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  1. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    dgenthusiast replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    and your source regarding med students choosing specialties due to money being the number one reason is? sorry, but i think you're the one who needs a reality check. what premeds say at interviews...

  2. Curious...using the title "Doctor" for a DNP...

    dgenthusiast replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    You're not the highest level of authority in medicine. That responsibility is in the hands of the attending physicians. Not residents, not med students, not NPs/DNPs/PAs, but the person with the...

  3. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    dgenthusiast replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You're wrong about physicians choosing specialties rather than primary care out of pure greed. It's kind of hard to work 80hrs a week when you absolutely hate your job; doing something you hate...

  4. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    dgenthusiast replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    That's great that the course is practical for real life. However, why is it there in a clinical doctorate degree? That's a class I would consider fluff since it doesn't expand your clinical knowledge...

  5. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    dgenthusiast replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    what kind of scholarly project is it? similar to a thesis or dissertation? i mean, i've been doing basic science research from a while and though i understand the mechanistic details of a certain...

  6. From a parent's point of view which is better MD or NP?

    dgenthusiast replied to gagesmommy's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It depends who patients prefer. NPs tend to get better patient satisfaction because they tend to spend, on average, a few more minutes with the patients than physicians do. However, the majority of...

  7. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    dgenthusiast replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Cheers.

  8. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    dgenthusiast replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    thanks for the response. i really don't understand how nps/dnps can get away with practicing medicine under the guile of nursing. it seems like every np/dnp on this board fighting for independent...

  9. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    dgenthusiast replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    :loveya: I see a lot of people saying that DNPs have "earned" the right to be called doctors. The question really comes down to whether or not the DNP curricula offers enough to warrant being a...

  10. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hah, that's funny! First the NPs state that they do the same jobs as physicians and that their training is equivalent. Then, you go on to say that they're distinct professions and disciplines? Sounds...

  11. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I never said PA outcomes are better than NP outcomes. I have said that PA training is significantly closer to medical training than NP training is and that because of that similarity, PAs receive...

  12. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    No sir, not me! :) I prefer to get the highest level of education I can before being let loose on patients, ie. medical training. If you look back a page or two, you'll see me discredit one of those...

  13. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Compare the PA and NP curricula yourself. PAs don't have a bunch of nurse activism, nursing theory, multiple statistics courses, etc. to take. The PA curricula provides better basic science training...

  14. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    But there's no proof of that though! How many times must it be reiterated that there are no properly done studies that show NP outcomes are equivalent to those of attendings. Design and conduct a...

  15. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    But PA's have better medical training than any NP/DNP program offers. Maybe that's why people might choose to go the PA route rather than the NP? The PA programs are modeled after medical programs....

  16. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There are many BSN to DNP programs that are 2-3 years in length full time. Look at previous posts of mine where I provided a detailed comparison of a BSN to DNP program with an MD program. If you want...

  17. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If medical education is guaranteed to leave something out (and it's true that it will), imagine how much more information NP training will leave out in order fit into the 2-3 year schedule. If there's...

  18. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As you like saying so much, there's no need to provide evidence. The difference in knowledge is evident in everyday practice if you look around. You seem to be in the minority of people who believe...

  19. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Heck, you don't even need an NP degree to do some of the stuff they do. All you need is a high school graduate (maybe not even) trained to do some routine stuff. The problem comes though, when a...

  20. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sure, there are some tasks that are the same between the two, but you can't be saying that NPs have the exact same knowledge base as physicians to handle any possible thing that walks through the...

  21. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You're also ignoring the fact that M4s have better training in the basic sciences and have far more clinical experience than any NP/DNP curricula even comes close to offering. So you might want to...

  22. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I never claimed to be an M4. In fact, if you actually read my posts, you'll see that I mentioned my status in one of them. And it's definitely not M4. Once again, you're making up things and...

  23. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This is starting to feel like an AIM convo now with these rapid responses

  24. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    They do question the equality of outcomes. They also question the training. It's not just me saying these. If you looked in other threads even on allnurses, you'll see many in nursing profession...

  25. Don't Hate Me, All....

    dgenthusiast replied to TakeBack's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hmm. I don't recall saying that. If I did, it might've been in the context of doing so after many years of training rather than few. It's funny that you point out that I contradicted myself in a post...