FunctionalNP

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1. Should I try and become a Nurse in a Naturopathic Clinic or a Naturopathic Doctor?

   FunctionalNP replied to NenaRK's topic in Holistic

   I found that Wall Street Journal article on the bias in peer review. Here's an example of one of the ways that scientific researchers can get shady: "Both studies were published without a review of...

2. Should I try and become a Nurse in a Naturopathic Clinic or a Naturopathic Doctor?

   FunctionalNP replied to NenaRK's topic in Holistic

   Sorry, one more observation about evidence-based research -- If you look at the highest, most scientific type of clinical research -- the randomized clinical trial -- you'll notice that the studies...

3. Should I try and become a Nurse in a Naturopathic Clinic or a Naturopathic Doctor?

   FunctionalNP replied to NenaRK's topic in Holistic

   Continuing my comment above... I tried to locate an article I read in the Wall Street Journal about bias and insider dealings between researchers and peer reviewers from earlier this year, but I...

4. Should I try and become a Nurse in a Naturopathic Clinic or a Naturopathic Doctor?

   FunctionalNP replied to NenaRK's topic in Holistic

   I read evidence-based medical articles with a grain of salt, as it is. Some articles that helped lead to my skepticism are below. 1) A paper from the Journal of Clinical Oncology that describes how...

5. Integrative / Functional Medicine / Complementary NP's

   FunctionalNP replied to aet111's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Glad to see this thread. I worked as an RN in a functional medicine clinic and am getting my MSN so I can be a functional medicine NP. I've met some brilliant integrative healers and plan to take...