[NPInfo] Jeff's letter & being invisable

[Dena]

Chris--
Are they really your MAs? Are you employing them? Do you pay them? What
makes them "your" MAs? I had a clinic manager (a former used car salesman--
and a bad one at that) who, pumped up what his own sense of importance over
his new position, used to constantly refer to me as "His NP". I blew a
gasket in a very short period of time and told him that, under no condition,
was I "his" NP or "his" anything and until the day he paid my salary out of
his own pocket, he was to refrain from referring to me as "his". He was so
surprised-- #1 that I would be offended and #2 because he (supposedly)
wasn't even aware he was doing it. But he stopped the nasty habit. Before I
had to kill him. I see this as different than using the term "my medical
director" as that denotes a position above you and not patronizing as using
the possessive "my" to someone lower on the food chain than yourself. 
Dena

-----Original Message-----
From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On Behalf
Of Christine Smith
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 6:35 PM
To: 'NP Info'
Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Jeff's letter & being invisable

I agree, pick your battles, On the other hand, I have never been offended
when referred to as "my NP". It could be partly a term of endearment, he may
really like his NPs. I do refer to my clinic staff as "my medical assistant
will...." to patients and it does not bother them. I introduce docs to
patients when I ask for a consult in the ER as "my medical director" or "my
collaborating MD". 

Christine smith, NP
Antioch, CA



-----Original Message-----
From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On Behalf
Of Shelby Havens
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 5:09 PM
To: npinfo at nurse.net
Subject: Re: [NPInfo] Jeff's letter & being invisable

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 <nurse_healer at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: NP Info <npinfo at nurse.net>
>To: NP Info <npinfo at nurse.net>
>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 <shelbyhavens at hotmail.com> 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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