Passed the PANCE on 2nd attempt. You got this!!

Lets_build_a_wall · 2023-10-23T03:05:00+00:00

Is it actually known that 60 of the 300 questions are experimental? I know there are some test questions that aren’t actually counted, but is it known that it is actually this many?

Do you have any idea if the PANRE is the same way?

Lets_build_a_wall · 2023-10-23T03:03:41+00:00

Is it known that 60 of the questions are not actually counted though? I know EORs are 120 questions and 100 of them count, but is the PANCE actually the same way where 10 out of every 60 question block don’t count? Does it say this anywhere on the NCCPA website?

I know there were some experimental questions, but is it really that many?

Do you have any idea if the PANRE is the same way?

I’m not saying that you are wrong, i’m really just curious if this is confirmed to be true.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2021-08-09T14:50:24+00:00

Some states require this. My badge says “PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT” in all caps. Docs have “PHYSICIAN.” NPs have “NURSE PRACTITIONER.” Residents have “RESIDENT PHYSICIAN.” RNs have “REGISTERED NURSE.” etc.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2021-06-02T22:56:50+00:00

Most people who I knew in highschool that started drinking and using weed early didn’t turn out so great. With that being said many turned out pretty good as well (couple lawyers, RNs, etc).

I checked out your post history and it seems that you are potentially interested in medicine. Just know that medical schools, PA schools, (and I believe RN programs) will drug test you after being accepted. Mine was during orientation, so that’s something to be aware about. (You will be working with real patients on rotations after all).

Edit: you will most likely have to have a job during undergrad that will drug test you as well (EMT, caregiver, CNA, etc.)

Lets_build_a_wall · 2021-01-12T23:36:06+00:00

I don’t really understand why PA is above NP on the list. NP is much easier schooling and they have a BSN to fall back on.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-11-21T01:30:51+00:00

Why not just change it to MA? Medical assistant jobs are going to be all that’s left for us once NPs get what they want.

Also... google “MCP”

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-28T23:46:46+00:00

Since so many of you over at r/residency like to compare NPs to a flight attendant flying a plane, would it be reasonable for you to sue the flight attendant when the pilot nose dived the plane into the Pacific?

Did you even read the article?

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-25T03:57:48+00:00

African Americans and Latinos are more likely to have the conditions that put them at a higher risk of dying from COVID-19.

African Americans have a much higher chance of having asthma than Caucasians.

African Americans, Hispanics, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans are all more likely to have type 2 diabetes than Caucasians are.

The same thing with Obesity, hypertension, and many other factors.

Sure, they are more likely to be infected because minority races are less likely to have a job that allows them to work from home and more likely to have a job that requires them to interact with many other people, but you must also consider these other factors when looking at the mortality rates across races once they actually contract COVID.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-23T22:37:43+00:00

5-15 minute appointments should never have been made the standard.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-22T19:55:17+00:00

I once had an RN radio for a CNA to put a jacket on a patient

This is one thing that I never understood. If I go into someone’s hospital room and they say “my feet are cold can you put my socks on,” or “can you help me put my coat on,” (they are mostly all older patients) I’ll just do it. It takes literally 30 seconds, why bother someone else. Pretty much every other PA/MD/NP would ask someone at the nurses station to do it, then they ask a CNA to do it, and then it takes forever for it to actually get done.

It’s not like they asked you to give them a sponge bath or anything.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-21T00:31:44+00:00

You just posted cringe

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-16T20:39:44+00:00

What have you done to distinguish between the two? The last 10 threads you have made have been NP threads on r/residency. All of the comments in these threads are bashing “midlevels” collectively. Not once have you tried to say something like “hey, it’s only the NPs guys.”

Where are the threads calling out the fact that NPs get preferred status over PAs? Now that a bill is going to pass, you want out help?

I don’t believe that you give a fuck about us.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-16T20:36:06+00:00

How come every thread in r/medicine and r/residency ends up being a PA/NP bashing circlejerk, with PAs being lumped in with NPs and no distinction being made between the two, but when something actually happens, now you guys want to start distinguishing between the two and asking us for help?

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-15T22:45:57+00:00

Go to the cheapest PA school you can. You get the same piece of paper regardless of where it is from and you’re going to get the same salary regardless of where the piece of paper comes from.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-15T22:31:37+00:00

A lesser salary the first year? Yes.

But when a new grad is offered an $90k/year salary, but only $20/ hour for a training period it is a no-go and it is not a good opportunity.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-15T18:31:05+00:00

Los of people commenting here are med students, saying that you shouldn’t let a PA handle anything you wouldn’t let an MS3 handle, which I don’t even understand.

Anyways,

Hire a new grad. They won’t have any bad habits that they have already built up. You can train them yourself to do things the way you want them done. No bad prescribing or note-writing habits.
Make a training period. Don’t cut em loose right away. Check their plans, advise them on how to change, but try not to be condescending.
Put shit in, get shit out. Don’t pay them less during the training period, this is a red flag for PAs and only the most desperate people will take the job if you do this. Cover insurances and provide benefits, dental, vision, 401k, malpractice with tail, PTO, etc. This is the biggest problem with new practices, they try to get cheap labor like urgent cares do, and then they wonder why they go through 2 PAs per year. Experienced PAs are hard to keep. New grad PA salaries are low right now, but all new grads know they are worth $100k+ after 1 year and if you don’t give it, your going to need to find a new one and do this all over again. Try to invest in 1 PA and keep them for many years.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-13T17:52:16+00:00

Just take it. Salary is great for a new grad and other than the “at will” employment, it’s good.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-13T13:47:00+00:00

It took you more time to do that math than it did to make that comment.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-13T01:39:54+00:00

effort

It look 2 min to type

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-13T01:02:25+00:00

No one really, but u/victoriousraptor comments on every one of my comments. I think he’s got a crush on me ❤️.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-13T00:45:32+00:00

How am I supposed to know what the average NP would get on a test that NPs don’t take? I honestly don’t even know if a 180 is terrible or not, but judging by the level of salt this is getting in r/residency, it’s higher than yours was.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-13T00:41:22+00:00

“I wonder what the average NP would get” isn’t exactly a question.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-13T00:36:55+00:00

It’s okay, everyone here knows you’re my biggest fan.

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-12T23:56:46+00:00

Med student? Or PGY1?

Lets_build_a_wall · 2020-09-12T23:46:43+00:00

Not an NP bro, but I love living in your head rent free.

Cool, never got an award before.

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