Many patients believe they are seeing a medical doctor when they are not, and research overwhelmingly shows that they want to know if their health care provider is a physician, a nurse, a technician or another medical professional, said Dr. Rohack. Patients are demanding truth and transparency in the delivery of health care, and they deserve nothing less.
But how do I keep them from calling me "Doctor", even when I insist I am the nurse?
But seriously, have any of you actually SPOKEN to an NP? I am in an NP program, and I don't think any folks in the program are these power-crazed types who want to get a DNP, be called "doctor", set up their own practices, and grind physicians into the dust. I personally will be VERY happy to have a supervising physician (or collaborative, or whatever it is).
The NPs in my hospital system tend to take care of a lot of the chronic patients the docs don't want to see, or do the "cleanup" work for the doc (scut), such as admitting and discharge orders, orders for Tylenol, home care, PT/OT, etc etc. None of them seem to want to take over their employers role.
I would suggest some of you actually speak to PAs and NPs, find out their viewpoints, and not just work yourselves up after reading some pro-NP new article somewhere.
Oldiebutgoodie
