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    In regards to subspecialties

    zmansc replied to sauce's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If I understand your question correctly, your asking why there are all these residency programs and board certifications in the MD/DO world but not in the NP world. My understanding is the MD/DO...
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    7 Tips For Choosing The Perfect Nurse Practitioner Program

    zmansc replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Interesting article. It seems you have detailed many of the decisions that were right for you in choosing your program, but I have to say, they would not necessarily be the right decision for me, many...
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    When To Begin The Search for Preceptors

    zmansc replied to Soliloquy's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Absolutely network, network, network. I don't believe there is a too early to line up preceptors. However, expect that the farther out you line them up the more likely there is to be one of them...
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    Should I say yes for a job offer?

    zmansc replied to amiable's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    None of us know enough of the particulars to know if you should accept the offer or not. Certainly, having a job available waiting for you when you graduate, that meets your criteria (whatever that...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Actually, I believe the recent outbreaks have pushed society in the other direction. National polls indicate a major shift in public opinion against allowing people to opt out of vaccines. No one is...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Since the last research on the subject I read said that the development occurs in utero, this is far more likely than anything Wakefield and the anti-vaxxers have claimed.... Now if you could just get...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    (Tamma et all, 2009) So if in fact you are telling women that there is more likelihood of harm if they have a flu vaccine than if they do not, you are leading more to have harm occur to them and their...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So you believe this government webpage
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    But isn't it true those credits were from corrupt government funded professors who didn't use the more accurate "I believe" method of
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    WAIT! Didn't you just argue that you can't trust the government, or government funded studies??? But you can trust them for this, just not the "tainted" studies? Which one's are tainted
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They didn't teach that in her nursing program, they just taught her to stay 3' away from all
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    degree changers, was nursing harder than your previous degree?

    zmansc replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure you can put "difficulty" or "harder" on a likert scale and come up with a valid representation or comparison of one program vs another let alone one type of degree vs another. I have a...
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    Direct-entry programs

    zmansc replied to Ashley313's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I didn't read coast2coast's comment anything like that. I believe you were the one that suggested the OP learn if she likes being a nurse first, and then you recommended she work as a CNA to do that....
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Fine you would rather it came from the CDC? CDC - Summary of HPV Adverse Event Reports Published in JAMA - Vaccine Safety Or you can get to the actual review of the first 12,424 adverse events report...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Are you serious? You think drug companies fund all research? Get real! Prove it. Here you go again making false accusations without any proof. Show us some actual proof, not some silly youtube...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The conspiracy theory in and of itself is so asinine as to be a complete joke... As I understand it the belief is: "The drug companies (and all researchers at a minimum) and government are conspiring...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Some may coordinate measles parties, but others choose to vaccinate. Every time there is an outbreak in a community the pediatricians experience a run on vaccines available. What direction most take...
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    Is being an NP REALLY like i'm reading?

    zmansc replied to BirkieGirl's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    When you think about it, the providers at a practice are the ones generating the product, so the more efficient they are, the more revenue the practice can generate. You can increase revenue by having...
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    Frontier Nursing

    zmansc replied to momof278's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My suggestion would be to contact the Frontier Nursing University Facebook page, you will get many responses from alumni over there and I'm sure several will be from NC, might even find preceptor info...
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    The truth about drug interactions?

    zmansc replied to nurselove757's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm a bit confused by what you are looking for. I'm sure your books and classes have discussed the various aspects of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. These concepts are the key underpinnings of...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is how Andi answered that back on post #642: "I do advocate for my patient's. If I am to give a vaccine, I make sure they understand fully the risks. I don't want the person to become ill for...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    She already said in a reply to one of my posts that she believes it is her job to "educate" her patients against vaccines. Hopefully, someone at her facility has picked up on this and is taking these...
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    zmansc replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And the troll continues
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    Do you auscultate your NGs?

    zmansc replied to Carpediem1012's topic in General Nursing

    I put one down a pt in distress due to bowel obstruction one day, got 150cc of brown fluid out, we were certain we had it in the stomach until the O2sat dropped from mid 80s to low 60s, then we...
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    What is post master's NP certificate?

    zmansc replied to ode2BeRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Not completely true. MSN in leadership is valuable to those who wish to be in nursing administration positions, and yes a MSN in education seems to be a good way to get into the door for teaching, at...