maybe he's not any good or maybe she doesn't understand the
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    Torn Between NP and CRNA

    zenman replied to RN in Bmore's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was just talking about this (over a stiff drink) with my wife at dinner last night. At least by going the psych NP route you are paid to listen to a patient...and they tend to have an "excuse" for...
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    Have noticed racist threads right here in the past two days!

    zenman replied to lpn2icu's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not going to read all this thread, but I have noticed "team players" meant only "their team" in the only place I have worked with Filipino nurses. My experience is not a blanket statement to all...
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    how do you take the BP in this scenario?

    zenman replied to mashamontago's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I just did one and the reason why is to give the OP the hint that maybe they need to really sit and think before asking a question. But, I know I'm beating my head against the wall so actually the...
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    Online NP Programs

    zenman replied to gudhrt's topic in General Nursing

    Anytime I want specific information about a program I ask them
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    CRNAs Looking Down on NPs

    zenman replied to RNbabe's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sigh...
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    DNP and further education

    zenman replied to JDCitizen's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Ok, if I was a DNP student here are the courses I'd like to take for a primary care focus: Risk Reduction Clinical Microbiology Radiology Medical Anthropology Psychopharmacology Primary Meds...
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    DNP and further education

    zenman replied to JDCitizen's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Throw in a Risk Reduction course. I had an interesting one
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    DNP and further education

    zenman replied to JDCitizen's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, let's design one. For a primary care focus, I'd add courses such as medical anthropology and health psychology. In addition to the general pharm class add a psychopharmacology course and one on...