Visiting Seattle and needing to use an urgent care has made me shocked to find out that naturopaths are treated as a regular medical provider with prescribing rights. Wtf?? Note: I almost didn’t notice the provider was a naturopath but I saw they had an ND and not MD next to their name. I wouldn’t be surprised if many people do not know what the ND means given MD, DO, NP etc can already all be confusing titles.
Like just check into any standard (Zoomcare for ex) urgent care clinic and they are staffed by an MD a few nurse practitioners and then 1-2 naturopaths??? Naturopaths exist in Midwest but they are not allowed practicing medicine or working at hospital systems. Why are yall letting people with no medical education treating you as doctors at licensed medical facilities….
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