[NPInfo] Jeff's letter & being invisable

[Paula Sumner]

Shelby,
I totally agree with you about picking your battles. I was just relating my experience, and my feelings at the time. I was actually shocked at my own reaction. Paula

Shelby Havens <shelbyhavens at hotmail.com> wrote: Paula:

Thanks, I guess I should speak up about it and let him know that his 
reference is offensive. But I've got to pick my battles, and sometimes they 
are multitude.

Cheers,

Shelby




>From: Paula Sumner 
>Reply-To: NP Info 
>To: NP Info 
>Subject: Re: [NPInfo] Jeff's letter & being invisable
>Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 16:54:30 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Shelby,
>when i was a new NP in a rural health clinic with a new MD, he introduced 
>me as 'his' nurse practitioner. I immediately saw red.  I spoke to him 
>afterwards and asked him not to introduce me that way. I said he did not 
>hire me, he was not paying me and we both worked for the national health 
>service, so I was his colleague and not his employee.  He was taken aback, 
>but he never introduced me like that again. He said he had never worked 
>with an NP before, and distantly knew about PAs from his training. We 
>worked well together for the next 2 yrs when I left. This was back in 1981 
>(did I really write back in..?)lol.
>paula
>
>Shelby Havens  wrote: Carla et al:
>
>I totally agree with your views. It burns me up when the medical director 
>of
>our facility refers to the ARNP's who work there as "my nurse
>practitioners". As if he would have a clue what I do, much less be able to
>review all the work we do.
>
>So what can we do to change this perception? Just telling patients our 
>names
>and titles doesn't solve the problem for me.
>
>Regards,
>
>Shelby Havens, ARNP
>
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