You do an innocent search for the differences between PA’s and NP’s and you get this crazy inaccurate and horribly false info:

NPs work more in concert with a doctor. NPs may assist a doctor during a surgery, but they never perform surgery. Some states allow NPs to write prescriptions independently, while others require the signature of a collaborating physician. All NPs are certified and licensed registered nurses (RNs), but take additional post-license courses. They do not need certification beyond their RN license, nor do they have to take a national qualifying exam.

via Physician’s Assistant Salary Vs. Nurse Practitioner | eHow.com.

GRR

I’ve been blogging for roughly… 7 yearsish?? I jumped head first into my own domain name about 5 years ago. My blogging style has morphed so much that I don’t think I ever had a ‘style’ per se’. I’ve since used ‘My Strong Medicine‘ as a catch all name for all other SoMe sites like Tumblr, Posterous and of course Blogger.

I have mostly blogged about all things nursing and have sprinkled a lil’ fitness/wellness & exercise on top. I’ve utilized the ‘other’ SoMe sites to channel most of my training logs, and exercise passions, and kept My Strong Medicine mostly focused on nursing.

My frequency of blogging about nursing started to trail off when I took the plunge going back for my degree. Three years later I’m 11 months away from graduating with my master’s in nursing and having the ability to sit for my NP boards (woo too!)

Blogging in the traditional sense has all but disappeared for me. I’ve transformed into a ‘micro-blogger’ over the past year or so. Tumblr has been a great avenue for micro-blogging, as well as super-sharing my thoughts and things I stumble upon with Posterous. I cannot tell you the last time I wrote a formal blog post via My Strong Medicine.

I must admit that blogging over at Scrubs Magazine has filled the ‘void’ of my traditional blogging habits, since I still do that consistently. 

I know, I know… micro-blogging is NOT blogging. One is a formal ‘post’ of thoughts, while the other is a ‘snap-shot’ of a single thought, or idea. I guess you could say micro-blogging is an extended status update compared to posting a simple update to Twitter, Facebook or Google +. 

Maybe it’s the time commitment? Maybe I’m tired of blogging? Maybe my interests are changing? Who knows. I do know I don’t blog like I used to, and I can admit I’m not really missing it all that much? The micro-blogging world is nice, I can share many things, I can spit out a thought (or status update) or I can choose to write a traditional blog post. I like being able to choose, especially since there is no real time commitment. And with school, work, life and all other things that require my time – I like spending less time creating or sharing.

Maybe I’m just getting lazy?

Either way, I foresee things staying this way for a while, if not permanently. I don’t have the time, and quite honestly my outlook as a nurse has changed greatly since my role as a nurse is transitioning to a nurse practitioner. I can’t say I’ll be sharing the same thoughts as I once did. The challenges and stressors I would face as an NP do not really reside in the same place as an RN (no offense).

AAAND, if you’ve been following anything i post you’ve noticed my passion for crossfit keeps growing by the day. And I’ve upped the level of commitment by adopting the Paleo lifestyle (as best I can).

This was a long blabbering explanation as to why I changed my Blogger blog’s name to reflect my other SoMe sites, and why My Strong Medicine has been quite the ghost town. For the handful of people who actually read (past tense) and read my original blog I apologize for the change. It’s just the eventual evolution of me and my bloggin skillz. Be sure to find and follow me with all the other listed sites I’ve hot-linked. I’m always looking for more conversations!

I’m starting the summer semester this week… so let the pain begin.

Let’s hope I studied enough… and didn’t over do it.

Wish me luck

My ‘Heart’ Day – UnAfraid.

Early AM Clinicals : check
Mid-afternoon class : check

Day 4 of this vice-like head cold : check

Grilled-cheese sandwiches & tomato soup dinner made by my beautiful wife : check

I’m a very luck man folks. Wife still takes care of me whenever and however she can.

P.S. : This pic was too good not to post.

Now….

I’m off to bed.

So my classmates and I were in class yesterday. The lecture topic was Nutrition for the Acute and Critically Ill patient. We as future nurse practitioners need to understand nutritional needs as well as calculate those needs on a per patient basis. That’s not what I’m blogging about though.

My classmates and I were curious. How many nurses out there have ‘initiated’ or managed a patient on tube feeds… and they DID NOT have some sort of diarrhea??

I think most nurses think :
tube feeds = diarrhea

Whaddya think?