How do you feel about Nurse Practitioners?

depends on how she looks

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Bend over and cough

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And I told her "You first."

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Nurse Practitioners

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nursing school

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not the same....that just shows your ignorance

As far as NP's and PA's go it depends on what you're seeing them for and what type of specialist or what your ailment or condition is

How low cut is her shirt?

I have a very old friend who is a NP, I trust her more than anyone, she is very smart and very kind

Helps that I’ve known her for 30 years

In all honesty, you are more likely to get more attention from an NP or a PA than a doctor. That's not an attack, but most doctors are about quantity versus quality so they are about getting in and out of the room with you and turning over as many patients as they can.

Secondly, a big part of medicine is experience. A NP with 20 years under their belt actual practice is going to be more qualified than an MD with let's say 5 years or less of experience. In medicine experience is king.

I’d rather see an MD. Its why I avoid urgent cares & after hours as much as possible, it’s nearly impossible to see anyone other than an NP.

Also per my last 2 after hours visits, the MD was cheaper than the NP. Go figure.

The last time I saw one was at an urgent care for a staph infection. She said it didn't need to be lanced and antibiotics would take care of it.

I went into the doctor a week later for a different issue and told him about it becauee it seemed to be lingering. He referred me to see the surgeon downstairs and said the NP absolutely should have lanced it.

Doctors make more money when you see them.

Patients generally don’t like seeing them.

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I have mixed feelings about NP’s. I see more than one regularly for care. I understand they are medical professionals and went through training, but I can’t help but feel an MD would be the ultimate better choice for care due to the more years of training they went through.

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If we are talking just a flu type sickness or a wellness check then I don't see a difference between a doctor and an NP. Its pretty straight forward stuff.

My 2 cents on more complicated matters is that an NP had to work as a nurse prior to becoming a NP which means they have more hands on experience with actual patient care than the doctor.

The Doctor, on the other hand, went through much more rigorous schooling and apprenticeship and therefore has more in depth knowledge.

They (should) operate as a team. Meaning the Doctor, who checks over everything the NP does can use his knowledge base to fill in any blanks that the NP has and then the NP can use their hands on experience to help the Doctor make patient care decisions.