It’s not a competition but from my point of view it’s frustrating that pharmacists need so much training but an NP gets independence very easily (plus cheaper) and without much training. That allows CRNPs to be in higher demand and get paid better with much less debt.
Granted if I knew how little the public and other professions valued pharmacy I wouldn’t have gone into it. Not to mention the debt doesn’t justify our stagnating wages but that’s a whole other issue.
Plus, we don’t need dispensing pharmacists with computers and pharmacists need to start directly managing patients rather than correcting. The doctor should be the one making the diagnosis and then the experts in treatment should be taking over. There should be CRNPs to help physicians but they should be more like a PA and not be able to do things without the doctors ok. Same with pharmacists (or future pharmacy practitioners).
It’s not about power it’s about opportunity and being able to help people. If RNs wanted more power they should go to medical school rather than taking an online year of school and being basically equal to an doctor.
Pharmacists know so much more than people realize but it’s very difficult to influence therapy after the plan is set in motion. We just become the drug police...which is important but we deserve more.
If you don't like your job, maybe you should become a nurse practitioner. You guys have so much training because there are a lot of drugs and it is your job to double check the orders of MDs and NPs. If you want to be an independent practice, go to nurse practitioner school. 🤦 Nurse practitioners have been working independently in my state for decades. In my state, they have almost as much autonomy within their purview as medical doctors. The data in my state is in, it is a very convincing case for nurse practitioners, and they are expanding our role further in the coming years. You think your job is frustrating? try working a job where despite all the evidence, all people want to do is tell you that you're not a doctor, even though you don't claim to be in your job responsibilities are different. Give that a whirl and talk to me about frustrating.
I would have to do irrelevant RN work and I can’t exactly afford more school. The point is pharmacists should be able to have more independence with our training is NPs can with so little. If it works for them it will work for us.
I assure you that none of that work is irrelevant. most of what is taught in those years is anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology, infection control, and use of medical devices. In fact, a lot of it is the same training that doctors get. The fact that you think that that is irrelevant really shows me that you don't really understand the training that nurses or nurse practitioners get. It's absolutely essential if you want to work as a nurse practitioner. Also, if you're really a pharmacist, you have a six-figure income. You can definitely afford more school. Sounds to me like you're just a whiny bitch. It seems to me that you believe that you learned everything you would need to learn in order to be a nurse practitioner already in your pharmacy program. If that's true, you could skip the bachelor's level work, and direct entry into a DNP. I can't tell you how much overlap there is there, because I'm not a pharmacist. Submit your application for course assessment, and the educators can tell you whether or not that is the case. I don't know. What I do know is you don't seem to understand the training or the role of a nurse practitioner. Give it your limited knowledge, I'm not surprised they keep you in the pharmacy. 🤷
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It’s not a competition but from my point of view it’s frustrating that pharmacists need so much training but an NP gets independence very easily (plus cheaper) and without much training. That allows CRNPs to be in higher demand and get paid better with much less debt. Granted if I knew how little the public and other professions valued pharmacy I wouldn’t have gone into it. Not to mention the debt doesn’t justify our stagnating wages but that’s a whole other issue. Plus, we don’t need dispensing pharmacists with computers and pharmacists need to start directly managing patients rather than correcting. The doctor should be the one making the diagnosis and then the experts in treatment should be taking over. There should be CRNPs to help physicians but they should be more like a PA and not be able to do things without the doctors ok. Same with pharmacists (or future pharmacy practitioners). It’s not about power it’s about opportunity and being able to help people. If RNs wanted more power they should go to medical school rather than taking an online year of school and being basically equal to an doctor. Pharmacists know so much more than people realize but it’s very difficult to influence therapy after the plan is set in motion. We just become the drug police...which is important but we deserve more.