Morgan Elzey
Natalie Patiern
Campbell Family Medicine
   During my Mentorship, and my research that I conducted, I was able to find evidence that helps to explain my essential question. Which is why are more medical students becoming Nurse Practitioners rather than Doctors. I quickly learned that there are many components and reasons to this accurance.  First off, Nurse Practitioners ,NPs, can do almost anything a Doctor can in the workplace, with some exceptions depending on the state. However, it is how they go about treating a patient that makes them different in the workplace. Doctors tend to see patients and treat patients as science, because that is how they were trained. While, NPs look at patients as a whole and addresses the needs of the patient on a personal level before addressing their needs on a scientific level. The main points of Doctors and NPs differences are their scope of practice, academic education/training, and responsibilities and salaries. I was blessed this year to be apart of the Honors Mentorship Program, and it helped me to confirm my want to become a Nurse Practitioner