Nurses are now doctors.........

[FN Phat]

so you would go to him for what ailment? 99% of the people..........ok 100% of the population, think that when you mention 'doctor' they think of a physician........not a doctorate of XXXXXX.

Ok, I think 99%. The 1% that are PhD think they are doctors.........and who cares.

I am going to love to see how wuap and others respond to this post.

[Coach McGuirk]

They are not nurses? OK. Actually I think I know the difference ... mother is a nurse, sister is a nurse, friend is a nurse practitioner, friend is a physician assistant, uncle is a surgeon. I think I have it down as to who does what to whom. But I like your anality (cool word if it isn't already).

Keep on truckin.......

Mother has butt sex with the friend or uncle? I am just asking cause I don't have it down, yet.

[BlueHair]

so you would go to him for what ailment? 99% of the people..........ok 100% of the population, think that when you mention 'doctor' they think of a physician........not a doctorate of XXXXXX.

Ok, I think 99%. The 1% that are PhD think they are doctors.........and who cares.

I mean no disrespect to the mentally challenged, but you are truly retarded.

[DU Ute]

I mean no disrespect to the mentally challenged, but you are truly retarded.

Are you trying to get me to post that insensitive YouTube clip again?

[BlueHair]

Are you trying to get me to post that insensitive YouTube clip again?

Sure. I didn't see it the first time.

[il Padrino Ute]

Like I said, i have a friend who is a NP and would go to her for certain things. I was merely stating that they now want to be called doctors and since Dr. Chris Hill and Dr. Jack Ramsey are considered doctors, so should nurses.

Anyone who read anything else into my post is in need of a proctologist and a bottle of Fleet to get their cranium removed.

Like I said, you must think that only medical doctors are considered doctors. Dr. Chris Hill and Dr. Jack Ramsey each have doctorate degrees. Why would they not be called doctor? Didn't they earn their respective degrees?

[Hallelujah]

Like I said, you must think that only medical doctors are considered doctors. Dr. Chris Hill and Dr. Jack Ramsey each have doctorate degrees. Why would they not be called doctor? Didn't they earn their respective degrees?

You guys are overly sensitive!

So when someone says they are going to the doctor, they really mean they are going to their PhD friend?

Got it.

[falafel]

They are not nurses? OK. Actually I think I know the difference ... mother is a nurse, sister is a nurse, friend is a nurse practitioner, friend is a physician assistant, uncle is a surgeon. I think I have it down as to who does what to whom. But I like your anality (cool word if it isn't already).

Keep on truckin.......

So what you're saying is your knew that these were not actually nurses, but were nurse practitioners. And you know the difference. So why did you say nurses and not nurse practitioners? I mean, 99% no 100% of the population thinks you're talking bout nurses when you say "nurses" and not nurse practitioners.

[doctorcoug]

Here it is:

A person with a PhD is called "doctor".

A physician is also a "doctor"

A nurse with a PhD is a "doctor".

A nurse cannot and will not ever be a "physician" until they go to medical school and get a medical license that states they are a "physician and surgeon".

A patient who has a PhD should be called "doctor" out of respect.

A PharmD, Nurse Practitioner, or any other "provider" in the hospital/clinic with a doctorate degree should NOT be called "doctor" for one reason alone...it causes confusion. Patients wanting to see a "doctor" are actually wanting to see a board eligible/certified "physician", not a nurse who spent a couple of years in on the job training. Ask any senior resident this month (July) about why providers should do a residency. Anybody that graduates from a school and thinks they can prescribe medications after just 2 years in-training unknowingly incompetent.

I here all the time from people in this debate about, "oh, I see my NP and he/she is so much better than the doctor...they actually listen". On the flip side, I here the griping and moaning from patients who say, "you actually diagnosed me. The PA or NP just gave me this pill, which didn't work", etc...I here it all the time.

Also, the majority of the people that NPs see are generally much healthier. The difficult patients get transferred to the doctors for care. So, if I have 12-15 on my schedule for my 3 hour AM clinic (yup, that is how it is) and 10 of them have more than three chronic medical conditions (which is what it is) and one gets admitted to the hospital (which happens in my clinic), you better believe the ear infection only gets 5 minutes of my time.

Contrast that to the PA or NP, who often times only see the patients with ear infections, rashes, or what have you. If I had 15 of those patients in an AM clinic, I'd be finishing early and shooting the breeze. Add in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes, chronic renal failure, atrial fibrillation, acute polyarticular gouty attack and you quickly see why we spend so little time with easy patients.

So, Nurse Practitioners with a PhD are doctors, but I will NEVER call them "doctor" in the hospital.

[Coach McGuirk]

Here it is:

A person with a PhD is called "doctor".

A physician is also a "doctor"

A nurse with a PhD is a "doctor".

So, Nurse Practitioners with a PhD are doctors, but I will NEVER call them "doctor" in the hospital.

[YOUTUBE]v/AqBPOWpOg0o&[/YOUTUBE]

[DU Ute]

Here it is:

A person with a PhD is called "doctor".

A physician is also a "doctor"

A nurse with a PhD is a "doctor".

A nurse cannot and will not ever be a "physician" until they go to medical school and get a medical license that states they are a "physician and surgeon".

A patient who has a PhD should be called "doctor" out of respect.

A PharmD, Nurse Practitioner, or any other "provider" in the hospital/clinic with a doctorate degree should NOT be called "doctor" for one reason alone...it causes confusion. Patients wanting to see a "doctor" are actually wanting to see a board eligible/certified "physician", not a nurse who spent a couple of years in on the job training. Ask any senior resident this month (July) about why providers should do a residency. Anybody that graduates from a school and thinks they can prescribe medications after just 2 years in-training unknowingly incompetent.

I here all the time from people in this debate about, "oh, I see my NP and he/she is so much better than the doctor...they actually listen". On the flip side, I here the griping and moaning from patients who say, "you actually diagnosed me. The PA or NP just gave me this pill, which didn't work", etc...I here it all the time.

Also, the majority of the people that NPs see are generally much healthier. The difficult patients get transferred to the doctors for care. So, if I have 12-15 on my schedule for my 3 hour AM clinic (yup, that is how it is) and 10 of them have more than three chronic medical conditions (which is what it is) and one gets admitted to the hospital (which happens in my clinic), you better believe the ear infection only gets 5 minutes of my time.

Contrast that to the PA or NP, who often times only see the patients with ear infections, rashes, or what have you. If I had 15 of those patients in an AM clinic, I'd be finishing early and shooting the breeze. Add in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes, chronic renal failure, atrial fibrillation, acute polyarticular gouty attack and you quickly see why we spend so little time with easy patients.

So, Nurse Practitioners with a PhD are doctors, but I will NEVER call them "doctor" in the hospital.

Here, here!

[DU Ute]

[YOUTUBE]v/AqBPOWpOg0o&[/YOUTUBE]

[Chachi]

Of all the doctors offices I have been to, not one has called their PA or NP doctor. They've always gone by their first name.

[doctorcoug]

By they way, I know the correct spelling of hear, but only on Wednesdays.

[DU Ute]

By they way, I know the correct spelling of hear, but only on Wednesdays.