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  1. Why is it so hard to find a preceptor?

    TicAL replied to WRNCEN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I think most people who work in the field of medicine (MDs and nurses alike) know that this is completely false. NP students have no responsibility and are there to learn. In that sense they are...

  2. A landmark decision in my workplace

    TicAL replied to BlueDevil,DNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If they're going to pay an NP the same as an MD it makes no sense to hire an NP. No one is going to argue the fact that an MD goes through more training, why hire someone with less training and pay...

  3. NP salary too low?

    TicAL replied to abcdefg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    To all of the NPs that state that no mid-level thinks they are equivalent to a doctor, read some of nomads posts on here. It's attitudes like his that makes physicians a little nuts and wanting to...

  4. NP salary too low?

    TicAL replied to abcdefg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't understand what's offensive about "MDs are paid for their expertise and skill that they have acquired over many years of academic and practical training." There's nothing in there to be...

  5. NP salary too low?

    TicAL replied to abcdefg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Most NPs state that they are not the same as MDs, one is practicing nursing while the other is practicing medicine. MDs are paid for their expertise and skill that they have acquired over many years...

  6. Stubborn Docs, New Docs

    TicAL replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say that I have seen the flip side of this as well. Some experienced nurses will absolutely abuse new docs and treat them with a complete lack of respect. Speaking to a new doc with a...

  7. Update on offer from Dr. working as RN there while in NP school

    TicAL replied to lynn5707's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't think anyone is threatened, but you have to understand that there are some very intelligent people out there who work very hard to earn the title Doctor and they see this new wave of people...

  8. Update on offer from Dr. working as RN there while in NP school

    TicAL replied to lynn5707's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know you're trying to make a point by using the word doctor in place of NP, but it makes the post confusing and difficult to follow. If this is confusing on a board full of NPs, just imagine how...

  9. 2015 DNP

    TicAL replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    What you guys are describing is a medical school curriculum, if that's what you're looking for then wouldn't going that route be better? My impression of the DNP is that aside from the rhetoric about...

  10. NP's working at teaching hospitals

    TicAL replied to cardschicarn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Unless you are referring to unofficial teaching (the same way that RNs can show residents how to put in IVs, etc), NPs can't teach the residents (for legal and other reasons). Not even attendings...

  11. I feel like a idiot

    TicAL replied to pedspnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know you're looking for support, but I have to say that this disturbs me a little bit. I would consider a penicillin rash "harm", these rashes can be very resilient and may ever require a patient...

  12. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    TicAL replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Slippery slope here, some DNPs would be referred to as "1 year online degree" if they introduced themselves via level of

  13. Considering career as NP

    TicAL replied to UnbrokenRN09's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That article just has a list of what a practitioner should be capable of doing, it doesn't even mention how the practitioners are trained to achieve that

  14. Considering career as NP

    TicAL replied to UnbrokenRN09's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't think we're really saying the same thing. Just a few posts ago you seemed to get really offended when someone mentioned that NPs should partake in more non-online education and post graduate...

  15. Considering career as NP

    TicAL replied to UnbrokenRN09's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Forget the turf wars, the last thing that I would want is someone who isn't adequately trained to try and take care of me or my family for the sake of "competing with the physicians". The only way to...

  16. Will DNPs be chosen over MSNs?

    TicAL replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    You should hear the way some physicians speak about DNPs... suffice it to say that they don't see DNPs as equivalents, lol. I think the newer generation of doctors know what a DNP is, and most of...

  17. Will DNPs be chosen over MSNs?

    TicAL replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The DNP isn't a clinical doctorate, it's mainly administrative in nature. That's why most of it can be completed online. The clinical aspect comes from being a nurse, although most programs let...

  18. Prescribing narcotics in the va system

    TicAL replied to retiredarmynp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hmm, from everything I've ever heard NPs are mid level providers. Anyways, I don't mean to be rude but this kind of sounds like an ego issue. If a doctors signature is needed then fine, get it so...

  19. Everyone's wearing scrubs...is this good?

    TicAL replied to caregiver1977's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah doctors don't wear white coats anymore because everyone else wears them now. Why on earth would a social worker need to be wearing a long white coat...does it make them feel

  20. Why do some Medstudents love to belittle nurses?

    TicAL replied to LPNweezy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    lol, reporting them to the dean will have little to no effect. The dean has a million other important issues to deal with, having a random nurse send a message about some med students screwing around...

  21. NP/DNP in Dermatology?

    TicAL posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    http://www.lahey.org/Departments_and_Locations/Departments/Dermatology/Nurse_Practitioner_Fellowship_in_Dermatology.aspx I always thought that the purpose of getting an NP/DNP was to fill the void of...