[NPInfo] AANP Brief

[mfnp at cox.net]

Dave:

I could not agree with you more. I still do not believe that a degree, 
by itself, will ever replace experience. While there are differences in 
the approach by MDs, DOs, PAs and NPs, in their training, it is hard to 
dispute the factual data that summarizes the results of everyone's care. 
If someone wants to spend whatever time in an educational setting, let 
them, but, unless the licensing is changed, there will always be 
differences in titles, although not so when it comes to actual care, 
however it is measured. Some people just will not ever believe or accept 
this.

What they do not realize is that this just shoves the crowbar in deeper 
and the ravine may not always be wider, it still gets deeper. Marty

David Mittman wrote:
> *    Commentary: Doctor of nursing practice can ease provider shortage
> Allowing advanced-practice nurses to obtain their doctoral degrees could
> help ease the nation's provider shortage in the critical primary care
> sector, according to one expert. Nurses who train to become doctors learn
> how to diagnose and treat and to focus on preventive care and other wellness
> factors. Research shows that these nurses reach outcomes that are comparable
> to those of primary care doctors. Forbes (11/28)
>
>
> Read the above. If you want kick me off the list after this I will
> understand. You know I am passionate about NPs and PAs. I love both.
> Research never showed that ³nurses who become doctors² reach outcomes
> comparable to MDs.
> That is revisionist history!!
> Research showed that NPs who were Masters prepared (ands maybe some of them
> were not?) reach outcomes in a number of sophisticated diseases comparable
> to MDs. It was not the doctorate educational level that did this. It was NP
> training. Why minimize that?
> I am sorry but I just do not want others to re-write history.
> And in NY, these NPs were in collaborative practice.
> Which after the Forbes article, may never have a chance to change in NY
> State as the docs  (as I previously said) will dig in their heals after
> reading that article.
> Anyway, the contrarian voice is now heard. I don¹t understand all this and
> how you could allow the above to be said.
> BTW, I am a pain in the a** PA also (actually much worse with PAs)!
> Dave
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