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

    mango-lo-maniac replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, 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...

  2. NP education - a rant

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

    changed mind about

  3. Is it really 3...?

    mango-lo-maniac replied to LAROSILIERE7's topic in Nurse Practitioners, 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...

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

    mango-lo-maniac replied to Roland's topic in Nurse Practitioners, 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,

  5. MD shortage prompts UDM to shorten PA program

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

    Trauma, PM to

  6. MD shortage prompts UDM to shorten PA program

    mango-lo-maniac replied to Selke's topic in Nurse Practitioners, 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...

  7. MD shortage prompts UDM to shorten PA program

    mango-lo-maniac replied to Selke's topic in Nurse Practitioners, 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...

  8. Otoscope/opthalmoscope sets

    mango-lo-maniac replied to shelleternal's topic in Nurse Practitioners, 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

  9. Physician assistant versus Nurse practitioner

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

    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...

  10. Pink Eye Test

    mango-lo-maniac replied to PalmGirl's topic in Nurse Practitioners, 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...

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

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

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

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

    mango-lo-maniac replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, 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,...

  13. NP w/no desire for RN?

    mango-lo-maniac replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, 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...

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

    mango-lo-maniac replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, 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,

  15. NP w/no desire for RN?

    mango-lo-maniac replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, 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...

  16. NP education - a rant

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

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  17. Best ECG text?

    mango-lo-maniac replied to Win98's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

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  18. Anybody familiar with Queen Creek AZ?

    mango-lo-maniac replied to FUNRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

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  19. Anybody familiar with Queen Creek AZ?

    mango-lo-maniac replied to FUNRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

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  20. Anybody familiar with Queen Creek AZ?

    mango-lo-maniac replied to FUNRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

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  21. I found a lump

    mango-lo-maniac replied to Nursemelo's topic in Oncology

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  22. I found a lump

    mango-lo-maniac replied to Nursemelo's topic in Oncology

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  23. understanding a patient with porphyria

    mango-lo-maniac replied to YSADL's topic in Patient Safety Issues

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