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I agree that the ad is confusing and probably poorly descriptive of the true position.
However, way back when I was a tech I remember being in a semi-private room getting vital signs on bed 2. A PA came in to see bed 1 and talked to the patient for a few minutes. The patient (who clearly knew the PA for a while judging from the conversation) said to her, "When will you go back to school and become a real doctor?" I was a little shocked by this statement. The PA handled it really well and replied, "I like being a PA!"
Gosh, I hope nobody ever says that to me. I might not react as well.
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"When will you go back to school and become a real doctor?"
yeah, my relatives still say this, like you can still go back to school..
Um hello, do you not see the past 10 yrs of school i have done to get my 3 degrees?
I don't want people to think we are Doctors, we are not, i just want them to understand we are not the same as a RN.
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I have found that a lot of these job listings for "nurse practitioners" are really job listings for nurses (I didn't see anything in that ad, other than the title, that would lead me to think that what they were looking for was actually an NP). It would seem many recruiters do not know the difference. Heck, most of the general public does not know the difference. I was asked by one patient "nurse practitioner, does that mean you're practicing to be a nurse?" Oh, good grief...:uhoh3::uhoh3:
Yes, dear, it does. And the general practitioner (MD) in the next room is practicing to be a general.
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My husband's partner is planning to hire a new FNP grad. His plan is to "train her right" from the beginning. He doesn't have plans for her to practice independently. She'll go in and do the H & P, perhaps an assessment and plan, but he expects to see every one of those patients...
He could just get a student if that's all he wants? What's his point?
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I've been in nursing a long time, and I've never heard of an "EP" NP. I think the ad was written by someone who simply doesn't know what s/he is talking about. Nothing in the list of job duties requires NP education/licensure -- I suspect the person who wrote it just doesn't understand nursing practice and titles. I doubt it was intended to be an "insult" to NPs ...
(Also, I've heard plenty of clients over the years draw a distinction between residents and interns and the "real" doctor -- they get plenty of "Oh, you're just the intern" and "You're just the resident" ... :) )