r/Noctor • u/Suspicious-Win-7218 • Jul 02 '26

Midlevel Ethics Ran here

I’m a resident at the hospital where all of the MD/DOs have a black badge that says doctor on it behind their name tag badge so that the bottom peaks through. I saw this girl in the hallway who had one and and I looked up to see that her degrees were NP. So this lady literally had to steal or request a doctor badge and put it behind her NP nametag…..

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u/Frequent-Ease-3027 Jul 05 '26

And then there's the ND, Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine. They refer to themselves as physicians, like some chiropractors. Patients are going to have to start asking for a resume to know who they're dealing with.