what about DO's?

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hey everyone,

How are you? I am a senior in my BSN program but I have also been pre-med for the last four years along with it. I think nursing has been a great experience for me and I think more doctors should take that route..

I was wondering, often I hear people refer to MDs about this or that, well how do you all feel about DO's? From what I know they are also a fully trained physician, with 4 years of medical school, and all rights and specialties. I have heard many doctors(DO's) were once RN's and felt they felt more comfortable in Osteopathic school than Allopathic. I have heard that DO's have made great strides in the last few decades.

My question to all of you who are actually in the work force of health care is what have your experiences been with them???Have you had any with them?? Would you recomend it?

Thanks a lot:)

I do not think any diffrent of a DO than I do a MD. It is no longer comparing an apple to an orange. At one time here in Ohio they were more like a chiropractor than a Medical practioner. I mean they did not have prescriptive powers and could not order medications.

In many ways I think Nursing will follow like the Medical profession has. What I mean is there is a division between RN's and LPN's yet many times LPN's do the same job! I hope that in my lifetime this division is eliminated like the division between MD's and DO's. In fact at onetime there was a hospital here that only had DO's on staff and all the other hospitals in this city had only MD's on staff. This has changed in the past twenty years they work along side each other and do the same job!

There are only 4 DO's here that I know of.....I wouldn't have a problem going to one.

Brett

thanks for all you personal experiences....It seems like DO's are very welcoming to nurses as a whole...

Here is some info I looked up if anyone is interested

From what I have heard, it seems like DO's philosophy is in care(like nursing) and cure(following allopathic models) in my opinion it is with both that will lead to an optimal treatment for any patient.

http://www.aoa-net.org/Consumers/whatdo01.htm

Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

My first family doctor who delivered me was an MD. Great guy but a pill was the cure for most ills.

Have been cared for by two Osteopaths- DO, one was PCP for twenty years (before he decided to leave family practice TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS SONs in evening).

Focus is much more on TOTAL health, discovering underlying problem and LISTENING to patients. Wayne was such an outgoing doc, cracked my back along with poping my rib back into place after bout of bronchitis---properly diagnosed my unrelieved chest pain after cardiac testing showed no problems; 10 seconds later TOTAL relief.

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