Until physicians concede to the fact that nursing are equal players in healthcare, then we won't get anywhere with this discussion. I already explained to you the value of the DNP, so not going to repeat myself on that one.
Equal players? Are we going to a casino or practicing medicine, cause if we aren't in Vegas at the slots, DNP is nowhere near DO/MD. Lol, I am shocked you haven't been banned yet for trolling. As a former nurse, I am surprised when I run into the attitudes of my colleagues in graduate nursing programs. Have we really dumbed down nursing to the point where people aren't even remotely cogniscent of what they don't know and are not recieving for training? Posts like yours, especially in other threads make me believe so. Did you really learn nothing from
@Mad Jack's quiz that you failed terribly?
Its not an us versus them issue, its a scope of training and practice. I didn't believe it before, but now I can see now that it is indeed the nurses, graduate level and wannabe advanced, pushing the tribe mentality. You feel disrespected? Its cause you say ignorant things, like a DNP is equivalent to a Medical degree.
Funny, I expressed that same sentiment in nursing school (that a DNP is like an MD cause of nurse experience/length of training etc) over a decade ago, and my
advanced practice faculty corrected me real fast. I guess with the proliferation of nursing schools like bunnies, they just leave that part out now. Combined with hyperagressive recruits who want to 'skip' straight to advanced practice and expect to be treated like doctors without doing the time or training and you get what we have.
As someone with more experience than the average FNP grad, now that I am in medical school, I see just how little my years of critical care nursing help build the knowledge base needed to practice medicine (and I was certified!). Nurses have a surface understanding of pathology, can't work up a differential worth a lick, and are generally trained to recognize 'crashing' and trying to prevent it over everything else. A nurses job, while very important, does not train to be a physician, and people who push that kind of nonsense are promoting malpractice and patient harm.
If you wanted to claim DNP = PA, I agree depending on the background and especially the school. But DNP = MD/DO, no way. Just because politicians say you can do something (independent practice) doesn't mean that you are actually competent to do so.