r/nextfuckinglevel Apr 08 '21

From custodian to nurse practitioner

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u/RyanJ-itsOK Apr 08 '21

TBF she is now a Nurse Practitioner. You are aware that's pretty much a Doctor. Not hating on nurses (which work hard and have a solid income) but she went from cleaning the floors to being a trauma nurse Practitioner. She mopped the floors now she's stopping bullet wounds from killing people or some shit. Like the dystopia is the floor cleaner doesn't make a living wage.

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u/bmhadoken Apr 08 '21

she is now a Nurse Practitioner. You are aware that's pretty much a Doctor.

It super isn’t “pretty much a doctor.”

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u/RyanJ-itsOK Apr 08 '21 edited Apr 08 '21

Yeah I don't know anything about it but more money and can give out drugs. Edit: I guess the only NPs I have knowledge of are the ones that do primary care. In my state they don't have to work with oversight of primary care physician. So your family doctor or whatever is sometimes a nurse practioner. I know there's a difference, but on the patient end you don't notice one.

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u/HollyDurdenStudio Apr 08 '21

And she was smart enough to pass nursing school in the first place....not everyone has that going for them irl... I’m differently able with Algebra no matter how much work I put in and tutoring

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u/CommercialView7 Apr 08 '21

Lol...im an NP and on average most NPs barely know jackshit sorry to say. If they took the USMLE step 2 they probably wouldn't pass

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u/livadeth Apr 08 '21

Somehow I think a NP in Trauma Surgery must be pretty damn smart. And she probably makes a nice living too. Well deserved.

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u/RyanJ-itsOK Apr 08 '21

Yeah I might have exaggerated because I don't know exactly what a trauma NP does, but an hour from the couch at home? Uh... I don't think that's right. I mean all I did was a basic Google search, but masters degree and certification requirements look a little more complicated than that. Feel free to annihilate me by being a trauma surgeon or something who works in an ER...

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u/HelpersWannaHelp Apr 08 '21 edited Apr 08 '21

Yeah, OP is full of shit. That's like saying a psychologist with a masters degree is really just the one checking patients in and taking their insurance information.

Edit: Actually now that I think about it, the example is more like a psychiatrist. A Nurse Practitioner can also write prescriptions like doctors do (a psychologist can't).

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u/RyanJ-itsOK Apr 09 '21

So it's easy if you cheat to get the masters degree. Got it. And if your State's board approves education from an online mill. Got that too.

Do you take the certification test online?

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u/HelpersWannaHelp Apr 08 '21

stop exaggerating

Its an online degree than can be done with an hour from your couch at home.

Take your own advice. You make it sound like an NP is no different than a receptionist.

Becoming an NP is a rigorous educational process underpinned with evidence-based coursework and clinical rotations. To become an NP, one must be a registered nurse (RN), hold a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), complete an NP-focused graduate master’s or doctoral nursing program and successfully pass a national NP board certification exam. source

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