PepperMan98

Stacy! Ha, was searching around for the results list from our board, and found this page. I haven't been on here in a while. Have you ever seen the results list? Congrats to you Jenks7! Stacy and I were in Jan COT, so the class after you. Hope all is well!

Practical Nurse, or LPN/LVN, or I have even heard it referred to as RPN. In the US, it is the step before RN. Many LPN's do the same things as RN's, but there are some differences, depending on your location. Hope this helps...two years later, lol...

I am a nursing student in St. Louis, MO. One of my teachers has a PhD in Physiology, one is a PhD RN, and one is an NP. Their scope of practice could not be farther from each other. Dr. *********, PhD in Phys, couldn't prescribe medication if his life depended on it, although he is extremely knowledgeable in that field. Dr. ********, PhD RN, has a terminable degree of PhD, like Dr. *********, but neither are "doctors" in the medical sense. Neither are physicians, either. Dr. ******* is a research nurse. He has experience in the delivery room and in AIDS research. *******, MSN NP, can prescribe medication, because that's what NP's do. She isn't a "doctor", or a physician, she's a nurse. Our school offers a combo DNP/PhD program, whether you have a BSN, or MSN. This would be the ultimate in nursing degrees. You have the "esteemed" PhD, a terminable degree, and you also have the Doctorate in NP, which allows medication prescriptions, as well as the fact that it is not a terminable degree. I know this is years after the original post, but I found this thread to be interesting, and wanted to get my hands dirty as well, lol!