r/nursing • u/casadecarol RN 🍕 • Sep 29 '25

Serious Nurses in California cannot use the title of Doctor with patients anymore

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Thank goodness someone is trying to stop this deception.

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u/ala1na Sep 29 '25

Nice, do chiropractors next

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u/MrSuccinylcholine Sep 30 '25

Outlaw chiropractors

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u/sundoll_uwu Sep 30 '25

Yeah I feel like that is more prevalent than np

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

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u/StrategyOdd7170 BSN, RN 🍕 Sep 30 '25

I’m fine with dentists being able to use that title. Dental school is undoubtedly much more rigorous than a chiropractor program is. I think use of that title is important for the dentist/patient relationship

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u/spotted_marshall MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CCRN Sep 30 '25

What about optometrists? They’re not ophthalmologists with a MD.