I found this blog from another blog I read....read on for reasons that NPs and MDs don't have a happy coexistence! It's truly inflammatory and I had to stop reading it. The ignorance is amazing. The author is an MD who doesn't think NPs are qualified clinicians because the course and type of education is different between the 2, at one point he even calls NP education a joke. Clearly, he's not going to get a reasonable discussion out of this when his viewpoints are so offensive and he's on attack mode. Obviously, I think there is a need for NPs primarily in primary care...heck...the lure of the almight buck has driven the majority of med school graduates towards jobs in specialties rather than primary care has opened the door for NPs. Interestingly, MDs have opened the door for advanced level nursing a couple times throughout our health care history. Nurse Anesthetists also exist for this reason. Now that they have, there is a fear that we will take jobs from them because we can do it for a cheaper rate which is favored by insurance companies and the level and quality of care is often favored by patients. Read on if you dare.
http://thehappyhospitalist.blogspot.com/2008/12/is-there-room-for-dr-nurse.html
Like other blogs that have misquoted me show me where I said extended education is a joke. You can't. Because I didn't say it. I said extended education is lacking in the same intensity and rigor as physician education tract. The point of the whole blog post which you are so offended by was that extenders are not equal to physicians in education and should not be treated equally as such in the medical home model practice. Why you believe I should believe you are equal as me in your clinical capabilities is beyond me. Like I said in my blog post. Pass internal medicine boards and you should be afforded equality.
ReplyDeleteWhy you are insulted because I don't thin extenders have equal clinical skills as me is beyond me. I'm not insulted that I don't have the same clinical skills as a nurse. Or a n engineer. Or an architect. Or a pilot.
Since you said you stopped reading the post. May I suggest you go back and read the whole thing so you aren't misrepresenting my position. Which you blatently have. Extenders have an important role to fill in clinical medicine. Being treated ad an equal with a physician is not one of them. If that was the case doctors should be going to nursing school instead for one forth the cost and one tenth the time commitment
Maybe doctors should go to nursing school for a small amount of time. They could pick up some better bedside manners. I don't usually become inflammatory but this argument is so old. I don't pretend to be a doctors but I'm close enough for my patients. One day, I will go on for my DNP when it becomes needed. I would love to challenge the medical boards and not have to repeat 8 more years of schooling. I think that many of us would jump at the chance. I think that the ultimate provider would be a blend of NPs and MDs in one role.
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