Nursing vs PA

[guetzow]

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Exaaaaactly. How much clinical experience does the average med school student have? In addition....."my profession has diverged from what it started out to be in terms of requiring experience". Very sad, but true. Traditionally, PA students had already been Corpsmen "Who practiced medicine already, performing sick call", but this has greatly changed. Experience is also relative. Who's to say that the diabetes education nurse has more relevant experience than the paramedic? (Or the Admin nurse, for that matter...).

 

[FNP2B]

Exaaaaactly. How much clinical experience does the average med school student have? In addition....."my profession has diverged from what it started out to be in terms of requiring experience". Very sad, but true. Traditionally, PA students had already been Corpsmen "Who practiced medicine already, performing sick call", but this has greatly changed. Experience is also relative. Who's to say that the diabetes education nurse has more relevant experience than the paramedic? (Or the Admin nurse, for that matter...).

Very good point.....and very true.

 

[deleted6669]

fnp2b- see my response to your post on the other current pa/np thread.

I agree that the typical pa student is different now than 10 yrs ago. when I went to pa school I already had a bs degree in medical anthropology, 5 yrs as an er tech followed by 5 yrs as a paramedic and I was a typical applicant at the time.
now there are pa students who have zero prior experience. a few programs(medex/stanford/others ) still require >2000 hrs(medex requires 4000 hrs and most accepted students have 8000+)
they are also direct entry 3 yr np programs for folks with a prior bs in anything.
history degree+ 1 yr=bsn
history degree + 3 yrs= bsn/msn/fnp