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At least I didn't earn my "doctorate" (if that's what you want to call it) online. ONLINE!!!! ahhahha

P.S. NP's are okay for primary care, but lots get too big for their britches. No reason for them to be trying to move into the medical specialties. They'll get hit with malpractice SO FAST because they have no clue what they're doing. Some DNP 'degrees' are being offered online. ONLINE!!!! Are you kidding me!??!? ONLINE! *facepalms*

hahaha i AM a Troll!!!!! thanks for the good laughs ladies! I needed a break from studying REAL doctor stuff (you wouldn't understand so I won't even try) and you've supplied EXACTLY the entertainment I was looking for. Every time a PA-C gets hired over a "Nursing Doctor" and angel gets its wings. LOL

It's greed and it's sickening. Whatever happened to pt. care? They're chasing the dollars and trying to paint it as something 'noble'

I know lots of MD's are very arrogant (not the ones I work with, but I know what you're saying) I just find it insulting.....that's all. It almost seems like these RN's and NP's wanted to be MD's to begin with, couldn't get accepted into Medical School, then chose to be Nurses as a backup!!!! Only now they're too good for us so they're sneaking in through the back door so they can be "doctors" just like they always dreamed. I even Know a DNP and she calls herself Dr. to the patients. One patient pointed out that she was a nurse and the DNP actually told the pt. that there are now 3 kinds of doctors.... Allopaths, Osteopaths, and Nursing Doctors and that Nursing Doctors are (and I quote) "Full Physicians" Isn't that Illegal?

Does anybody else feel like the DNP programs are a bit of an insult to nurses who just want to be nurses? It seems like there are some who are just after a bigger piece of the pie and fatter paychecks and not better care for their patients!!! I work with a group of physicians and they're all pretty bright. I can't see how NP's (no matter how smart) can think that they can practice independently without even close to the amount of training that MD's have to go through. I mean ONE year of medical residency is more clinical time than the DNP "residencies." How do the licensing boards sleep at night? DNP residencies are an insult to nurses! They're a slap in the face to Doctors! They endanger patients by supplying them with mid-levels who know just enough to be dangerous. If you gals (guys too ;P ) didn't want to be nurses, then why didn't you apply to medical school? I know there's a shortage for primary care and I think NP's have done a GREAT job filling the void but I think these new DNP 'specialties' are irresponsible.