"NP's Are Smart Nurses" ????

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I was in the PA forum recently and I read from one PA that him and the doctor's that he works with regard NP's as just "smart nurses". So what are RN's to them??? Is this the general attitude of Doctor's towards nurses???:mad:

Who cares what they think? You can't change it. Just do your own personal best.

Specializes in CVICU, ER.

I have to remind dr's and pa's all the time of tests they should order, allergies that the pt has they forgot and wrote a script for, and so forth. Their ego's get in the way of them a lot of the time. When asked who my pcp is, it is always a NP. NP's rock in my book. They are more caring, usually don't mind getting in there and getting dirty. I've had more than one NP start an IV for me when I was slammed, splint an arm, bandage a lac, so on and so on... Like I said, NP's ROCK :)

Specializes in Psych.

What a ridiculous comment! You have to be smart to get through nursing school to become a nurse, period. That particular simple-minded doctor was probably just upset because he/she can't control a NP the way he/she might be able to control a PA. My mother is a PA and she encouraged me to become a NP instead. I wonder why?

Specializes in Med/Surg, Geriatrics.
I was in the PA forum recently and I read from one PA that him and the doctor's that he works with regard NP's as just "smart nurses". So what are RN's to them??? Is this the general attitude of Doctor's towards nurses???:mad:

Your life will be so much easier if you stop giving a crap what doctors think of nurses. Trust me.

I certainly can't speak for all doctors, but I can relate how one doc advised me. He and I worked together for several years, had a good working relationship and were always pretty blunt with each other. When I asked him for his viewpoint on my applying to PA programs, he flat-out told me that he would reference me for that if I wanted him to, but that he really thought I should check out NP programs instead.

The way he put it, PAs are basically extra hands for a physician and cannot work independently in most states. He told me I was too independent and opinionated to be anyone's extra set of hands and that I should practice as an NP where I could be more on my own.

Specializes in Army Medic.

Don't NP's have more power in the medical field than PA's?

Don't NP's have more power in the medical field than PA's?

yea, but both never correct anyone when someone comes up and says: " Doctor .........."

zinnnggg

Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.
yea, but both never correct anyone when someone comes up and says: " Doctor .........."

zinnnggg

This one does. 100% of the time.;)

Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
yea, but both never correct anyone when someone comes up and says: " Doctor .........."

zinnnggg

This isn't true at all, at least, never is an absolute and I know plenty times it didn't happen. Where I get seen for my routine care it's filled with NP's PA's and Dr's. The Dr's are in and out a lot on rotations so you see the NP or PA most of the time. Anyway, I have seen many NP's specifically (I don't have a lot of experience with PA's) explain their role or correct people when referred to as Dr.

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