A military nurses thoughts on the practice of medicine

[NVdisG]

You heard it straight from the horse's mouth:

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[deleted480308]

Soldiers deserve the best care, which is a physician doing medicine and not a nurse pretending to do medicine

 

[Perrotfish]

I'm not sure what we're offended about here. Do you think that nursing hasn't expanded its scope in the last generation? Do you disagree that the military had a role in that? Do you feel like your nurses (RNs, not NPs) are practicing in a way you feel is unsafe?

 

[NVdisG]

It's one thing to read, as a potential HPSPer, about nurses commanders in the healthcare setting.. but to hear him happily talk about how they work to nab scope of practice for themselves really opened my eyes

 

[Shikima]

I'm not sure what we're offended about here. Do you think that nursing hasn't expanded its scope in the last generation? Do you disagree that the military had a role in that? Do you feel like your nurses (RNs, not NPs) are practicing in a way you feel is unsafe?

Advance practice, yes, with a lot of guidance and education. Regular 'staff' nursing, no - unless you mean their exhaustive and complete nursing diagnoses?

 

[Gastrapathy]

"It's not a bad thing" unless you're a patient.

 

[flightnurse2MD]

You heard it straight from the horse's mouth:

Spent four years as a nursing officer in the Air Force nurse corps. Still struggled along with my younger classmates during medical school. So does that mean I suck???