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Under their legal scope of practice, can any nurses suture? LPNs, RNs, NPs, etc? Or is suturing only "allowed" by doctors and physician assitants. I ask because you often hear about military corpsmen and medics suturing (they are taught this durin...

When reading about the differences between nurses and doctors/physician assistants, I always hear the claim made that nurses operate via a nursing model and make nursing diagnoses, whereas doctors and physician assitants operate via a medical model. ...

Ah, I see. Thank you!

Thanks, everyone! I was always curious about how that worked...and now I know!

Opps...I posted this in the wrong forum. Being moved to the General Nursing Discussion forum.

Hi all, I am currently a Psychology major and Biological Sciences minor and plan to attend an accelerated/2nd degree BSN program after I graduate with my Psych/Bio BA. I really enjoy psychology, and would love to combine that with my interest in bein...

I'm currently a Psychology major / Biological Sciences minor and plan to enter a 2nd degree BSN program after I graduate with my BA. I truly love psychology, and feel as if this is the area of nursing I want to go into. However, I've always planne...

Thank you for your response, kimee. That seems to be the general feeling I'm getting from talking to people about this and reading about it. I guess it's better to start out more "general" and then go into a speciality. You never know what skills y...

Thanks for your reply! The general consensus I seem to be getting is that a Med-Surg background, even if only 1 year, is a good thing for teaching you skills and providing more opportunities / not closing any doors down the road in one's nursing care...

Thank you for all that information--it was exactly what I was looking for!! I really appreciate the time you put into both replies. Thanks again!

That's exactly the kind of answer I was looking for! Thank you so much! :) I know exactly what you mean about how "nowadays" the medication is the primary concern, and the psychotherapy is considered an afterthought (or a nice, but not needed addit...

Yes, you've answered my question--thank you for your reply. Best of luck with your career and God bless!

Very interesting! (My apologies for hijacking this thread...) I would have assumed (and we all know the problem with assuming ) that ICU, OR, ER, and MED-SURG nurses would be getting deployed the most over to Iraq/Arghanistan. Would you mind shari...

I heard through the grapevine (not from any source of authority so take this with a grain of salt--I think I read it somewhere long ago in a magazine or something...) that hypothyroidism/underactive thryoid is NOT disqualifying because taking meds fo...

Perhaps she means Certified Nurse Midwife?

I'm pursing a BA in Psychology/Biology b/c right out of high school, like most other 17/18 yr olds, I didn't know what career I wanted to pursue. Within the past year or so I've decided to go into nursing. Time-wise, it would be quicker for me to f...

Hi all! I just posted a very similar question in the "General Discussion" forum, but wanted to post the same thing plus more specific questions for this community. I am halfway done with a BA (Psychology major, Biological Sciences minor) and plan to...

Hi all! I am halfway done with a BA (Psychology major, Biological Sciences minor) and plan to enter an accelerated/2nd degree BSN program as soon as I graduate with my BA. My question is for nurses who also have degrees that they completed before go...

I am definately interested in Psych/Mental Health nursing at some time during my nursing career, yet at this early point and time (I haven't even gone to nursing school yet) I really don't know what area I want to be in. I'm assuming that once I go ...

May I ask you to elaborate on those "baseless rituals"? Examples, or specifics? Thanks!

I completely agree! Even if there is no direct professional connection for my Psychology/ Biology BA, I know that I will personally benefit from it. I can already see how things I'm learning in my classes now will make me a better nurse. People wh...

All accelerated programs have many pre-reqs (AP I and II, Microbio and Lab, Chem and lab, Developmental Psych are the basis for most). Then the program is year-round 14-18 months. So they take into consideration all your liberal arts credits from y...

This is an interesting topic...I've always been 100% comfortable seeing blood, vomit, wounds, etc, etc. But the one thing that grosses me out is SALIVA!! hahaha funny I know...Having to touch the end of a thermometer that was in someone's mouth, or...

I've always wondered about that and now I know! Thanks

Excellent question...I've always wondered how that works. Many RNs only have a license in the state that they live in/passed their boards in. So what about the people who go to school in and pass their boards in one state, but then comission into th...