Meaning the cost of these degrees. Workloads, dealing with insurance, and patients. Seems like a lot.
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Add AudD to the list @deb922. The entry level degree for audiologists is now a doctorateā¦.and there isnāt a lot of full funding for that either.
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Interesting re NPs in Alberta. My kids are dual citizens and ShawD started university in Canada but transferred to the US and got an accelerated BSN/MSN and is a Family Nurse Practitioner. She does primary care. I always thought she would fit well in Canada, but what we discovered was that the scope of NPs work was limited in Canada relative to the US. Even with the change in the articles sited @ProfandParent , the scope of their work is more limited. In the US, she works in a clinic that is part of a company with close to 200 primary care clinics. I donāt think she wants to own/run her own clinic but was appointed medical director of her clinic, which has MDs, NPs and PAs on staff.
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That gives me chills. A couple of months ago, I had my daughter take me to the ER with terrible abdominal pain and vomiting (my husband was in Grand Canyon completely incommunicado). I was taken back within 5 minutes, was in CT scan within an hour, and had all labs, EKG, and x-ray within 30 minutes of being taken back. I had my appendix out and was in my hospital room within 4 hours of arriving at the ER.
I donāt know if the hospital just happened to be slow that day, or what, but I felt pretty lucky to have it all go so quickly and didnāt experience a rupture.
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We have so many hospitals in Dallas. Iāve never had trouble or delays accessing the system, knock wood. My PCP recently died, so I did have to search a bit to find a new doctor. Since I was willing to meet with the NP, I was seen very quickly. I was very happy with the NP. My appointment was actually very thorough, not at all rushed as some can be.
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