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1. Clinical nurse specialist vs. APRN?

   Healthcare102 replied to Healthcare102's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I can't seem to be able to find the difference between the two, so what is the difference between them and what they can

2. RN's offered same jobs as Clinical social workers?

   Healthcare102 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I noticed that a lot of jobs, especially in mental/ behavioral health settings require either a LCSW (licensed clinical social work) OR RN credential. Are RN's trained to provide psychotherapy as...

3. Clinical nurse specialist vs. APRN?

   Healthcare102 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   what are the differences between the two. I have tried to look online but the answers are all ambiguous. What are the educational differences between the two? Can Nurse specialist prescribe and open a...

4. Do you get sick alot working as a nurse?

   Healthcare102 posted a topic in General Nursing

   It seems like it goes both ways. Some people seem to think nurses have this incredible immune system and rarely get sick and other like my self think they would get sick more often because they are...

5. have you ever caught norovirus from work or a patient?

   Healthcare102 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Its seems to run rampant in hospitals and other healthcare facilities this time of the

6. respiratory nursing? ddoes it exist?

   Healthcare102 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is there such thing as respiratory nursing? Why didn't they just make respiratory a specialty of nursing and instead created a whole new field for it with respiratory

7. Do you ever wish you went into another profession

   Healthcare102 posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

   It seems like so many people from so many different fields come into nursing as career changers (ie, social work, law, education, other health fields) because there so many opportunities and nursing...

8. DNP requirements for APRN's

   Healthcare102 replied to Healthcare102's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   Thanx for the reply, but I mean ONCE the mandate is already in place. If someone decides they don't want to go all the way to their doctorate and decide to just get an MSN. What will they be able to...

9. DNP requirements for APRN's

   Healthcare102 posted a topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   If they do end up making the educational requirements to be an APRN a DNP. Then what will happen with the MSN? In other words if an RN decides to advance and get an MSN, what will they be able to do...

10. types of precaution measures?

    Healthcare102 posted a topic in General Students

    If someone presents to the hospital with certain symptoms, since they (healthcare professionals) don't know right away until they run tests what it is, how do they know what kind of precautions to...

11. How to handle/ clean infectious vomit

    Healthcare102 posted a topic in General Students

    what precausionary measures do you take in case the person throwing up is infectious or if there is a chance that they might be? Do you have to wear gloves and mask since viral particles from vomit...

12. Clinical social worker vs RN?

    Healthcare102 replied to Healthcare102's topic in Nursing Career

    Libby, it's not that it is problematic, I was just simply mentioning things that others have taught me. I mean sure no one actually "likes" bodily fluids lol, but I could handle it. The only one I may...

13. Respiratory Care vs Nursing

    Healthcare102 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What are the pros and cons of each profession? I know in nursing there are far more opportunities but I have also heard that respiratory therapists have more autonomy and are treated better? What's...

14. Clinical social worker vs RN?

    Healthcare102 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    What would you recommend? I have been leaning towards nursing because I really like doing behavior/mental health but I figured as a nurse (if I do psych nursing) I can be involved with both the...