People really believe this????

16 I was speaking at a home schooling conference this weekend, and struck up a conversation with a young lady who told me "I'm going to become a nurse practitioner AND a surgeon". I told her the terms are not interchangeable- and she informed me "Oh no, nurse practitioners are going to be doctors starting in 2015!!" I made a valiant attempt to explain the difference between a doctorate and a physician - but she apparently knows better then I
I thought ALL people who had doctorates were doctors!!! Even if you tried to enlighten this woman, she'll find out...sooner or later...

Well, there are NPs who assist in surgery (and some of our PAs can harvest vein without a surgeon present). Perhaps her confusion is genuine and related to this? I shudder to think otherwise.

Well, she could be a nurse practitioner and a physician at the same time. Just not the same way she thinks.

No - she thinks that DNP=MD - and that she will be a physician after completing NP school only. Mind you, she's in 'CNA school' right now, so it won't be anytime soon.....

Quote from marycarneyNo - she thinks that DNP=MD - and that she will be a physician after completing NP school only. Mind you, she's in 'CNA school' right now, so it won't be anytime soon.....

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Neither do I..........

I know that it shouldn't, but when people are so uninformed, it really irks me....Jesus, people, do a google search so you won't sound so silly!!

HAHAHAHAHA....let reality hit her like fist full of rolled up nickels. You cannot educate the unwilling its ok. Kudos for your attempt at educating her!

CNA over here dying LOLing! It is incredible to me just how stupid people can be.....

I wonder if she thinks people with Phd's in art history can do surgery...

Hahahahahahaha