okay - figured we could use a new thread on what people call us in our everyday work environment.
for me, i work in a large nephrology practice. i practice in the apn role and in my state, (il), you must sign your name and then apn and if want to add some other initials, you can.
the term mid-level and physican extender are used in my practice. mid-level moreso. in our practice we, have pas, nps and a cns. so, the term apn to refer to all of us would not be correct.
personally i don't mind mid-level but think physician extender sounds kinda crass.
I'm a RN and in our clinic we refer to our NP, PA, CNM as clinicians or providers. I also don't like the term midlevel -we do not use that term at our clinic.
Call me anything, except "physician extender." To me that sounds like something that would arrive in the mail in a brown paper wrapper, if you know what I mean!
MandaRN94
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I'm a RN and in our clinic we refer to our NP, PA, CNM as clinicians or providers. I also don't like the term midlevel -we do not use that term at our clinic.