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  1. How broad/narrow is your scope of practice as an NP?

    jer_sd replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Somedays I wish I had an quick clinic job, brainless repetition. But most days I like my employment in radiology as a NP. For me specilty practice fits my personality more than primary care would at...

  2. Curious...using the title "Doctor" for a DNP...

    jer_sd replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    lets see.... optometrist practice optometry when making/treating a medical diagnosis podiatrists practice podiatry when making/treating a medical diagnosis dds practices dentistry when treating or...

  3. Choosing FNP Clinical Sites...HELP

    jer_sd replied to jsully13's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Also see what the requirements of your program are, even if you get a great clinical site but dont meet course outcomes it would be of no use toward

  4. nurses undertaking angiograms

    jer_sd replied to ann h's topic in Cardiac

    i have heard of midlevel providers doing diagnostic studies, then have a physician read the final images. If a rn performs the cath then that proffesional fee is lost, Financially it does not make...

  5. Cost of RNFA programs (NIFA)

    jer_sd replied to heather2084's topic in Operating Room

    I finished the NIFA program in 2001. Good learning experience, at the time they had payment plans. It was expensive for only 9 community college credits but having the training opened up doors for...

  6. Ultrasound in Nursing

    jer_sd replied to MeCebuano's topic in Radiology

    ardms has a pathway for mds and mds from other countries to become certified. I would look into that pathway. If you are practicing as a sonographer you will be held to thoes standards. If you also...

  7. Ultrasound in Nursing

    jer_sd replied to MeCebuano's topic in Radiology

    Currently there is no state the lecenses ultrasound, meaning anyone can do the scan. In order to be paid for the scan some insurance pannels require that the sonographer be certified in the area of...

  8. Why do you love Radiology Nursing?

    jer_sd replied to mjwhitley1313's topic in Radiology

    I have worked in radiology for 10 years. Interventional radiology-special procedures when you think oabout how you get to treat conditions by catheted or needle base dintervention rather than...

  9. WHCNP due to skyrocketing malpractice rates??

    jer_sd replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Medicare does pay CNMs 65% of teh MD fee schedule, compared to NPs 85%. However not too many 65 year old patients are low risk pregnancies. This could play into office visits for primary care if...

  10. Psych CNS's and NP's, Fee for service pay ranges in the northeast

    jer_sd replied to MApsychCNS's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    look up reinbursement in your area baded upon most common cpt codes you will be using. Info is available on medicares website ire see if you can track down a private carrier, then you might want to...

  11. Iv starts for CT and MRI

    jer_sd replied to "NEWKID" in RAD's topic in Radiology

    Follow the policies of the employer, if CT has a seperate approved P+P for you to follow great. Also if time is the problem for them, you can have part of the occlusive dressing pinched before...

  12. Two Questions.

    jer_sd replied to nurseaboveboard's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I keep my colorado license, they require you to have a RN then apply to be listed on the advance practice registry. You still need state approval to be a NP there. I think that in every state you...

  13. Norm for Role of Rad nurse

    jer_sd replied to Radnurse?'s topic in Radiology

    i answered the quesitons good topics that radiology rns deal with a lot.

  14. NPs better than PAs in DM care

    jer_sd replied to prairienp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    aww come on play nice in the sandbox. Yes it was a extremly limited study and major limitations. It was published in a MD journal not a NP one so that was a suprise to have this content published....

  15. CNA Additional Certification

    jer_sd replied to JaredCNA's topic in General Nursing

    I spent a bit of time looking into this. There are training programs for acute care nursing assistants. I could not find a national certification program for them. There are certificaiton exams for...

  16. CNA Additional Certification

    jer_sd replied to JaredCNA's topic in General Nursing

    there is a national certification for hospice for nurse assistants http://www.nbchpn.org/ then it is possible to gain additional allied health training certifications by either classes or on the job...

  17. Questions about NP Independent Practice

    jer_sd replied to TX-NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Federal income tax in progressive look at the IRS website http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=150856,00.html State tax, disability insurance, health insurance ect shoudl also be looked

  18. Question

    jer_sd replied to russp2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The role of FNP and CRNA is very different try to spend time with both after graduation before you decide on which way you want to go. NPs can issue a rx in all states, some require supervision,...

  19. Why did you do NP?? Instead of Nurse Specialty?

    jer_sd replied to RN28MD's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Personlly I wanted the new role and responsibility of a NP rather than a RN. For me to spend time in school I wanted to change my roel and functions in the health care system. Usually for a MSN in a...

  20. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    jer_sd replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    This is true for all health care proffesionals. They need to know when to consult or refer to another povider. Physicians fall back on other physicians, physical therapists, dentists, psychologists...

  21. Your career track to far as an NP

    jer_sd replied to jlan79's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    here is another long route.... rn 1997 rnfa 2001 primary care np 2003 whnp 2004 one class left until fnp so probably 2008 thinking of 1 or 2 national certifications next year oncology and urology...

  22. Family NP-What route did you take to get there?

    jer_sd replied to WannaBCRNA's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Main NP roles/certifications FNP- family nurse practitioner ANP- adult nurse practitioner PNP- pediatric nurse practitioner GNP- geriatric nurse practitioner ACNP- acute care nurse practitioner WHNP-...

  23. Cath Lab Attendant -> CST -> CNOR

    jer_sd replied to JaredCNA's topic in Operating Room

    Ok here is my view on the situation. I have never worked cath lab but I have worked interventional radiology. You might be a patient transporter under this vauge job description. Some labs OTJ...

  24. CNM or direct-entry midwife

    jer_sd replied to smallwonders07's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I looked into both routes about 3 years ago before I found out as a male I would have a very difficult time finding preceptors....CNM can be licensed in all states, rx authority, more flexability in...

  25. Can you see pulmonary emboli on a plain chest film?

    jer_sd replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

    I loved scrubbing in on diagnostic pulmonary angiograms normal ones are very cool to look at.... I have not done one in 3 years... CT scans have taken over much of this and also many VQ scans. We...