PA-C, DO

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1. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

   PA-C, DO replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral

   I certainly hope you do not believe that any NP has more medical training than a physician. Shall we compare here? 1) All physicians have a bachelor's degree first, and at least 75% of them have these degrees in hard sciences. Most RN's take the bas...

2. my medical problem, please advise me

   PA-C, DO replied to wrkoutgirl's topic in General Nursing

   Nothing that a good exam under Versed can't uncover

3. Physician Hostility

   PA-C, DO replied to blake's topic in NP

   We agree Tenesma

4. Physician Hostility

   PA-C, DO replied to blake's topic in NP

   Fergus, you are out in left field. You do not learn pathophys as a resident. You learn it in medical school. You may get some clinical concepts related to path reinforced in residency, but pathophysiology is a basic science of medicine. As a resident...

5. Physician Hostility

   PA-C, DO replied to blake's topic in NP

   See Randy, we have more in common than you thought. I was a corpsman with Marine infantry for 4 years and spent the entire GW campaign on the ground in a damn hole! can I say that here?? :) I have actually been in the OR with Dr.Cooley when I was in...

6. Physician Hostility

   PA-C, DO replied to blake's topic in NP

   Hi Terminator, FP all the way my friend. There are tons of FP residencies that are considered "high speed" in terms of getting you the numbers of procedures necessary to get credentialled to do them in rural areas. It is very common to practice OB an...

7. Physician Hostility

   PA-C, DO replied to blake's topic in NP

   Hey Randall, I appreciate your assumptions about my age and background, but unless you are elderly I doubt you have much up on me. I was putting in chest tubes in combat while you were wiping noses in your white student uniform. Hide behind your shie...

8. Physician Hostility

   PA-C, DO replied to blake's topic in NP

   So nurses fill gaps huh? Don't give me that crap, because if it became popular overnight for docs to want to go to rural areas, NP's would find some reason to feel that they are more qualified to be there. You say you want to fill niche markets where...

9. Physician Hostility

   PA-C, DO replied to blake's topic in NP

   I have no doubt that NP's satisfy patients, often to a level better than physicians. I have no doubt that NP's spend more time with their patients and make them feel more special. I did all those same things as a PA, and when I left to go to medical ...

10. Physician Hostility

    PA-C, DO replied to blake's topic in NP

    I think physicians just cannot possibly understand how an NP can even feel comfortable practicing solo medicine. I mean come on, even right out of residency a physician is very green, and often needs to seek the advice of other physicians. How can an...

11. Physician Hostility

    PA-C, DO replied to blake's topic in NP

    The reason that physicians are hostile toward NP's is that NP's attempt to seek more autonomy when their training does not prepare them to be solo providers. The pathophysiologic knowledge necessary to be a medical provider is simply well above that ...