jmj11 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 After hearing a lot of good things about the TV show Virgin River, my wife and I just binged-watched the entire season in about three days. If you are not familiar with it, it is about a "Nurse, Midwife, and Nurse Practitioner" (all one person) who moves from LA to work in a very rural mountain town in N. California (BTW it is filmed near where I live, but across the boarder in British Columbia). While the front story is her love life, the back story is about her trying to work in a clinic where an older (72 yo) family physician doesn't like non-physicians treating patients. Of course, like most TV shows, there are lots of unrealistic things, including that the clinic is "very busy" but they average seeing about one patient per hour between the two, and the waiting room is always empty. But in her struggle to be accepted by the physician, there are a lot of social commentary about non-physician providers. For one, the MD always wants her to do things like make coffee, clean the waiting room, etc. But one interesting thing that she keeps saying is (my paraphrase) "I'm not an assistant, I am a nurse and nurse practitioner and your equal." What do you think of the depiction of NP and the struggle for acceptance by some physicians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 29, 2020 Moderator Share Posted January 29, 2020 Sounds a bit like the series on the USA network about a PA who hires a doc to open a mobile medical practice. See below if you are not familiar with the show. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Pains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Royal Pains was Ok but I have trouble with suspension of disbelief sometimes and it was just too much for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 29, 2020 Moderator Share Posted January 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, sas5814 said: Royal Pains was Ok but I have trouble with suspension of disbelief sometimes and it was just too much for me... better than the PA on ER whose only job was to have affairs and get HIV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Gloria is still a nice looking lady even today. Ask Mr. Robot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 47 minutes ago, EMEDPA said: better than the PA on ER whose only job was to have affairs and get HIV everyone needs a hobby... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SedRate Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 15 hours ago, EMEDPA said: Sounds a bit like the series on the USA network about a PA who hires a doc to open a mobile medical practice. See below if you are not familiar with the show. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Pains Ha, I trained with one of the physicians who was consulted for the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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