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1. Nurses are Not Doctors

   MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   And the truth comes out. so you believe (because of a few studies) that NP = MD/DO but only in practice, not for licensing or malpractice... But you don't want to be physicians... Is anyone else...

2. Nurses are Not Doctors

   MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I was referring to hierarchy/chain of command on the team. I was an EMT so I understand the dynamics. But if that analogy doesn't suit you, substitute for paralegal/lawyer... medical...

3. Nurses are Not Doctors

   MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I have no problem calling anyone with a doctorate "Dr So and so." I get no ego boost by being called doctor, in fact I introduce myself as "Dr. MD2B but you can call me FirstName, but I'm laid back. I...

4. Nurses are Not Doctors

   MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   You can make the same argument for nursing. There are significantly more nurses/APNs in metro areas. People tend to work/live 1) where they are from 2) where they have the most opportunities. There...

5. Nurses are Not Doctors

   MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Except APNs were actually designed to be physician extenders not physician replacements. When the APN programs were originally created it was to help with the access gap and work in collaboration with...

6. Nurses are Not Doctors

   MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   because in healthcare the scope of the physican > scope of the NP? EMTs learn how to do many of the same things that paramedics can do and their scope continues to expland, but paramedics have...

7. Nurses are Not Doctors

   MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I'd argue if their scope now has expanded to the same as family providers or PCPs they are functioning as doctors (whether it's pretending or not is not for me to judge). They should take the same...

8. Nurses are Not Doctors

   MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I'd disagree that physicians have completely abandoned certain areas, there aren't enough of them to go around so unfortunately the least desirable areas suffer the most. But I digress... I don't...

9. Nurses are Not Doctors

   MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   For the record, I think some collaborative agreement where some physician 100 miles away randomly looks at charts and just signs off is reckless and silly as well. I wouldn't support that either. I...

10. Nurses are Not Doctors

    MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you TU RN! I think you summed up the arguments really well. I would add that I don't think any physician can say a NP can't manage chronic conditions. NPs have been doing this for along time and...

11. Nurses are Not Doctors

    MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. I can't really see a fair example of the curriculum online for NPs because it's different everywhere. MD curriculum is standardized so although different schools may teach it differently, they...

12. Nurses are Not Doctors

    MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    And as by evidenced by APNs increasing their scope and getting more and more of the pie. Both sides are protecting their interests, no one is innocent of

13. Nurses are Not Doctors

    MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    oh come on. I don't know why you guys even care about residents so much. We are physicians because we got the degree, but we are required to train (aka do a grueling residency where we have no life...

14. Nurses are Not Doctors

    MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    This. Once the flashlight starts to shed light on this, let's see how the public feels. also, does no one think this will create a two tiered system where the haves go to physicians and the have nots...

15. Nurses are Not Doctors

    MD2B replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Wow lots of false assumptions being made here. Let's just simmer down and not resort to personal attacks. It completely negates any intelligent thing you try to say. 1. I don't think anyone that's in...