The Difference Between Doctors and Nurse Practitioners - Care2.com
Doctors—especially those who practice primary care and gerontology— are in increasingly short supply, so it’s not uncommon for patients nowadays to spend more time with physician assistants (PA) and nurse practitioners (NP) than an actual MD.
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“The main benefits is the years of working with patients one-on-one and developing critical listening skills,” says Margaret Dean, a geriatric NP and assistant professor of nursing with the Texas Tech School of Medicine. “The ‘personal space’ issue is not a concern for a nurse who is used to getting in and being close to that patient. That closeness allows us to support the patient to open up.”
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