Comments on: A PA quits because the work given was "beneath her" http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/pa-quits-because-work-given-was-beneath.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Happymanhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/pa-quits-because-work-given-was-beneath.html#comment-79018 Happyman Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:22:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/a-pa-quits-because-the-work-given-was-beneath-her.html#comment-79018 the PA & NP thing is way out of control; bypassing reasonable training standards really screws doctors AND patients: <br/><br/>As a first-year heme-onc fellow at a major NY hospital, the long-coat NPs were writing the chemotherapy orders (e.g. for acute leukemics - perhaps the sickest patients in the entire hospital) on the bone-marrow-transplant unit while the first-year-FELLOWS were doing the scut. the PA & NP thing is way out of control; bypassing reasonable training standards really screws doctors AND patients:

As a first-year heme-onc fellow at a major NY hospital, the long-coat NPs were writing the chemotherapy orders (e.g. for acute leukemics – perhaps the sickest patients in the entire hospital) on the bone-marrow-transplant unit while the first-year-FELLOWS were doing the scut.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/pa-quits-because-work-given-was-beneath.html#comment-78934 Anonymous Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:31:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/a-pa-quits-because-the-work-given-was-beneath-her.html#comment-78934 The advanced practice nurses at SLCH now find IV starts beneath them. Wearing their long white coats and working alongside their former colleague RNs they find many patient care tasks too demeaning. The docs here have shed the coat long ago and rolled up their sleeves, while the nurses are moving toward the attitude that they don't do bodily fluids any more. The advanced practice nurses at SLCH now find IV starts beneath them. Wearing their long white coats and working alongside their former colleague RNs they find many patient care tasks too demeaning. The docs here have shed the coat long ago and rolled up their sleeves, while the nurses are moving toward the attitude that they don’t do bodily fluids any more.

]]> By: Health Train Expresshttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/pa-quits-because-work-given-was-beneath.html#comment-78903 Health Train Express Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:56:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/a-pa-quits-because-the-work-given-was-beneath-her.html#comment-78903 This PA does not belong in patient care, let alone no knowing anything about "team care". Her title obviously gratifies her ego.<br/>Be happy she left. This PA does not belong in patient care, let alone no knowing anything about “team care”. Her title obviously gratifies her ego.
Be happy she left.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/pa-quits-because-work-given-was-beneath.html#comment-78885 Anonymous Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/a-pa-quits-because-the-work-given-was-beneath-her.html#comment-78885 There are no small jobs - just small people. There are no small jobs – just small people.

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