Osiris55

Personally, looking at it from a pt. perspective I'd be a little worried about seeing an NP that doesn't have ANY physician oversight at all. I've looked very hard at NP programs and such and have been very drawn to them, but I can't see how a mid-level would be able to practice without a physician going over a sampling of charts every x months. I don't understand why that is a bad thing. One of the reasons I was turned off by PA programs was that I had always thought they had a greater degree of oversight then NPs. It just seemed silly to me to train someone to do all this stuff that allows you to be a physician extender but requires you to go running to the physician every 10 minutes. It is interesting to learn that there are states with less oversight. In fact I just checked with that link and I see my own state, NH, has what seems to be almost the exact same regulations as NC. Now I'm really thinking about which one would be better for what I want to eventually do. Not that I'm anywhere near the point of entering either type of program, but what before was a one sided decision (If I wanted any independence I'd need to be an NP) has been given a new, and very intresting, dynamic.

I was wondering if anyone had any info about the Holden Health LPN program. I've talked to some of the administration there and I took my NET test (and passed),, but I'm looking to see if anyone from here has or knows someone who has gone through or is going through their program. Thanks

I pretty much agree with Kmchugh, there is not enough evidence to say that "energy work" (I'm clumping several diffrent ones in here) actually does anything beyond a placebo effect. There are two primary arguments people use to say that energy work does something; The empirical model of medicine is flawed (for whatever reasons); It's been around for thousands of years in the East; The empirical model of medicine isn't perfect by any means. It is possible to alter the results of a study to make whatever theory being studied work. Empirical science is, I think, somewhat skewed for the results to fall in favor of the theory being tested. No matter the researcher some of that data they collect is going to be interpreted in a way that favours their study when in fact it shouldn't. I also feel that the impact of such misinterpertation is minimal. I am of course talking of a true empirical experiment, not some evil drug company out to make a buck at any cost. The idea that just because it's something that has been around for thousands of years makes it true is also misleading. People thought the world was flat for thousands of years, turns out they were wrong. If, in fact, these practices have worked for so long, why is it they can't stand up to empirical research? What about it suddenly makes energy work unable to function in a controlled enviremnt? I've heard the argument that the cold and emotionless envirment that empirical research creates makes it impossible for energy work to function. And ok, I can understand that line of reasoning, but for whatever reason, if energy work can't be easly reproducable and has a hard time being predictiable, how can you expect it to be something widely used? Not only that but when you start saying things like "surgery is a placebo"(paraphrased), it just weakens your case. I don't see how removing someone ready to burst appendix has a placebo effect. No amount of energy work is going to stop someone from dying from a burst appendix, nor is energy work going to prevent it from bursing. If modern medicine is just a placebo effect, then why can't energy work also just be a placebo effect? Just because it's been around for longer isn't going to cut it. If modern medicine is around 1,000 years from now will it still be a placebo effect or does a medical model just need to be around for a few 1,000 years before it transform from placebo into fact? :uhoh21: I do keep a very open mind about these things. It would be so amazing if they worked, but I've never seen any evidence that supported that there was actually anything going on other then lots of positive thinking. Positive thinking may make it easier for someone to heal, and will often have a relaxing effect, causing lots of simple afflictions to disapate (mine joint pain, headaches, upset tummy). Until I see with my own eyes someone stop a gushing wound from bleeding with nothing more then a light touch I must find it to be nothing more then a placebo effect.