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I disagree. I have a scope of practice that allows me to manage ICU patients as well as perform numerous procedures, but that doesn't put me on the same level as a physician

Yet another waste of union member's dues....:D:D That idiot Boss Rose is just trying to move up in the world.I guess that all of the money she pockets from her vast union membership, 165,000 out of how many million nurses?, just isn't enough anymore...

More fabulous reasons for doing in patient peds! No drug seekers!! There is no way I could bring myself to do some of what you are talking about...

Where are you located?

DNP is NOT required. It is only a suggestion. Unless you just want to get a doctorate, the MSN will serve fine for a NP. The DNP adds ZERO to your competence as a provider but does add to those who are in administration or teaching positions. Any cur...

We had an intensivist quit when the new medical director demanded that everyone in the PICU address each other by first name! Cya!

We are designated mid level providers. I have no issue with the term. We also have NPs and PAs in our facility. Also, I refer to myself by first name when addressing the patients and families. Its a childrens hospital and hierachy amongst providers i...

How's the cost of living out there compared to what you make an hour??

How's the cost of living out there compared to what you make an hour??

Great! So now nurses are walking out of a children's hospital over insurance contributions? I thought unions didn't like to strike? You seem very happy about your fellow nurses striking, why is that?? This is what makes unions look bad. Would you fee...

That's another huge debate in itself. I am a NP and can tell you that my nursing experience has little to do with my day-to-day job function. I examine, diagnose, and treat patients and none of my nursing experience has helped with the exception of h...

Np's fall under the board of nursing. PA's under the board of Medicine. PA's , in most cases, have significant healthcare experience prior to entering school. Their education is patterned after med school with didactic up front then rotations through...

Would you like to see my pay stub?? Additionally, you should stick to what you know....there are very few, less than 10 hospitals that are unionized. You have such great information. Where did I say anything about unemployment? After many years in th...

originally posted by llg i'm old enough to remember when it became a requirement for np's to have master's degrees. at first people disagreed, saying that the msn inclusion of research, theory, leadership, etc. was not necessary for an np. those vo...

Do you work in the "South"? If you don't, then please save me the union rhetoric and dispariging comments about nurses from the "South"! Few unions, yes. Low wages, NOT! We, southern nurses, are just smart enough to live in an area that has a decent ...

Healthcare is a business and the patients are consumers of the product offered. Mr Krugman wants to take us back to days of old where nurses gave the doctor their chair or brought them a cup of coffee. There is nothing wrong with calling patients con...

I,too, would suggest whatever is closer but please don't rule out private schools. I practice in Ft Worth and went to a distance program through University of Pennsylvania. It was worth every penny! They cut out the theory, and all of the other fluff...

Being a current MSN-NP, I can't imagine that dnp's will be choosen over msn's. There is nothing in their educational framework that lends to them being able to do any more than current NP's can. From what I can see, it appears to be more of a degree ...

I might get a scab if I trip, owwwchee!!!!

In fairness to the unions, nurses in RTW states who opt to not pay dues should not be afforded union respresentation, period. Dues and union participation should not be mandatory, but those who don't pay should not receive the bennies either....

I sincerely respect my fellow nurses, but I could never respect a nursing strike. You may think you have the best pay and benefits in the world but I also feel the same way, and there's not a unionized hospital within 5hrs of where I practice. I've b...

THere are several agencies that hire nurses to work strikes. US Nursing is one of them. Just google it! I have a friend who does this and makes incredible money. Unions lost their effectiveness years ago. Someone has to care for the patients after th...

RTW states are diff to organize due to no closed shop. Its hard to stay in business when there isn't a captive audience to pay dues.

I have always gone by my first name and always will. I intro my self as first name and i am the NP today. The hospital where i work is very anti-hierarchy and we are on first name basis with physcians. NP's in general are too caught up in "what shoul...