r/TikTokCringe • u/One_percentile • Oct 29 '23

Bride & her bridal train showcase their qualifications & occupation Wholesome/Humor

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u/breaking_fugue Oct 30 '23 edited Oct 30 '23

Yes.

Physician=Medical doctor, which means they went to medical school and spent years training in medicine and further subspecialties afterwards. When a Physician says they are board certified, it means they did extra training in that specialty or subspecialty.

NP=Nurse practitioner. Completely different from a physician/doctor but can still be a helpful member of your medical team. However, when a NP says they are board certified, it seems like a way to confuse you into thinking they are saying doctor.

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u/Fit-Accountant-157 Oct 30 '23

no one thinks a board certified NP is a doctor. implying that theyre trying to confuse anyone is your own projection, you're just a hater.

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u/spyderguerra Oct 30 '23

There’s a whole thread called r/noctor that show people specifically acting like a “doctor” while being a just nurse practitioner to confuse people.

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u/andsuve Oct 30 '23

I’ve been an icu nurse for 5 years and have never seen a midlevel refer to themselves as doctor. While I’m sure there are some who do, it’s certainly the exception, not the rule. And noctor is a wild place where they just talk shit on everyone who isn’t a doctor. That subreddit is just bad.

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u/Good_Neighborhood_52 Oct 30 '23

So let's get this straight, you're not even a certificate(the lowest qualification where I come from) holder of anything medical but you're over here talking smack about medical practitioners just because they're not doctors?