NLengr Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Anyone's thoughts on this? It's been in the news the past few days. http://www.cbc.ca/whitecoat/blog/2011/04/21/nurses-and-physician-assistants-make-nice-and-get-along/#socialcomments I find it ironic that after years of pushing to expand nursing into traditionally physician areas, they are now getting upset at PA's being utilized. It's like the pot calling the kettle black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Unfortunately, turf wars and politics are just a reality and it is not all about optimizing patient care to all. However, PAs are here to stay, they are a fact of life and the nursing profession needs to get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamP Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 It is going to be interesting to see how family medicine evolves around the increased NP/PA presence. From what I've heard talking to some doctors it seems to be that PA's are preferred, not so much because of skill level but because unlike nurses, PA's we're created "by doctors, for doctors" although this isn't entirely true, at least for now they are more likely to tow the line of the physician associations more so than the nurses are. I think FM's are going to have to fight harder to be considered "specialists" by their peers and society as a whole. I understand they are technically a specialty but I don't see that as being widely accepted outside their own circles. I wonder if in the future you will see instead of a typical health care team of 4-5 family doctors things shift to teams of 1 or 2 family doctor "specialists" overseeing 4-5 NPs or PAs in an office. Maybe only stepping in on 10-20 percent of the cases. It also begs the question whether or not some of the funding allocated to family programs should move more towards other specialties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeDoc Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 PAs vs. NPs... Simple. Nurses went to nursing school, and learned the bare bones of medical science. Physician assistants essentially did a condensed and abbreviated version of medical school, with a strong footing in basic sciences and rotated through different units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeDoc Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 MD school... My stats were above average, and my ECs were average-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexonu Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 NP's can work independently where as PAs are restricted to working for/under an MD. As a nurse I don't feel threatened at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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