RockMay

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  1. Question for any nurse practitioners or flight nurses???

    RockMay replied to CoeKohawk11's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You don't know what you don't know, Operationflightnurse, which is what is the scary part of nursing

  2. Help - FNP Placement Coordinator Gave My Clinical to Another Student

    RockMay replied to SusanFNP2B's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Most clinical training sites loath taking NP students due to their extreme lack of preparation and knowledge. This is why it is so hard to find clinical spots for NP students. Your school has made a...

  3. I would like to hear from a MSN in Education Nurse

    RockMay replied to Michelle4155's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to nursing, Michelle. You will never meet a nastier group of people. My advice is to find another profession where you will be fulfilled- PT, OT, social work,

  4. On-site vs On-line MSN

    RockMay replied to laughlove's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Ridiculously low

  5. On-site vs On-line MSN

    RockMay replied to laughlove's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Online NP programs are dangerous. They provide substandard education. How do you even know if the students are listening to the

  6. Pa if you could go back and do it over?

    RockMay replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    That's completely incorrect. You don't even have the title of PA correct (Physician Assistant, not Physician's Assistant). The title does not accurately describe the scope of practice nor the...

  7. Question from a doc on NP education

    RockMay replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    NPs utilize more resources than PAs or MDs as a result of their inferior training and lack of preparation for the autonomous practice of

  8. Question from a doc on NP education

    RockMay replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't know, but since you asked I suspect you'll likely want to research it. Physician Assistant Education

  9. Question from a doc on NP education

    RockMay replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sounds like you want to throw every test in the book at the PT. That's both unnecessary and also inappropriate, but it's common in NPs. If you want to order a D-Dimer, CTA, and V/Q scan go right on...

  10. Question from a doc on NP education

    RockMay replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Most likely dx is pneumonia. I'd order a few other tests to be sure, such as CMP and CBC w/diff. Treatment all depends on age, comorbidities, and if I will manage them as an outpatient or

  11. Question from a doc on NP education

    RockMay replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    PA school, with optional residencies. Is this even a

  12. Question from a doc on NP education

    RockMay replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In those cases they sign up for online NP programs. The fact that they exist is

  13. Question from a doc on NP education

    RockMay replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Incorrect. PAs are trained as medical generalists and able to treat 95% of what comes their way, referring the rest to specialist PAs and physicians. Most PAs work in out-patient settings tho many do...

  14. Question from a doc on NP education

    RockMay replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Can you post the syllabus for your xray class? How many hours and how many

  15. Question from a doc on NP education

    RockMay replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Cough + fever = CXR. Unless you think you can localize a pneumonia from by percussion, egophony, whispered pectoriloquy, etc. Overnight reads. Too late for an acutely ill PT with several...

  16. Question from a doc on NP education

    RockMay replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Have you read this thread where NP after NP says they received zero xray training while in NP school,

  17. Question from a doc on NP education

    RockMay replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Big ERs have the benefit of having in-house radiology who can do an immediate read on all xrays but clinics, urgent care centers, and small town ERs don't have that. If the primary provider cannot...

  18. Question from a doc on NP education

    RockMay replied to clamchow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am about to graduate from PA school. We had two entire semesters where we had to learn how to read and interpret X-rays, CTs, MRIs, Ultrasounds, PET scans, and combo PET/CTs. We were very thoroughly...