My 11 year old daughter is having a sleep study done tonight and my husband is staying with her. He called me to tell me she was hooked up and getting ready for bed and he mentioned he was talking to the technician at the sleep center. The tech said he was an x-ray tech before he started working at the sleep center. He thinks my daughter should have been referred to a ear, nose and throat specialist first, but said so many doctors will just willy nilly start ordering tests. Then, the tech said NPs were the worst about this, and their lack of diagnostic skills were the cause of many needless tests. He said they will send someone in for an x-ray for every sniffle and stubbed toe, it was ridiculous.
I'm glad my husband didn't tell the tech I'm supposed to be starting a NP program soon.
Specializes in Emergency/Trauma/Critical Care/Rescue.
It seems that there are a lot of clinical staff nurses that don't care for the role the practitioner plays in the system. They should be able to do the same thing, because afterall they to are nurses. There's a lot of folks that want to do what we do, but are unwilling (and in some cases unable) to make the sacrifices needed to get the license.
h'mm i spent a day with a NP who worked as a PCP in a GP surgery and in Urgent care (GP OOH).
She was a very inspiring nurse but stated she had t learn not to order every test that she could but first do a proper examintion. This was partly due t not wasting resurces and parlty if a good exam could reveal the issue she could treat it quicker and with less stress than ording tests to be dleivered in hospital.
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It seems that there are a lot of clinical staff nurses that don't care for the role the practitioner plays in the system. They should be able to do the same thing, because afterall they to are nurses. There's a lot of folks that want to do what we do, but are unwilling (and in some cases unable) to make the sacrifices needed to get the license.