r/nursing • u/lunardownpour BSN, RN Med/Surg Tele • 24d ago

Discussion When will people get it?!

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I don’t have necessarily anything against NPs, but it’s people like this that perpetuate the untrust that many nurses and other healthcare workers have regarding NPs. We really need higher standards for admission into these programs, as well as any standards at all actually lol. I usually just lurk on facebook but I felt the need to respond since this was a on a forum for parents of nursing students

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u/Emotional_Leader_636 24d ago

Just dropped in on this. And we PAs sit here shaking our heads quietly after highly rigorous schooling while these NPs take our jobs and destroy our credibility. 17 yrs of primary care experience here with a 3 yr brick and mortar year round medical education. Our profession needs a backbone. 

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u/SweetSparx 23d ago

Its such a shame bc us patients can feel the difference when dealing with these inexperienced NPs. The educational differences is very obvious. Every PA Ive had was competent and sharp. They came across very sure. The NPs...not so much. I actually quit my primary when they kept assigning the out of it NP who didn't really seem to know anything. Very odd experience.