JDBennett257 t1_j0hkffw wrote
Like with any situation, it's not so black and white. Currently I'm in school to be a nurse practitioner and will have a doctorate when I graduate. Experience counts and I understand the concern that doctor's have. Ultimately we have to be good little scientists and let evidence and studies show if this measure is a benefit or detriment.
ballade__ t1_j0iy6l7 wrote
A DNP does not prepare you to be an independent practitioner. There’s a reason docs go through four years of medical school then three (at the very least) of residency. I think once you get out into practice you’ll see the amount that you simply do not know.
[deleted] t1_j0j9ld8 wrote
The issue is NP programs are recruiting nurses with literally 0 work experience or like 1-2 years. Not that NP doesn't teach you this or that. Np are supposed to be practitioners with close to a decade of nursing experience under their belt. Now, you see students who haven't worked a single shift even under orientation get into NP programs.
People here wasting energy arguing NP vs MD when they should be asking if this helps with our thinning resources of healthcare workers. The only reason delegation of responsibilities is a good thing even when said delegation can reduce the quality of the task or procedure performed is in the situation where half assed care is better than full on neglect.
Jeff-Van-Gundy t1_j0jewsf wrote
Who said they are "supposed to have a decade of experience" before getting an NP?
[deleted] t1_j0jkrv6 wrote
Thats ideal. You think its a good idea pulling nurses into NP with 1-3 years experience, you're wrong. Those people are the exception not the norm.
This is a common point talked about in r/nursing.
Average new grad NP is less experienced and doesn't know as much as a floor nurse with 5 years experience under their belt.
Medicine and patient care is all experience. It's why even doctors get outperformed by nurses at bedside procedures. Because nurses been doing them.
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