wtbcrna MSN, DNP, CRNA

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    Nurses are Not Doctors

    wtbcrna replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    The concerns that you point out are just more nonsense anecdotal reports. I diagnosed Raynaud's phenomenon over the phone by my fathers symptoms because the IM physician couldn't figure it out. I...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

    wtbcrna replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Yes untrained. I have been with and served as the preceptor in the OR for medical students. These rotations do not give medical students the ability to practice medicine. It is meant as a bridge to...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

    wtbcrna replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    And again where is your proof that untrained medical school graduates would do a better job as primary care providers than NPs. You spout a lot of nonsense, but you fail to provide any evidence to...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

    wtbcrna replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, this medical student can call me Doctor or Major or even better not call me at all when it is time to save their
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

    wtbcrna replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Anecdotal evidence means nothing. I was often requested by many surgeons to work in their rooms. Does that mean all those surgeons think MDAs were
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

    wtbcrna replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    APNs are not mid-level anything. APNs can and do provide care with or without the need of working with physicians. Referring to APNs as mid-levels just perpetuates the myth that APNs need physicians...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

    wtbcrna replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Christine E Kasper - Publications Here is example of some of that awful nursing research from one of my soon to be
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

    wtbcrna replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Having a BSN means you still know nothing about APN education. I would venture to say that you have never participating in
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

    wtbcrna replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    It is asinine to argue with someone that cannot provide one piece of research to back up his or her statements on the quality or supposable lack of quality of APN education. We can only hope that he...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

    wtbcrna replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    What non-anecdotal evidence do you have the NP education is
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    MSN-DNP

    wtbcrna replied to MatyIce's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    IMHO the DNP/DNAP is still too new in the APN community for most employers to care whether you have it or not. In an academic setting where there are SRNAs it may work in your favor if they need a...
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    Fired for refusing??

    wtbcrna replied to Indyrn00's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/84302/Seven_Key_Reasons.pdf?ua=1
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    Fired for refusing??

    wtbcrna replied to Indyrn00's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wrong on both assumptions. CDC - Flu Vaccine Effectiveness: Questions and Answers for Health Professionals | Health Professionals | Seasonal Influenza
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    Fired for refusing??

    wtbcrna replied to Indyrn00's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't see how protecting your patients is a bad thing. When healthcare providers refuse to follow decades old proven research that has been shown to decrease morbities and mortality than perhaps...
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    MSN-DNP

    wtbcrna replied to MatyIce's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    First there is no indication that you would ever have to back to school to get your DNP/DNAP. Current CRNAs are going to be grandfathered in. It is only CRNAs that graduate in 2025 or later that are...
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    How do CRNAs get treated by MDAs ?

    wtbcrna replied to april_tomorrow's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    There are approximately 40K CRNAs, and the vast majority of those have at least a Masters degree. There are approximately 25% of CRNAs that still identify themselves as only having a diploma or...
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    Anyone started as a Lpn and ended as a CRNA

    wtbcrna replied to denyanna's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I started out as LVN and eventually became CRNA. This year I will be going back for my PhD in nursing. There shouldn't be any reason why you can't go on and become a CRNA. You just need to apply to an...
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    How do CRNAs get treated by MDAs ?

    wtbcrna replied to april_tomorrow's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I can almost always tell by walking in the OR and looking at anesthesia setup whether it was/is being done by an MDA or CRNA. CRNAs tend to more methodically in their setups and a lot of MDAs setups...
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    How do CRNAs get treated by MDAs ?

    wtbcrna replied to april_tomorrow's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    In general there is a cordial professional working relationship between MDAs and CRNAs. The politics generally happens outside of the ORs. What you see on SDN and nursing forums is often just people...
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    DNP CRNA Considering reenlisting.

    wtbcrna replied to SLEEPYBLUEDEVILDNP's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have been in almost 13 years, and I do plan on retiring. I had family in the USAF at the time I enlisted and it just seemed like the right decision at the time. The Navy or the USAF are both similar...
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    DNP CRNA Considering reenlisting.

    wtbcrna replied to SLEEPYBLUEDEVILDNP's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Generally, all the military branches have independent CRNA practice with some military facilities being mildly restrictive. The work is straight forward with the pace on par with teaching hospitals...
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    DNP vs MD

    wtbcrna replied to healthstar's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I spent a lot more than 1300 hours just in the OR during my MSN clinicals. Clinical hours are normally tied to the accreditation requirements from their respective APN
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    Clarification on the DNP requirement of 2015

    wtbcrna replied to umbdude's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Pretty much any type of research depending on what the nurses background and additional training
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    Clarification on the DNP requirement of 2015

    wtbcrna replied to umbdude's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    A PhD is for teaching/research. A PhD is still considered the most desirable degree to obtain tenure. The PhD trains you how to do research where a DNP/DNAP teaches how to best utilize
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    what grad degree are you guys going to pursue?

    wtbcrna replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in Men in Nursing

    The only difference is that I normally provide factual data to back up my