Yes, it was mid-range too. I'm 63.
Your problem was seeing a NP in the first place. I'm sorry but they didn't go to medical school, do a residency. It's obvious from your tale that this NP has no clue what they're doing. One basic lesson that is learned in becoming a physician is that we treat the patient and not necessarily the lab the entire time. If you weren't having any weird symptoms, why in the heck did she even refer you in the first place? NP's have their place in the medical profession, but practicing unsupervised shouldn't be one of those places. I see these stories all the time. The scary thing is that alot of NP programs are online courses with a little bit of shadowing here and there. Makes me sick to my stomach.
Yes, it was mid-range too. I'm 63.
They have to be supervised from what I know. My wife is a NP and has never worked at an office where they do not have a MD or DO overseeing. My wife went to school for 6 years at OU getting her degree and worked her ass off to get it so when you say it "makes you sick to you stomach" you need to remember that these people are doing what they learned by the book or from their supervising physician.
Kirk, despite my tone, I have nothing against NP's that are supervised and kept on a short leash (hell, my wife is a NP!). I do have problems with NP's that are unsupervised and practice bad medicine. The OP's NP clearly wasn't supervised because any physician would've picked up that oversight in just a few seconds.
In Oklahoma, "supervised" is merely a formal term. To write controlled substances a NP has to have a physician as their supervisor but unlike physicians assistants, there are no rules about the "supervising" doc to be on site at any time or to review charts. There are a handful of NPs in the area running their own shops and their supervising doc really has nothing to do with the operation. It's just plain dangerous.
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