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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best nurses become NPs and PAs. The worst doctors become PCPs. I’m fine with NPs. [/quote]

[b]This could not be more untrue on all accounts. [/b]  [b]You don't even have to have ever worked as a nurse to become an (D)NP.  You can go straight from a 15+months online degree after your bachelors to working as an NP.   [/b]Nurses cannot become PAs.   Your doctor statement is just an imbecile insult.  Primary care physicians are family medicine residency trained, or general internal medicine residency trained, or pediatrics residency trained.   Which residencies are more competitive to get into changes every year and also changes greatly over longer periods, and this change is due to a lot of factors.[/quote]

To become an NP you need a BSN, which in VA requires 500 clinical hours + pass the NCLEX and be licensed in your state as a nurse. Then do grad school for the NP, which requires 800 hours of clinical experience, pass the certification exam. Many NP programs also require actual work experience as a nurse prior to starting the NP program. Yes, absolutely not as much experience required as to get an MD but PP's post suggests that you can get an NP while barely ever doing anything but an online program.

I don't think I'd be comfortable with a NP in a 100% independent private practice but I have no issue with seeing a NP as part of a larger practice where an MD is available if needed.

If people don't want them and PA's to be the default for primary care, then our country has to invest in greatly expanding spots in MD programs and lowering the cost to get an MD.[/quote]

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