When I became a nurse, and the years working in hospitals, the MD community was territorial. As a profession, stereotype MDs presented themselves as superior to Osteopathic physicians (DO) and even moreso when it came to chiropractors or homeopathic doctors.
When Nursing pursued having its own identity and scope of work, independent of…
When I became a nurse, and the years working in hospitals, the MD community was territorial. As a profession, stereotype MDs presented themselves as superior to Osteopathic physicians (DO) and even moreso when it came to chiropractors or homeopathic doctors.
When Nursing pursued having its own identity and scope of work, independent of direct supervision and management by doctors, many docs still treated nurses as servants. When Nursing education advanced into Masters and Doctorate degrees, medical organizations fought against NPs and against them prescribing. Then new Healthcare professional roles were developed; the Physican Assistant (PA) and the Surgical Assistant (SA). Both of these are supervised by physicians. So.
Many MDs just don't play well with others unless they get to be in charge.
When I became a nurse, and the years working in hospitals, the MD community was territorial. As a profession, stereotype MDs presented themselves as superior to Osteopathic physicians (DO) and even moreso when it came to chiropractors or homeopathic doctors.
When Nursing pursued having its own identity and scope of work, independent of direct supervision and management by doctors, many docs still treated nurses as servants. When Nursing education advanced into Masters and Doctorate degrees, medical organizations fought against NPs and against them prescribing. Then new Healthcare professional roles were developed; the Physican Assistant (PA) and the Surgical Assistant (SA). Both of these are supervised by physicians. So.
Many MDs just don't play well with others unless they get to be in charge.