[NPInfo] WSJ Health Blog: "Dr. Nurse"

[David Mittman]

Many states already have this law (prohibiting the use of the term  
"doctor" in a medical setting). It will be interesting to see how  
this all plays out.
Years ago, there were no other doctorates that did what physicians  
did, so no one opposed.
Now there are. The mistake that will take years to correct, is that  
society made physician and doctor a word with the same meaning.  
Generally still holds. When one screams "Is there a doctor in the  
house?" in a public place they are not asking for a PharmD.
And to deny that it will confuse patients is to deny reality. AGAIN  
that still is no excuse for prohibiting us using it, only that we  
should be sensative to that confusion and possibly address it.
Dave
On Apr 2, 2008, at 10:38 AM, Thiem wrote:

> In Missouri this restricted use of "Dr" has been suggested in  
> legislation by the physician groups.  Our (nurses) suggestion is  
> that anyone who uses "Dr" must also identify what type of doctorate  
> they hold.  This would include all professions and would distribute  
> the responsibility of disclosure evenly.
>
> Laura
>
> SGrtWhite at aol.com wrote: _http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/04/02/ 
> say-hello-to-dr-nurse/?mod=WSJBlog_
> (http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/04/02/say-hello-to-dr-nurse/? 
> mod=WSJBlog)
>
> An article in today's WSJ Health Blog about doctorate degrees and  
> nurse
> practitioners. Gotta love the physician comment:
>
> "Also, since these nurses with a doctorate can use “Dr.” some  
> physicians
> worry that patients could become confused. “Nurses with an advanced  
> degree are
> not the same as doctors who have been to medical school,” says  
> Roger Moore,
> incoming president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists."
>
> See? Our goal is to try and "confuse" patients into thinking that   
> we are
> physicians. Please!
>
> Stephen
>
>
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