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Thank god for NPs like viral2010. It gives me hope. But you ask why so many physicians are hostile to DNPs? It's exactly because of the attitudes of those like ANPFNPGNP, and even those who are more militant for expanded scope, no supervision and claims of equivalence. Unfortunately that is now the public face of the DNP movement (and many extend that to all NPs, unfortunately, because a large majority is silent). You ask if its just students who are becoming increasingly hostile? I can tell you for a fact it is NOT -> many senior residents and young attendings, the future generation of doctors are very, very angry due to some of the reasons stated above. I for one respect so many NPs who provide such good care for so many patients. The problem is there is a vocal minority of DNPs who DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW. ANPFNPGNP blindly cites these studies which are so horrendously designed they are useless, as pointed out above. It makes me wonder if he/she has any formal education in reading articles and deciding if they are valid. The truth is, we don't know if midlevel care is equivalent in outcome to physician care. But it's very very clear there are propaganda studies that some people buy hook line and sinker. In regards to the rural/underserved argument for no supervision, unfortunately the number of NPs/DNPs that go to rural areas doesn't really exceed the percentiles of physicians doing the same. I could understand if maybe it was required or if 50% were going to these areas but that's just not the case. Instead the trend has been NP/DNP going into specialty care where we do not need them... Anyway, I agree it will be interesting to see how this will play out.

Would a lawyer be mad/threatened if there was a 12 month course to give a paralegal all the rights/privileges of a lawyer? Would a nurse be mad/threatened if there was a 6-month degree that allowed EMTs or MAs practice nursing? What if those "degrees" in many cases were offered online? Of course they would be mad. Is that surprising? Why should physicians not be the same?