The DNP degree

http://studentdoctor.net/2011/04/sdn-reports-the-dnp-degree/

The DNP degree is earned by nurses following additinoal schooling after nursing school but is it useful?
There will be primary care shortages in the futures that can't be covered by doctors so the nursing association points out that nurses should fill in some of the absense.
On the other hand the AMA warns that their education is not adequate to be prescribing medication and will they confuse patients by wearing white coats and being addressed as Dr.

What do you think?

The comments section is pretty amusing.

Anyway, I don't really see what all the controversy is about.  A nurse is not a doctor of medicine.

In Canada anyways, the Nurses have Unions do they not?

Whatever they learn, is basically on the job training and any knowledge learned is discouraged from being used.

So it's giving teacher jobs and injecting the economy with a good supply of busy.

I don't call people with a phd doctor anyways. It pissed off an english teacher I had when I was in the fifth grade to no end.

I don't call people with a phd doctor anyways. It pissed off an english teacher I had when I was in the fifth grade to no end.

Do you not use titles at all, or do you refrain from using "Dr." specifically? If so, why?

Quote from: Raist on September 08, 2012, 05:43:35 PM

I don't call people with a phd doctor anyways. It pissed off an english teacher I had when I was in the fifth grade to no end.

Do you not use titles at all, or do you refrain from using "Dr." specifically? If so, why?

Cuz your mamas fat yo.

Quote from: Particle Person on September 09, 2012, 05:30:30 PM

Quote from: Raist on September 08, 2012, 05:43:35 PM

I don't call people with a phd doctor anyways. It pissed off an english teacher I had when I was in the fifth grade to no end.

Do you not use titles at all, or do you refrain from using "Dr." specifically? If so, why?

Cuz your mamas fat yo.

In conclusion: people with PhDs are doctors and addressing them with any other title would be...

incorrect.

Quote from: Raist on September 09, 2012, 06:30:45 PM

Quote from: Particle Person on September 09, 2012, 05:30:30 PM

Quote from: Raist on September 08, 2012, 05:43:35 PM

I don't call people with a phd doctor anyways. It pissed off an english teacher I had when I was in the fifth grade to no end.

Do you not use titles at all, or do you refrain from using "Dr." specifically? If so, why?

Cuz your mamas fat yo.

In conclusion: people with PhDs are doctors and addressing them with any other title would be...

incorrect.

Thank you frederick king of titles and master of etiquette.

I don't like being called Doctor, I very rarely use it on my post either; the only place I use it is on my work emails.

Should nurses be able to treat patients completely independently?

Should nurses be able to treat patients completely independently?

Depends what is wrong with them.

Should nurses be able to treat patients completely independently?

This already happens and it works... so yes.

I could see a whole cathy bates thing happening, but that happens in people's home care as well.

Why not just decide at which point in time no cure is going to be available to someone, and at which point in time they are no longer capable of being autonomous?


Oh that's right... you need money for cheetos

Should nurses be able to treat patients completely independently?

Yes, I don't see anything wrong with this.