TennesseeNP123

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1. Changing from Victoza to Bydureon

   TennesseeNP123 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Does anyone have experience changing pts from Victoza to Bydureon? I have a few pts who have done very well with Victoza, but Express Scripts will no longer cover it, and the pts prefer 90-day...

2. High sed rate, neg ANA

   TennesseeNP123 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Question--I have a 22 y.o. female who presented initially w/a red, pruritic rash that had been recurring for one year off and on, and unable to distinguish the cause of the rash. I sent her for...

3. DMII Victoza med management

   TennesseeNP123 posted a topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

   Question---I have multiple pts I've started on Victoza recently and most are taking max Metformin, and most are also on either glimeperide or glipizide....my question is when I get their next 3 month...

4. Thyroid antibodies

   TennesseeNP123 replied to TennesseeNP123's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Thanks all....I've been adjusting/monitoring pt's based on TSH/FT4 and 3 which is why it really threw me off to have this pt say hers needed to be adjusted based on Abs....

5. Help with lab interpretation !

   TennesseeNP123 replied to reeya's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Wow, what a great thread....question---say you have a pt with elevated sed rate and positive ANA titer...vague symptoms, joint pains, fatigue, general malaise.....what labs would you order next?? I...

6. Thyroid antibodies

   TennesseeNP123 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Question--I have a pt who was previously seen at another office to manage her hypothyroidism....she mentioned to me that she was previously managed through her thyroid antibodies....I drew her TSH,...

7. Umsl or slu ??

   TennesseeNP123 replied to pri4fun's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I actually graduated from UMSL about 10 years ago with my BSN! I'm not sure the difference with the MSN programs, but in applying for my undergrad the deciding factor for me was that UMSL students...

8. Teen +HSVII + pap guidelines?

   TennesseeNP123 replied to TennesseeNP123's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   YES!! This has been an endless problem at this clinic and it's extra difficult bc I'm a new grad, and the other providers make me feel like I don't know what I'm talking about! AND, the patients...

9. Teen +HSVII + pap guidelines?

   TennesseeNP123 replied to TennesseeNP123's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Thanks!

10. Teen +HSVII + pap guidelines?

    TennesseeNP123 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi all....I have a new pt who was dx'd with HSV II last year...she's 16-years-old....I'm wondering if anyone knows if the pap guidelines would deem her for paps now? I know she had one last year with...

11. Phentermine??

    TennesseeNP123 replied to TennesseeNP123's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks

12. Narcotics and diagnostics...

    TennesseeNP123 replied to TennesseeNP123's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you all so much for your feedback....this is a patient I inherited with all of these medications, and I've actually over the past 2-3 months gotten him off the Tramadol, and this last time told...

13. Narcotics and diagnostics...

    TennesseeNP123 replied to TennesseeNP123's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What kind of specialist would you refer

14. Narcotics and diagnostics...

    TennesseeNP123 replied to TennesseeNP123's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I basically inherited this pt from a PA who recently moved....I don't think Percocet is the best thing for his situation....it's just this is what the person before me had started and that's what he's...

15. Narcotics and diagnostics...

    TennesseeNP123 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Okay, I have another question....I have a pt who makes me uncomfortable....He's a 35 y.o. male LPN who works nights and comes in once a month with shift work fatigue, gamers grip, and lower back...