Select individuals believe that doctors put in more time than nurses, which then results in doctors roles being more important. Citizens even believe that physicians are being underestimated compared to nurses. Jauhar states, “As a physician, I couldn't disagree more. Though well intentioned, such proposals underestimate the clinical importance of physicians' expertise… ”(par. 3). To put it in another way,this author is saying that a doctor's work is starting to be considered undervalued. Doctors feel as if their work is being underappreciated and being overlooked, which then, takes away from the importance of the physicians roles. Tillman continues to argue that doctors roles are more important with the support of comparing schooling between physicians and nurses.Tillman adds that doctors have more education and are in school longer so nurses roles are less than what doctors do (par. 18). Furthermore, the argument continues that doctors roles are more important than nurses.Tillman concludes, “They say solving the primary care shortage means changes such as increasing Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements to doctors and training more physician”(par. 19). He is saying that solving the issue of physician shortages would not be to give nurses their own autonomy and roles, but to increase medicare and train more to become doctors. Ultimately what is at stake here is that physicians are feeling as if they are underestimated after the schooling and training they go through. Both authors are arguing that doctors incorporate more time and effort than nurses, so physicians expect to be treated better and not understated. These authors express their feelings that doctors’ roles are more important than nurses’; however, nurses’ roles are critical to society.
It has become common today to dismiss the importance of roles nurses have. Nursing has changed throughout the years with the importance of roles and autonomy. In “Nursing Has Changed for the Better,” the article states, “Nurses have so much more autonomy, power and therefore respect today” (par. 2). This article is saying that nurses have more respect today; however, nurses are overlooked and not recognized for their roles.Chief Nursing Officer Sarah Mullally discusses how the future can be different for nurses and patients: "It is time to look ahead and make further changes to traditional prescribing roles that will benefit patients in a patient-centred NHS" (qtd. in Frith par. 6). Hence the article is clarifying that nurses care for patients just like doctors do. Frith and the article “Nursing has Changed for the Better” are both right in agreeingthat nursing roles are as important as physicians. In the article “Nursing” it states, “Throughout history, nursing has played an essential role in society as a profession that embodies the preservation and restoration of health along with the care of the terminally ill” (par. 1). This article goes on to speak of nurses importance and how they are being overlooked unlike doctors. This article is correct and nurses are not given enough credit or recognition with their roles. Nurses work just as hard as doctors and have the same role with patients. Nurses are being underestimated and doctors are receiving all of the credit. However, does the evidence these authors have prove conclusively that nurses are not recognized for their roles? Yes, the author and articles statements are correct; the reason they are correct is because patients see their nurse practitioners more than they see their doctor. Nurse practitioners are capable of performing the tasks that doctor do besides prescribing narcotics. Nurse practitioner's roles stand out because they do just as much as doctors. Nurses should be recognized and appreciated for the care they are giving. Unfortunately, nurses are not given the credit or importance they deserve. Due to nurses not receiving the credit they deserve, they are being paid a small portion of what a doctor is receiving.