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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
In my case, I cannot be "directed" to a PA or an NP. Unless I have an emergency, I tell the scheduler that I will only make an appointment with a medical doctor. Period.
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To be honest, I've never really understood the objection to NPs. They're supervised by MDs, so one can assume that anything beyond their expertise will be discussed with their supervising MD. That is the way it works at the clinic that my wife and I go to, anyway. One MD, three NPs. We always have the option of being seen by the MD, but the fly in that particular ointment is that we might have to wait longer to be seen by the MD than by an NP, which is understandable.
Seems to work that way at other practices too. After successfully evading cardiologists for the past four years, my wife and our NP finally got me to agree to go to one, a guy who really seems on the ball. I'll be completing the tests this coming Monday. I've already scheduled the visit to discuss the test results: I was offered the option of seeing an NP for this (two weeks from now) or seeing the Cardiologist (mid-November). I picked November, as if anything untoward showed up on the tests that demanded attention before November I'd be called anyway.