To: akalinin
Physician's assistants (PAs) tend to be much better trained (in my experience).
That's mostly the case in the organization in which I work, although there are a couple of standout NPs.
One thing I've found a bit annoying, though, are the NPs who go back and get a PhD in nursing. Then they want to be called "Doctor".
It's not their fault that the term is used for both MD/DOs and PhDs, but in a health care setting, when someone is called "Doctor", and MD/DO is assumed by the patients - not a PhD in nursing, however valuable that may be. Seems disingenuous to me, but I'm not a clinician so it's not my circus.
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05/17/2019 6:33:25 AM PDT by
chrisser
To: chrisser
In a hospital setting, in practice, the only reference of a 'doctor' is made to a physician.
Decades of degree creep has produced 'doctorate' level programs in Pharmacy, Nursing, Physical Therapy and the like. Only a small percentage of the most arrogant practitioners want others to refer to them as 'Doctor'.
I've met a few of these idiots and my response is to ignore them.
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