Differences in Specialties?

FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I · Jun 27, 2005

Yahoo is my best friend... :rotfl:
The only problem with search engines is that you sometimes get bogus sites that don't know what they're talking about. My PSY instructor said that .edu and .gov sites are the most reliable, so that's what I look for. Just keep that in mind when you do a search. :)

Will do. Thanks again.

group_theory · Jun 28, 2005

Just a word of caution

You're on a nursing site so the responses will be biased towards NPs. If you go to a PA site, the response will be biased toward PAs. Nothing wrong with it since it is human nature. If you go to a neutral site, the response will be so politically correct or dull that your original question about the difference might not be answered.

I guess to truly gauge the difference is to see the responses from both extremes, and the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Also keep in mind that there are a lot of misunderstandings and misconceptions on both sides about both professions.

FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I · Jul 1, 2005

Just a word of caution
You're on a nursing site so the responses will be biased towards NPs. If you go to a PA site, the response will be biased toward PAs. Nothing wrong with it since it is human nature. If you go to a neutral site, the response will be so politically correct or dull that your original question about the difference might not be answered.
I guess to truly gauge the difference is to see the responses from both extremes, and the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Also keep in mind that there are a lot of misunderstandings and misconceptions on both sides about both professions.

Thank you. I'll keep that in mind.