Who is caring for you at the medical clinic/hospital?

[keithc]

Just going to leave this here....

The Miseducation of America’s Nurse Practitioners

They don’t merely support doctors—NPs increasingly treat patients independently, including in specialty practices and emergency rooms. When they aren’t well trained, the results can be tragic.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[A-Line]

Just going to leave this here....

The Miseducation of America’s Nurse Practitioners

They don’t merely support doctors—NPs increasingly treat patients independently, including in specialty practices and emergency rooms. When they aren’t well trained, the results can be tragic.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[A-Line]

 

[PeterA]

A friend sent this to me yesterday. It is hilarious.

 

[keithc]

A friend sent this to me yesterday. It is hilarious.

But nurse practitioners are now introducing themselves are doctors...

 

[A-Line]

But nurse practitioners are now introducing themselves are doctors...

I'm a retired healthcare provider. My professional training was in orthopedics and orthopedic trauma.

Nurses all of the time over step their boundaries, whether RN or nurse practitioner.

Maybe those nurse practitioners from your article have a PhD, in which case they could identified as a doctor but not as a medical doctor.

Healthcare these days is very corrupt with the primary focus being money vs patient care.

 

[keithc]

D-NP. They've made huge pushes to practice independently w/ certain states without an attending physician.
Unfortunately, I think many of us were shortsighted in over-hiring these 'extenders' to ease our workflow, and now we're trying to deal w/ the bed we made...