Medicine is mysticism. It’s amazing how much of it is based on faith. That’s why another nurse practitioner that I know got in trouble. Although she is and was a very good clinician, she was lacking in one thing: being a doctor. So, she got an online PhD, probably pissed some people off, and got called on the carpet publically for having a non-accredited degree. Why did she do that? Because maybe, no matter how good she was after years of practice, people still asked her, “Are you studying to be a doctor?”
Mind you, a naturopath or chiropractor IS a doctor, although they may not have as good a working knowledge of disease pathology as a nurse practitioner, and cannot prescribe as many medications. But a nurse practitioner is a nurse, and what is a nurse? The lady who gave you aspirin for cramps in high school. The woman who said “Doctor will see you now” when you were a kid. The young babe on TV with the cleavage who screws all the married doctors, or the Nurse Ratchett bitch in films. Whatever she is, the nurse is not smart. She’s not knowledgeable. She didn’t take chemistry and pathology and nutrition. She doesn’t read journals or attend conferences. And a nurse practitioner—isn’t she just a nurse who does PAP smears?
OK, here’s the truth. I know some doctors who aren’t very good for any number of reasons, but their patients don’t know that. Why? Because of the mysticism. This guy is a doctor, and therefore has a healing pass, kind of like 007’s license to kill. Only their license is to heal and cure. I see it a lot. Chiropractors who advertise that they heal everything, not just back and joint pain. I even had a chiropractor patient who pretended that he knew about congestive heart failure, for which he was seeing me, until he finally gave it up. But the patients eat it up. They really want to hope, and there is hope with a doctor.
Still my nurse practitioner friend who got the online PhD made a mistake in doing so. It was a fairly big blunder, because she’s a nurse practitioner and therefore a nurse and therefore a female and therefore really evil if she’s trying to pull a fast one by getting a fake PhD and calling herself “doctor.” Much more of a sin for a woman to do that. Those flim-flam men with matchbook cover Doctors of Divinity are kind of amusing. A nurse playing that game is viewed with fear and suspicion, and possibly should be burned at the stake.
This is just me ventilating. Don’t get me started on what I actually and truly do, or you’ll get quite a download. Better save that one for next time.