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Originally Posted by chachee52
Had the opposite happen. MD, and an ORthopedic did a scope on my knee and went through my tumor. Walked around with a large tumor in my knee for 7 years because MDs misdiagnosed it. It wasn't until my knee locked up and I had a PA investigate and got me to the where I needed to be.
So before people bash ALL NP and PAc, its all individually based. I am in the medical field and there are times that I actually send people to a certain NP or PAc because the MD tends to rush where the NP or PAc tends to listen and take their time to get all the info.
Is this every case? No, it is individual situations. Each clinician is a different personality.
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Exactly. To complicate the issue, requirements and limitations as well as names of “physician extenders” are different state to state.
Each of our personal experiences is helpful. But the big picture is complicated and now is a difficult time to make informed decisions.