Sugah Britches

Sugah Britches specializes in CCU,ED, Hospice.

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1. NPs practicing as DRs

   Sugah Britches replied to SkiBumNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Doctor originates from the latin and is an agentive noun meaning to teach. Orginally it was used by the church to denote the Apostles. Physicians confiscated the title Dr from academia to give more...

2. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

   Sugah Britches replied to BS, NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   kudos, respect is where it all begins.. i am sad to say, this smells of condescension and arrogance. in the past this has held as a fast truth, but things are changing.... there are a growing...

3. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

   Sugah Britches replied to BS, NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   excellent question and curious from the physicians on the board... do physcians practice independently? are you completely autonomous in your practice of medicine? this is where i disagree......

4. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

   Sugah Britches replied to BS, NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Apologies to the OP, this thread has been side tracked! To answer your question... I don't know. With the current agreements as they are, a majority of NPs are already practicing independently. Most...

5. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

   Sugah Britches replied to BS, NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   In there lies the ISSUE and a debate for another thread and another time! It is true that if a patient in psych were to have a significant medical crisis the patient would be refered to an Internal...

6. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

   Sugah Britches replied to BS, NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Not touchy, just have a difference of opinion and a broader view of what is considered medicine. Treating mental illness is practicing medicine if one goes by the definition. Diagnosing, prescribing...

7. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

   Sugah Britches replied to BS, NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   always thought that medicine was the the science of healing; diagnosing, treating, curing, and preventing disease with the goal of improving and preserving health. and disease, a pathological...

8. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

   Sugah Britches replied to BS, NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Well, they would never claim to be a physician. But you are right. The problem lies in the general populations perception, in the language of most laypersons ( in the US) Physician and Doctor are...

9. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

   Sugah Britches replied to BS, NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Yes it is semantics but it is in the semantics that confusion and misunderstanding occurs.... A physician is a Doctor of Medicine... Can a nurse be a physician? NO.. not unless they attend and...

10. Proper salutation for a NP?

    Sugah Britches replied to heatherhammy's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Guilty as charged. Apologies. I must have misunderstood the OP's question. I don't know of a "special salutation" for NPs. Like I previously posted, "In the end it really depends on the practitioner...

11. Proper salutation for a NP?

    Sugah Britches replied to heatherhammy's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    We are of the same mindset. A doctorate is an academic achievement. And like Pharm D's, Dentists and PhDs of Psych, DNPs are at the top of their field... top of the nursing field. In the end it really...

12. The DNP and what it means for the APN

    Sugah Britches replied to StangGang92's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I understand LLG's hesitation. If a RN or APN were to state that he/she were educated in "medical sciences" while in their prospective programs , in some quarters, the uproar would be deafening......

13. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    Sugah Britches replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would love to take credit but.... I was working in the ED at the time and good ole Doc W gets the credit.. but to pat myself on the back, had already ordered the CT before ole Doc laid eyes on the...

14. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    Sugah Britches replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Last month, 63 yo male.. presented with those complaints.. granted it was a 3.5 cm "leaking" aneurysm.... But true.. most don't have a chance in hades as you put it... trying to make a

15. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    Sugah Britches replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Good