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I believe the so-called Doctors of Nurse Practice or Practitioners are going to eventually get an unlimited scope of practice. In fact, I believe they will probably be doing surgery within a decade or so, just as soon as the AANP can develop residency programs to facilitate this and recruit turn-coat surgeons to "train" the first generation of NPs who will in turn teach the next. Of course this will be after they fully cement unlimited practice rights in all areas they are in right now (which by they way, they've been pretty successful at).
Why I do I believe this will happen? Answer - because the government will not have any other way to provide "health care" to the millions of people they've promised it to.
I'm sure there were many M.D.s who once said that podiatrists would never be allowed to do surgery, optometrists would never be allowed to do anything more than fit people for glasses, and chiropractors would never be widely seen as legitimate and receive Medicare compensation. Well, they were all wrong.
I'm sure at one point NPs had to be watched very closely (supervised, not "collaborated" with), and I remember a time in my state when they couldn't write for controlled substances (or anything for that matter, the doctors signature had to be on every prescription they wrote).
Nowadays, they "collaborate" with physicians. Collaborate? What does that even mean? Correct me because I could be wrong but so far as I know, "collaboration" = no supervision and no liability for the price of some random chart "reviews" by a physician who could be a 100 miles away from where the NP is practicing.
Without getting into a discussion about the Patient "Affordability" and "Protection" Act, please let me know:
- Do you agree NPs (DNPs, whatever they are calling themselves) will achieve full practice rights in all specialties (no physician supervision/collaboration/whatever required), restricted only by what their national organization and state boards of nursing allow?
- If yes, do you think this will be good or bad for the country's health and well-being?
^ Some would say yes, because more will be treated. In fact, according to the media reports I've looked at on this issue, most people seem eager to have NPs gain full autonomy.
Why I do I believe this will happen? Answer - because the government will not have any other way to provide "health care" to the millions of people they've promised it to.
I'm sure there were many M.D.s who once said that podiatrists would never be allowed to do surgery, optometrists would never be allowed to do anything more than fit people for glasses, and chiropractors would never be widely seen as legitimate and receive Medicare compensation. Well, they were all wrong.
I'm sure at one point NPs had to be watched very closely (supervised, not "collaborated" with), and I remember a time in my state when they couldn't write for controlled substances (or anything for that matter, the doctors signature had to be on every prescription they wrote).
Nowadays, they "collaborate" with physicians. Collaborate? What does that even mean? Correct me because I could be wrong but so far as I know, "collaboration" = no supervision and no liability for the price of some random chart "reviews" by a physician who could be a 100 miles away from where the NP is practicing.
Without getting into a discussion about the Patient "Affordability" and "Protection" Act, please let me know:
- Do you agree NPs (DNPs, whatever they are calling themselves) will achieve full practice rights in all specialties (no physician supervision/collaboration/whatever required), restricted only by what their national organization and state boards of nursing allow?
- If yes, do you think this will be good or bad for the country's health and well-being?
^ Some would say yes, because more will be treated. In fact, according to the media reports I've looked at on this issue, most people seem eager to have NPs gain full autonomy.