Prescribers vs Providers

AJJKRN · Nov 8, 2015

Oooooooohhhhhhh, I think I'll pick buttered popcorn for this one... :cool:

Hoosier_RN, MSN · Nov 8, 2015

Oooooooohhhhhhh, I think I'll pick buttered popcorn for this one...

I'm in the chair right next to you :-)

Farawyn · Nov 8, 2015

It's getting cool here in the Northwest, so let's heat things up.
I just read a thread where it was mentioned "...prescribing is where the money and opportunities are."
NPs are called "Providers" but really what do they provide?
What do NP wannabes have to look forward to other than slamming 20-40 patients through the system, writing prescriptions and filling out government mandated paperwork?
I have even read where the big draw to being an NP are the hours! Can people be so shallow or desperate to get away from bedside nursing?

Liking this on chutzpah.

WKShadowNP, DNP, APRN · Nov 8, 2015

Is that stink bait there, Mav?

sauce · Nov 8, 2015

I like this guy. In a bland world we need to spice things up a little bit.

Those are pretty much the things that draw people into the field it seems.'

The strength of nurse practitioners will only be as strong as the people who are them. Unfortunately if you read a lot on this forum its mostly np wannabes acting all awesome that they passed our LOLboard exam, gleaming that white coat they got from some online for profit university that admits everybody with a pulse (probably some times without, from some of the posts/providers I have seen). Three months later they are baby girls whining about how horrible their job is struggling to diagnose strep throat and wishing they had a nice gleaming turd to scrape off of the floor like the good ole days.

So our outlook sucks because a good percent of us are weak @$$ mother truckers with no hope, sitting there begging for some job that pays 2 cents more than the average RN position.

- from a dude.

Farawyn · Nov 8, 2015

The "dudes" are "baby girls" too, right? Or else I'm taking back my like.

Mavrick, BSN, RN · Nov 8, 2015

Seriously, I'd like to see the NPs here make a better case for the "Pride of their Profession"

This whole "I'm going on for my NP" attitude from the wannabes implies being a mere RN is just too lowly a place for a smart person to stop. What I think I understand about the NP practice is the role is not an extra smart RN, but it is an entirely different role as a "Provider". Almost the same crap as a male nurse gets when asked if he's "going on to become a doctor".

Jensmom7, BSN, RN · Nov 8, 2015

I'm in the chair right next to you :-)

I'm on my sofa with my feet up and my cat snoozing next to me.

PG2018 · Nov 8, 2015

What do we provide? Diagnosis and treatment, i.e. the very things sick people want.

Compared to the "bedside," my outpatient psychiatry clinic is much more employee friendly. I have better hours, don't lift or clean anything, I make a physician compatible living, and people perceive their illnesses as better after participating in treatment, and most importantly I don't have a doc, manager, or coworker breathing down my neck wanting something all the while I'm doing something I find interesting and fulfilling.

So now I can provide a better lifestyle for my family and retirement package for myself, read more, run more, take more (and better) vacations, go to church every Sunday, and sleep every night. I also perceive my present role to more directly and responsibly impact patient health over any of the med-surg, ICU, corrections, ED, or urgent care work I did. I never liked the bedside, tubes, dressings, needles, monitors, etc.

Jules A, MSN · Nov 8, 2015

What do NP wannabes have to look forward to other than slamming 20-40 patients through the system, writing prescriptions and filling out government mandated paperwork?

This is going to be fun and so as to not disappoint those who recently felt it was worth speculating on the size of my ego I do feel it is necessary to mention that uhhhh no my secretary does the government mandated BS paperwork. :cheeky:

Jules A, MSN · Nov 8, 2015

Back to the original question, I use provider and prescriber interchangeably. I often use provider as a way to align more with physicians. But yeah diagnosing and prescribing is where it is at, imo.