Josh L.Ac.

Josh L.Ac.

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  1. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    Josh L.Ac. replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    Are you saying acupuncture fits into this category, or were you referring to other modalities? It took until halfway through my first quarter of acupuncture school before I dropped the second "c"....

  2. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    Josh L.Ac. replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, so we can cure hypochondria too? How exciting. We'll just add it to the list found here (and it's an old list): http://consensus.nih.gov/1997/1997Acupuncture107html.htm BTW, I rarely talk about...

  3. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    Josh L.Ac. replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    That's rough and my condolences. My mother is dying because of her trust of conventional medicine doctors combined with her apathy towards her own health. I'm not sure about you, but I went through...

  4. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    Josh L.Ac. replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    And I see patients that have ran through the entire list of possible conventional interventions for various diseases with no success that get better after a month of acupuncture and Chinese herbal...

  5. Off topic: How do you keep house?

    Josh L.Ac. replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Students

    I toss my fiance into a room and tell her she can't come out until it is cleaned. Actually, my fiance and I both clean. I am more concerned about cleaning but my old OCD days where I would stay up...

  6. Is it just me?

    Josh L.Ac. replied to antihippie's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I graduated with my BS in biology (pre-med emphasis) from Missouri State University [show-me-state], so when I travelled to Seattle WA to go to acupuncture school, I was in for a culture shock because...

  7. Accelerated BSN - ?'s re. applying..

    Josh L.Ac. replied to fulwood's topic in General Nursing

    I applied for and was accepted into the accelerated BSN at Research College of Nursing in KC, MO. It runs from August to August, but has a prerequisite that each student take 15 credits at Rockhurst...

  8. Know hospitals that pay for school?

    Josh L.Ac. replied to jab3da's topic in General Nursing

    I start the accelerated BSN in August 06 at Research so I am curious to hear about your experience. If that is okay, we can start another thread or we can do it via

  9. Know hospitals that pay for school?

    Josh L.Ac. replied to jab3da's topic in General Nursing

    If you take the accelerated BSN at Research College of Nursing, you have the option of signing a contract that pays for the year long program in exchange for a two year contract at any HCA Midwest...

  10. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    Josh L.Ac. replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for the replies. In my home state of Kansas (where I am moving back to in June for school), MDs/DOs can get licensed by the state to do acupuncture with no training, while the state doesn't...

  11. What do you think about...

    Josh L.Ac. replied to humiliated's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I start an accelerated BSN program in August in order to become a FNP. But the school that I am going to has a loan-forgiveness program if you work 2 years at a HCA hospital, so I plan on working as a...

  12. Differences (Educative/Clinical) between NP & PA

    Josh L.Ac. replied to jstuben's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I finished my acupuncture master's degree a year and a half ago, and I felt like to practice I really needed to know more conventional medicine, so I am going to an accelerated BSN then NP school. I...

  13. Acupuncture, chinese medicine & massage

    Josh L.Ac. replied to may24's topic in Holistic

    This list isn't going to be exhaustive since it is from memory... For diagnostic theory: Eight Principle, Yin / Yang, 5 Element, Zang Fu, Six Channel, Wei / Qi / Ying / Xue, and Three Jiaos....

  14. Acupuncture, chinese medicine & massage

    Josh L.Ac. replied to may24's topic in Holistic

    To practice acupuncture, most states require that you pass the NCCAOM licensing exam. To be eligible to sit for the exam, you either need a master's degree in acupuncture, received a similar degree...

  15. Ahhh!! What now?

    Josh L.Ac. replied to FNPhopeful's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This almost happened to me with human physiology (I had to make up for my C that I got in undergrad which was d/t my capricious youth). In all of Seattle I only found one school that had a stand-alone...

  16. anyone know the traffic?

    Josh L.Ac. replied to dharma3055's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Crossing the border into the US (Vancouver to Seattle) can take 30 minutes...or a few hours. Also, traffic is highly variable once you hit Seattle. Best bet is to heed Suzanne's advice. As for finding...

  17. Roll call! who got accepted for spring 2006?

    Josh L.Ac. replied to smk1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I got accepted into an accelerated BSN program in Kansas City MO that starts in August 06. After the one year program, I will either go straight into a FNP program, or I will work two years (to pay...

  18. Acceptance rates for Accelerated BSN programs?

    Josh L.Ac. replied to sui generis's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I recently got accepted into the accelerated BSN program at Research College of Nursing in KC,MO. During the interview process, I was told that the school has more of a rolling admissions process, so...

  19. Plan B

    Josh L.Ac. replied to NICU_nurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thank you very much. I love it when a plan comes together. But if it doesn't, back-up plans are always

  20. Plan B

    Josh L.Ac. replied to NICU_nurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If I did not get into the only accelerated BSN program that I applied to, I was going to work with my fiance to build up our soon-to-be-relocated acupuncture practice. But I got in. I might still...

  21. NP in washington

    Josh L.Ac. replied to wannabFNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    And of course:

  22. Direct-entry MSN programs

    Josh L.Ac. replied to elizabells's topic in Post Graduate Students

    The Rockhurst / Research College of Nursing program is an accelerated BSN, not an entry level MSN /

  23. Herbal/alternative and modern medicine can come together as a safe practice?

    Josh L.Ac. replied to button2cute's topic in Holistic

    In the context of Chinese herbal medicine: In Chinese herbal medicine, loose herbs that are decocted into a tea are generally considered the strongest form of a formula. The herbal [water] decoction...

  24. Herbal/alternative and modern medicine can come together as a safe practice?

    Josh L.Ac. replied to button2cute's topic in Holistic

    Re: Chinese herbs I took an Chinese herb and pharmaceutical drug interaction class during acupuncture school. There is a wealth of research coming out of China about the pharaceutical effects of...

  25. Direct-entry MSN programs

    Josh L.Ac. replied to elizabells's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Janony - Now I am applying to the accelerated BSN program at the Research College of Nursing in Kansas City (http://www.researchcollege.edu ). I was in the process of applying for a masters entry NP...