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Hello i am an Early college High School student, I am starting my rode to become a nurse. so my plan is to get my bachelors at UT and work for 2-3 years and go back to school to a BSN-DNP program to become a Nurse Anesthetist. However i did have a few questions what is a good standing GPA to get into nursing school at all? What is the difference with getting an MSN in Anesthesia and a DNP in Anesthesia? Do you get the title Doctor if you get a DNP although you are still a nurse?

Specializes in Critical Care & Acute Care.
I think if you have earned the degree and want to be called doctor then there is nothing wrong with it. No one is being harmed by stating Hi I am Doctor X your nurse. Maybe a couple physician egos might be bruised, but that is going to happen anyways.[/quote']

I completely agree. I truly think 10-20 years we will all be introducing ourselves as Dr. of nurse anesthesia. Because we call our veterinarians doctors- the same as our dentists, optometrist, chiropractor etc all doctor. However, one needs to be clear on what they are a doctor of. You don't want someone yelling in a store "Help! I need a doctor" and all the PhD physicists show up (Big Bang Theory). Truth is medicine and nursing have evolved and will continue to. Yet, some think the title doctor belongs to them and may be hurt, however you can't stop the world from changing.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
I completely agree. I truly think 10-20 years we will all be introducing ourselves as Dr. of nurse anesthesia. Because we call our veterinarians doctors- the same as our dentists, optometrist, chiropractor etc all doctor. However, one needs to be clear on what they are a doctor of. You don't want someone yelling in a store "Help! I need a doctor" and all the PhD physicists show up (Big Bang Theory). Truth is medicine and nursing have evolved and will continue to. Yet, some think the title doctor belongs to them and may be hurt, however you can't stop the world from changing.

There have been people with Doctorates for centuries. It has never been a problem when someone yelled for a Doctor that a physician would arrive on the scene.

I am sure that every PhD in the non-medical fields have the common sense to understand they are not the type of Doctor someone needs in a medical emergency.

CRNAs have been around for over 150 years and NPs have been around since the late 1960's just as physician training continues to evolve so will nursing. Each of these programs takes years of rigorous training. I think physicians would have better things to worry about than who else in the hospital has earned a Doctorate besides a physician.

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And no not all DNP/DNAPs choose to only use the title Doctor in the academic setting.

wtbcrna, I actually didn't say "all dnp/dnaps choose to only use the title Doctor in the academic setting"..I think you missed the word "not" hehe. Morificeko was the one who said that, I was saying that they actually are not restricted to that title in an academic setting only.

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Specializes in Critical Care & Acute Care.
There have been people with Doctorates for centuries. It has never been a problem when someone yelled for a Doctor that a physician would arrive on the scene. I am sure that every PhD in the non-medical fields have the common sense to understand they are not the type of Doctor someone needs in a medical emergency. CRNAs have been around for over 150 years and NPs have been around since the late 1960's just as physician training continues to evolve so will nursing. Each of these programs takes years of rigorous training. I think physicians would have better things to worry about than who else in the hospital has earned a Doctorate besides a physician.

It was a joke about the non medical doctors- referring to the tv show the Big Bang theory.

I certainly agree that it is a trivial issue in comparison to others. The practices will continually evolve and will hopefully bring better care.

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wtbcrna I actually didn't say "all dnp/dnaps choose to only use the title Doctor in the academic setting"..I think you missed the word "not" hehe. Morificeko was the one who said that, I was saying that they actually are not restricted to that title in an academic setting only.[/quote']

I never said all. You said that.

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The point/topic was your statement "yes but only in an academic setting" the word "all" was not the focus but I see your point. Yoy didn't use all or choose but the idea that practitioners only use the title doctor in an academic statement, yes you said that.

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Specializes in critcal care, CRNA.
The point/topic was your statement "yes but only in an academic setting" the word "all" was not the focus but I see your point. Yoy didn't use all or choose but the idea that practitioners only use the title doctor in an academic statement yes you said that.[/quote']

Usually is not all. No I didn't say all or only.

Yes it's a statement based on experience and not on what is legal and illegal. This is not to say that attitude towards nurses being called dr will not change in the future as the degree is more widespread.

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There's really no need to go back and forth I already just said you didn't say "all" and I already made it clear I was talking about the main topic of discussion not the words all or whatever.

You didn't specify to this person that you meant "in my experience". You essentially told them "all" by not specifying you meant your facility out of the thousands in the country. I really dont know why you cant see that. The person asked a direct question and you gave a direct answer that was a false statement because of no specification. Its done its over lets move on.

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