3d • General discussion
Nurse Practitioners
Early in my career as an RN I had the opportunity to work in communities who did not have access to a doctor on a regular basis. At the time it was Health Canada who were supplying these communities (mostly indigenous) with specifically trained "Outpost & Community Health" nurses. That opportunity I took led me to Dalhousie University in Halifax NS where I completed the course. Much of the training was done by doctors and I learned how to do complete head to toe physical assessments (we had months of training), immunize adults and children, deliver babies, assess illness and prescribe specific antibiotics, take x-rays, and even suture minor wounds. After graduation I spent 6 years in the field and gained some real appreciation for the craft, and for the communities and the people who lived there.
Today that course has been replaced with a much more intense (I am making a presumption here) and longer duration course and "Nurse Practitioners" now work in cities as well. They are not "mini" or "imitation" doctors (neither were we) but highly skilled nurses. They are well paid for the most part (I have seen salaries starting at $39 hourly) but still very much underutilized and STILL misunderstood. That fact leaves me scratching my head. I am so beyond words!
I encourage you to share your experiences here in our community about your work as an NP, or that of someone you know. This is definitely information that should also be shared with the general public AND government bodies. The doctor shortage and resulting lack of access to care for the public can easily be addressed with increased use of our Nurse Practitioners
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