doctorate of nursing?

The U.S. educational system now has a Doctorate of Nursing degree.

These "Dr. Nurse" types are expected to replace doctors in primary care
situations that don't require a doctor, which experts say is most of them.
There is going to be a shortage of doctors over the next decade.

Nurse practitioners, who have Master's Degrees, can already prescribe
medication, make referrals to specialists, etc. There are 125,000 nurse
practitioners in the U.S. right now. There are about 1,800 nursing doctorate
students.

Here's the link:

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Depart...urse&GT1=27001

The Bibble Guy
"Be a fruit and divide." - The Bibble

On May 24, 3:50 am, "The Bibble Guy" <the_bibble_...@befruity.com>
wrote:
> The U.S. educational system now has a Doctorate of Nursing degree.
>
> These "Dr. Nurse" types are expected to replace doctors in primary care
> situations that don't require a doctor, which experts say is most of them.
> There is going to be a shortage of doctors over the next decade.
>
> Nurse practitioners, who have Master's Degrees, can already prescribe
> medication, make referrals to specialists, etc. There are 125,000 nurse
> practitioners in the U.S. right now. There are about 1,800 nursing doctorate
> students.
>
> Here's the link:
>
> http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Depart...ticle=MakeRoom...
>
> The Bibble Guy
> "Be a fruit and divide." - The Bibble


I almost studied nursing a long time ago. Thank god I didn't. I really
can't stand all that gore, I don't think I'd make a very good nurse
now either. I was going to go for a Master's degree in it maybe.

"Gelly" <Gelly.D@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On May 24, 3:50 am, "The Bibble Guy" <the_bibble_...@befruity.com>
> wrote:
>> The U.S. educational system now has a Doctorate of Nursing degree.
>>
>> These "Dr. Nurse" types are expected to replace doctors in primary care
>> situations that don't require a doctor, which experts say is most of
>> them.
>> There is going to be a shortage of doctors over the next decade.
>>
>> Nurse practitioners, who have Master's Degrees, can already prescribe
>> medication, make referrals to specialists, etc. There are 125,000 nurse
>> practitioners in the U.S. right now. There are about 1,800 nursing
>> doctorate
>> students.
>>
>> Here's the link:
>>
>> http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/Depart...ticle=MakeRoom...
>>
>> The Bibble Guy
>> "Be a fruit and divide." - The Bibble
>
>
> I almost studied nursing a long time ago. Thank god I didn't. I really
> can't stand all that gore, I don't think I'd make a very good nurse
> now either. I was going to go for a Master's degree in it maybe.

When my mother was hospitalized, a nurse told me her "kidney levels" were
high. When I asked her levels of what substance, she didn't appear to
understand the question. On another occasion I heard a third-world-trained
nurse asked about diabetes and she stated she didn't know what it was.

In other words, you're setting the bar too high. No doubt there are highly
professional and qualified nurses out there, but in the medical backwaters
of North America some nurses know how to change a bedpan and that's it.

The Bibble Guy
"Be a fruit and divide." - The Bibble

I have met some Nurse Practioners. They seemed to be OK.

I think chirpractors and psychologists should be allowed to prescribe
medications.

"Quiet Neighbor" <private@spamless.net> wrote in message
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>
> I think chirpractors and psychologists should be allowed to prescribe
> medications.

Not appropriate, IMO. Neither chiros nor psychologists study enough anatomy
and microbiology in school to be competent at prescribing meds. But what I
would like to see is more co-operation between psychiatrists and
psychologists. When you talk about your everyday problems, your pdoc doesn't
listen because s/he isn't qualified to help you with them. S/he is a
specialist in a type of disease. But people with disease tend to have more
of the same kind of everyday life problems that normos have, and
psychologists CAN help with those.

The Bibble Guy
"Be a fruit and divide." - The Bibble

"The Bibble Guy" <the_bibble_guy@befruity.com> wrote in message
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> "Quiet Neighbor" <private@spamless.net> wrote in message
> news:mu6dnYkUnY2C_qXVnZ2dnUVZ_v3inZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>
>> I think chirpractors and psychologists should be allowed to prescribe
>> medications.
>
> Not appropriate, IMO. Neither chiros nor psychologists study enough
> anatomy and microbiology in school to be competent at prescribing meds.
> But what I would like to see is more co-operation between psychiatrists
> and psychologists. When you talk about your everyday problems, your pdoc
> doesn't listen because s/he isn't qualified to help you with them. S/he is
> a specialist in a type of disease. But people with disease tend to have
> more of the same kind of everyday life problems that normos have, and
> psychologists CAN help with those.
>
> The Bibble Guy
> "Be a fruit and divide." - The Bibble
>

Well,

-my opinion of many medical doctors is pretty low. As I reckon it, the
chiropractors and psychologists can get the same kickbacks from the drug
companies -and know what drug is most profitable to prescribe. Along the
way, they can consult the "PDR" just like doctors are supposed to do.

When a psychiatrist wanted to check my liver function due to a neuroleptic,
he sent me to see a general practitioner to get the paperwork for the blood
test. The medical education of the psychiatrist is superfluous.