I am still just a BSN student with my heart set on a future as a CRNA. I was handed a newsletter today that had a very brief and undetailed article about HR5688 - The Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act. In the article the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists was mentioned as a strong opposition group and I am just wondering if some of you can help me understand what this is about and how it could - if it actually has potential to go anywhere - have impact on the field.
HR5688 is targeted at all nurses who are going to be graduating with a DrNP degree in the near future. This doctorate degree is new. The first classes are expected out within the next few years.
The idea is that an RN/CRNA/NP/Midwife can not/should not introduce themselves as Dr. So-and-so. (even though they have earned their doctoate in nursing)
Anyway...you should not let this type of turf battle deter you from your own educational aspirations. Good luck in the future.
Hmm I call my computer information professor "Doctor" Szakas....(so I kiss up a little...). I think they should start calling doctors something else... I'd suggest a few for those pompous sobs who thought this up, but I don't think allnurses would let me post them....
Why would anyone be against a bill that require a health care provider to be honest with the patient about their education and training. Yes it does make a difference with me, If I am really , really sick I would want to see a
MD, minor stuff I am comfortable with a DO but give me the information so that I can make an informed decision. A good example for the law is at my hospital a new supposedly MD came to our rural hospital. He was suppose to be an Anesthesiologist but now was specializing in Orthopedic surgery
(red flag:Why). After performing numerous new procedures on patients, procedures never heard of before (porcelan hip replacement?) and numerous MRSA infections it was found out that this guy never was an
MD or DO , he had some training as a PA but was never even licensed to do that. This guy skipped my state and went to Kentucky and was found there and is not practicing in Georgia and Alabama. .... We need laws to protect people from him and others like him. What better way than mandatory disclosure of education
and experience.
1. DOs are physicians, and complete a residency just as MDs. Many take the same tests and go to the same residencies as MDs.
2. If this guy's education and license were so suspect, then your hospital did a poor job of running a background check.
:offtopic: Kudos to those who have clarified the roles and responsibilities of DOs. They are parallel to and equally integral within the healthcare team as MDs!
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Bobby D CRNA
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HR5688 is targeted at all nurses who are going to be graduating with a DrNP degree in the near future. This doctorate degree is new. The first classes are expected out within the next few years.
The idea is that an RN/CRNA/NP/Midwife can not/should not introduce themselves as Dr. So-and-so. (even though they have earned their doctoate in nursing)
Anyway...you should not let this type of turf battle deter you from your own educational aspirations. Good luck in the future.
Bobby D CRNA DrNP Student