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1. Nurses are Not Doctors

   ScienceWiz replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, they just get crush every year, see here: American Board of Comprehensive Care - Exam Pass Rates & Practice Analysis

2. Nurses are Not Doctors

   ScienceWiz replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, studies funded by nursing lobbying groups who have a vested interest in the result. Yeah, no conflict of interest there.

3. Nurses are Not Doctors

   ScienceWiz replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   The DNP exam is a "watered-down" version of the USMLE Step 3 made by the NBME, genius.

4. Nurses are Not Doctors

   ScienceWiz replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't say the data was flawed. I said the STUDY was flawed with real limitations. Outcomes are more than just numbers like BP, HgA1C, and cholesterol levels over a 6 month to 1 year period. The human body is more than altering a bunch of numbers. ...

5. Nurses are Not Doctors

   ScienceWiz replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   You can go here: United States Medical Licensing Examination | Performance Data Select a Year, and click on the USMLE Step 3 tab - where 96% of MD and 92% of DO candidates pass. The exam is taken during residency.

6. Nurses are Not Doctors

   ScienceWiz replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Did you not see the graph in page 7 on the discrepancy between Total Applicants and Total PGY-1 positions? Yeah and all that research on outcomes is funded by nursing interest groups who have a direct stake in the research involved, are very short in...

7. Nurses are Not Doctors

   ScienceWiz replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Those are statistics are the results from the NRMP match, not the Scramble afterwards. Like I said, those spots fills many times, with foreign medical graduates. They are also doctors as well.

8. Nurses are Not Doctors

   ScienceWiz replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Those are statistics are the results from the NRMP match, not the Scramble afterwards. Like I said, those spots fills many times, with foreign medical graduates. They are also doctors as well.

9. Nurses are Not Doctors

   ScienceWiz replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   They may not fill initially, but they 100% fill by the time residency starts July 1.