Guest guest Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 Joby, For the most part that is correct. However, the majority of the professional schools that offer NP or PA training are moving towards having these as advanced/master level programs. For example, here in the RGV the Univeristy of Texas Pan-American just recently changed their policies regarding entrace into their PA program from having completed pre-requisite courses to holding a baccalaureate degree with associated pre-requisites and chaging the curriculum to reflect master's level training. Hope this helps. Regards, Alfonso R. Ochoa > I found these two statements on a web site concerning PA's and NP's. Does anyone know if the statements below are true or false? > > Thanks, > > Joby Berkley > > > Nurse Practitioner: Nurse practitioners require a bachelor's degree and are under the supervision of a physician, who will review a patient's charts daily. They practice direct care, are certified and are required to take CPR training. > n Physician Assistant: A physician assistant has a bachelor's degree. He or she can prescribe medication, although the physician must sign off on a patient's charts weekly. They are certified, take a direct care approach and are licensed in the state of Texas. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 'Requires bachelors degree' must have meant 'as a prerequisite'. NP-Most likely career path would be. ADN or BSN, MSN. For CRNA you would be required to have worked a certain number of years as an RN, preferably in the ICU. Before any of that, you would have to do A & P I & II, Micro, at least 1 Chemistry, Sociology, Nutrition, 2 English, Math and/or Stats, Liberal Arts credits, Art, 6 hrs US Hist, 6 hrs US & TX govt., 6 credits Psych plus anything else they require. PA- All of the above, plus 8 credits Biology I & II, total 12 hrs Chemistry, a bachelor's degree and good scores on GRE. The course of study is 30 plus minus months plus clinicals. Good luck > > I found these two statements on a web site concerning PA's and NP's. > Does anyone know if the statements below are true or false? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Joby Berkley > > > > > > Nurse Practitioner: Nurse practitioners require a bachelor's degree > and are under the supervision of a physician, who will review a > patient's charts daily. They practice direct care, are certified and > are required to take CPR training. > > n Physician Assistant: A physician assistant has a bachelor's > degree. He or she can prescribe medication, although the physician > must sign off on a patient's charts weekly. They are certified, take a > direct care approach and are licensed in the state of Texas. > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 'Requires bachelors degree' must have meant 'as a prerequisite'. NP-Most likely career path would be. ADN or BSN, MSN. For CRNA you would be required to have worked a certain number of years as an RN, preferably in the ICU. Before any of that, you would have to do A & P I & II, Micro, at least 1 Chemistry, Sociology, Nutrition, 2 English, Math and/or Stats, Liberal Arts credits, Art, 6 hrs US Hist, 6 hrs US & TX govt., 6 credits Psych plus anything else they require. PA- All of the above, plus 8 credits Biology I & II, total 12 hrs Chemistry, a bachelor's degree and good scores on GRE. The course of study is 30 plus minus months plus clinicals. Good luck > > I found these two statements on a web site concerning PA's and NP's. > Does anyone know if the statements below are true or false? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Joby Berkley > > > > > > Nurse Practitioner: Nurse practitioners require a bachelor's degree > and are under the supervision of a physician, who will review a > patient's charts daily. They practice direct care, are certified and > are required to take CPR training. > > n Physician Assistant: A physician assistant has a bachelor's > degree. He or she can prescribe medication, although the physician > must sign off on a patient's charts weekly. They are certified, take a > direct care approach and are licensed in the state of Texas. > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Actually, no. The PA program used to be a baccalaureate degree. I know a couple of PAs down here that went that route either from UTMB or UTPA. However, now a baccalaureate is required just to get into the program. Regards, Alfonso R. Ochoa > > > I found these two statements on a web site concerning PA's and > NP's. > > Does anyone know if the statements below are true or false? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Joby Berkley > > > > > > > > > Nurse Practitioner: Nurse practitioners require a bachelor's > degree > > and are under the supervision of a physician, who will review a > > patient's charts daily. They practice direct care, are certified and > > are required to take CPR training. > > > n Physician Assistant: A physician assistant has a bachelor's > > degree. He or she can prescribe medication, although the physician > > must sign off on a patient's charts weekly. They are certified, > take a > > direct care approach and are licensed in the state of Texas. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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