BlueDevil,DNP DNP, RN

Blue Devil, DNP, ARNP

I agree with the last post. Make them verbalize the issue. If it is significant enough to warrant honest regret, I might apologize. If it is petty customer service crap, I'd say something like: "thank you for sharing your observations with us. We ...

Generally speaking, I would not be in favor of AD entry levels, but I do think you are over reacting. "I hope she doesn't get in" is a terrible thing to say. Shame on you. I take it you would not be interested in attending such a program, but why ...

Say what? I am absolutely a "medical authority" and I absolutely present myself as such. Where do you get this stuff? I don't have, have never had, will never have, a supervising or collaborating physician. I tell you what, NPs or NP wannabes pra...

Do I think religion can be changed? This is where we acknowledge that as an atheist, I am not the right person to ask for a personal opinion on that matter. Religion is a legally protected class. To my understanding, religion is not considered a ma...

"How bad does the discrimination have to get before people will begin to recognize it for what it truly is, and take action to stop it?" Speaking for myself, it would have to be so bad as to include class discrimination based on race/ethnicity, gend...

My focus is exactly the same as my physician colleagues, so I have no idea to what the above post is referring. I am a PCP that happens to be a NP vs a MD/DO, but we do the same job. Our educational paths differ, and you can all argue about which p...

I don't have a problem with this. The amounts are pitifully low, considering the volumes of work involved. Patients should be embarrassed about what we are paid on their behalf by Medicare.

I have a pt that has several severe mental health diagnoses. She has long been dangerous to herself and others. She is constantly in and out of behavioral health units and jails/prison, and then back in our office again. I don't treat her psych di...

Why doesn't he just buy his own coverage?

Oh for Pete's sake, you're right. I never check the dates. doh. I hate when that happens!

Most practices have a provider on call 24/7. That person is authorized to make decisions, relay them to the MA, who then returns the call to deliver the message to patients. This is how we do it in my practice. I do not typically speak directly to...

Well apparently you don't own anything suitable for a job interview, so IIWY I'd spend some time looking for something appropriate and getting it tailored so that next time you don't have to run around at the last minute. A good tailor will do at le...

It is a legitimate diagnosis and therefore appropriate. Likewise the term "obesity." We are not going to stop using appropriate scientific terminology because laypeople use words they don't understand inappropriately. Use your head. No one with any...

I've never been. No member of my immediate family has ever been. One the one hand, we have all been lucky never to have had any serious accidents or injuries. On the other, we are not stupid and know how to do conservative management of routine il...

The only part of the poll result that I find surprising is that there are still people who would deny anyone the right to end their own life when they see fit. It is their own business and it doesn't matter what the reasons are, terminal illness, run...

I'm curious as to why the OP thinks assisted suicide is OK for a physician but outside the scope of practice for a NP? In my state FNPs and MDs have the exact same scope of practice, so I find that statement silly. I have no problem with PAS and ...

Agree. A suit is a must; tailored to fit perfectly will go a long way to making anyone look great regardless of body type. I'd avoid black, but navy or gray would be fine. Stay conservative. I would spend some money on this, consider it an investmen...

How is this even a suitable question for debate in a NP program? It's offensive.

I'd answer them for you, but I don't have a collaborative relationship- I'm in a state that doesn't require anything like that. I agree that you would benefit from meeting with someone local and doing some networking.

We most certainly do. Psych pts are my most difficult and least rewarding. A little venlafaxine here, or some escitaloram there and they either get better or they don't. It's a crap shoot.

I went to Duke. I took most of my classes on the ground, i.e. in person -on campus, but I did take a few online if the course I needed wasn't being offered at an hour/day that could be worked into our schedules. I didn't observe any difference in q...

I am not going to swing at pitches in the dirt, I suggest the rest of you refuse to do so as well. The focus here is on the fact that APRNs with unrestricted practice do not endanger patients. The proof is in the pudding. See the seventeen states ...

I don't identify where I live on the internet, except to say it is one of the independent practice states. AANP - State Practice Environment. Not red or blue, but a "green" state, lol. I was a new graduate NP when I came here. I did do a one year...

No, I'm sure it isn't the norm. There was no NP "movement" or demand, if that is what you are asking. The BOD came to that decision independently. I cannot say what led them to it other than to echo what they said at the time, which was that they fel...