NPs sue to use "Doctor" title
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A word about doctors. Real doctors.
Medical school is very hard to get into. Knew a lot of guys who were double majors (Chemistry/Zoo), with a heavy dollop of rounding courses, from physics, foreign languages and philosophy/theology. Once you got there, it was no guarantee you would stay there. And once you get through that strain, you get to do your residency, which is no fun, either. So, after 6-10 years of post graduate education, you get to finally practice on your own, with a mountain of debt, high taxation and government/insurance companies telling you how to do your job.
Ain't no NP doctorate anywhere near that. Not in the same galaxy.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Axtremus said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
@Jolly said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
Hell to the no.
"Right to work."
What does that even mean in this context?
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@Axtremus said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
@Jolly said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
Hell to the no.
"Right to work."
Everybody has a right to work. Nobody has a right to lie.
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@Axtremus said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
@Jolly said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
Hell to the no.
"Right to work."
Everybody has a right to work. Nobody has a right to lie.
@Jolly said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
@Axtremus said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
@Jolly said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
Hell to the no.
"Right to work."
Everybody has a right to work. Nobody has a right to lie.
Right to work whatever job you choose.
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@George-K said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
Referring to only physicians as “doctors” when other clinicians hold doctorates sends a divisive and hierarchical message that erodes interdisciplinary respect and collaboration. It also enables power dynamics contrary to modern health care’s push to dismantle paternalism.
Uhm, there’s a damn good reason for the roles to be divided and for there to be a clear and distinct hierarchy in a healthcare setting.
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@Jolly said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
@Axtremus said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
@Jolly said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
Hell to the no.
"Right to work."
Everybody has a right to work. Nobody has a right to lie.
Right to work whatever job you choose.
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@George-K said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
DeSantis vetoed the bill which would have prevented Nurse PhDs from calling themselves Dr.
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@George-K said in NPs sue to use "Doctor" title:
DeSantis vetoed the bill which would have prevented Nurse PhDs from calling themselves Dr.
@Jon googling around, I can't find the reasoning behind DeSantis' thinking.
A possibility is here, from the optometrists:
For months, optometry has been vigorously fighting to push back against SB 230, a Florida bill threatening to ban ODs from using the titles “doctor” and “physician” and subjecting them to a felony prosecution for doing so. Earlier today, optometrists and advocates finally saw the fruits of their labor when Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed the harmful legislation.
A felony?
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More:
The original bill, SB 230, proposed that while other medical specialists with similar four-year post-graduate degrees, such as dentists, chiropractors and podiatrists, would still be able to identify themselves using these terms, optometrists would not be allowed due to the exclusion of the terms from the state’s optometric practice act.
I haven't seen anything about NPs or APNs in the context of the veto.
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So Klaus, what do your students in Germany call you in the classroom? Herr Doktor, Herr Professor? Or maybe by now it's just "hey dude" or the more casual "yo?"
