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1. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

   mango-lo-maniac replied to jstuben's topic in NP

   You know, very few posts in this long thread have addressed the OP’s question – what are the CLINICAL differences between PAs & NPs. Instead there has been a lot of rhetoric, much of it unfounded, about the educational and perceived professional ...

2. NP education - a rant

   mango-lo-maniac replied to CatskillNP's topic in NP

   changed mind about post

3. Is it really 3...?

   mango-lo-maniac replied to LAROSILIERE7's topic in NP

   General Forum InformationNurse Practitioners (NP) Number: 141,209 (51% of all APRNs) Education: Nurse Practitioners (NPs) include RNs prepared beyond initial nursing education in an NP program of at least 3 months. Approximately 65 percent of NPs ha...

4. What are the BEST and WORST States to practice as an NP?

   mango-lo-maniac replied to Roland's topic in NP

   Psychologists with extra training can write scripts from a limited formulary in New Mexico & Louisiana. Don't know anything about chiros, PTs or pharmacists, though.

5. MD shortage prompts UDM to shorten PA program

   mango-lo-maniac replied to Selke's topic in NP

   Trauma, PM to you

6. MD shortage prompts UDM to shorten PA program

   mango-lo-maniac replied to Selke's topic in NP

   Please don't think I intend to start an NP vs PA thing. I have no problem with the NP profession nor the NPs I work with. We treat each other as colleagues and get along very well. I don't want to hijack the thread either, so I'll just post my sourc...

7. MD shortage prompts UDM to shorten PA program

   mango-lo-maniac replied to Selke's topic in NP

   You may want to recheck your sources. According to the IL Physician Assistant Practice Act, "Physician Assistant" means a person licensed by the Department and who practices in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Physician Assistant Pract...

8. Otoscope/opthalmoscope sets

   mango-lo-maniac replied to shelleternal's topic in NP

   My Welch-Allyn works just as well as the wall-mounted sets in the clinic. I'd check ebay for deals. You can usually find a student who was required to buy a set but rarely used it.

9. Physician assistant versus Nurse practitioner

   mango-lo-maniac replied to xng's topic in Career Support

   Really? As a PA, I thought NPs had the stronger lobby! :chuckle Nurse Ratched gave you the best link for getting the facts about the PA profession, www.aapa.org. It's a huge site that will take a long time to go through! Here's a link to "Where PA...

10. Pink Eye Test

    mango-lo-maniac replied to PalmGirl's topic in NP

    i just read about it on another forum. here's what was posted: according to the 2002 article in the american journal of infection control by guinan et al, more than 164 million school days are missed annually in american public schools due to the spr...

11. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    mango-lo-maniac replied to jstuben's topic in NP

    The main PA forum is www.physicianassociate.net. The sister site, for PAs and NPs to discuss issues of mutual concern, is www.clinicanforum.com.

12. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    mango-lo-maniac replied to jstuben's topic in NP

    Actually, learning to do lumbar punctures is standard in most PA programs. I don't know for certain, but I imagine that NPs who work in emergency med do LPs as well. Also, depending on the setting, PAs (maybe NPs, too??) can do lumbar injections. "Bl...

13. NP w/no desire for RN?

    mango-lo-maniac replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in NP

    depending on the setting, there isn't much difference in the roles of nps and pas. if you do a web search for jobs, you will find many that advertise "pa/np wanted," and there is no difference listed in the job or pay based on the educational backgro...

14. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    mango-lo-maniac replied to jstuben's topic in NP

    That has been my experience, too, at least in places where PAs & NPs work side-by-side. PS Go Paladins! I'm a Furman Girl, too!

15. NP w/no desire for RN?

    mango-lo-maniac replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in NP

    Actually, this isn't true. According to the American Academy of PAs 2004 New Student Survey, only a third of newly-enrolled students had no prior direct pt care experience. More than half had over 3 years experience. It is the trend, though. The 2000...