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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 credence to their profession, I guess Mister was not...

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 number of patients with higher education and a great...

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... the bom of medicine is just that, a board of medicin...

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 collaborative agreements require a retro chart revi...

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 Med MD, but I do know they manage coumadin, hyper...

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 and treating......... Also, in that mental illness ...

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 condition resulting from various causes and characterized...

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 synonymous. With the introduction of the Doctorate de...

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 graduate medical school Can a nurse be a Doctor? Yes.. T...

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 and the setting." In our small hospital, the nursi...

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 depends on the practitioner and the setting. I ha...

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... JMHO

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 man... .

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 point...

Good advice!

speaking for myself only! 13 yrs experience in ccu and ed has provided me with a wealth of knowledge and fine tuned my assessment skills... i have obtained an ability to discern the finer subtleties that can accompany diverse populations and presenta...

Hmmm.. a different take on things and something to think about... Thanks Zen! Am still thinking that more pathophys and clinical should be incorporated.

I've been looking at different programs and have been suprised to see the lack of clinical content.

I suppose UI would refer to: Recommendation 10: The practice doctorate be the graduate degree for advanced nursing practice preparation, including but not limited to the four current APN roles: clinical nurse specialist, nurse anesthetist, nurse m...

i know that many of the experienced np's feel the dnp is just a money racket by universities. there may be some truth to this. but it seem to me, with the increasing challenges of healthcare and the constant berate-ment of nps by mds and do’s, the dn...

I have been hearing a lot of hype about The Health Care Truth and Transparency Act of 2010. A mass majority of medical associations are in support of this while the ANA is in opposition. Stating that it is a "product of the American Medical Associati...

Timely reporting of critical labs and tests is a Joint Commission requirement for the National Patient Safety Goals... sounds like someone needs to evaluate and rewrite a P&P...

Off topic but what an interesting career opportunity....

Well, since you put it that way... meandragon: Thanks for the Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease recommendation!

A rather disheartening thread but not a complete suprise. I have just begun my NP education and have already begun to see that I am going to need to supplement with other resources. Patho has been interesting but not satisfying my "why and how" natur...