ER physician shortages in Canada are leaving hospitals to consider staffing them with nurse practitioners and paramedics.
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Hopefully they’re spread the love to PAs soon enough.
Why surprised Np’s are already considered equal to GP’s
Sure, why not? 3 years of education is more or less equivalent to my 11 years I spent in training to become a Board Certified Pediatrician. For most “run of the mill” things a NP does a satisfactory job. However, NP’s and PA’s are considered “physician extendors.” An extendor means that that particular NP is technically an extension of a physician. They do not practice independantly of physicians, because a Physician has to sign off on their charts.
Physician extendors are only supposed to be treating “run of the mill” problems. My question is, if you’ve never seen anything except run of the mill problems, how are you going to recognize when a more ominous, subtle and serious problem is lurking? http://www.kidshousecalls.com
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