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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a doctor and this is something really disconcerting that I've witnessed both as a doctor and as a patient. There is not nearly enough attention given to this, and it will be the last nail in the coffin of American healthcare. Sorry about the paywall. [url]https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-07-24/is-the-nurse-practitioner-job-boom-putting-us-health-care-at-risk[/url]

"Early waves of NP students were often experienced registered nurses seeking to increase their skills and responsibilities. But as demand spiked, more schools began offering “direct entry” programs that accepted students with a bachelor’s degree in unrelated fields. Today the fastest among them can prepare students for NP licensure exams in three years of education that encompasses a bachelor’s in nursing, registered nursing licensing (all NPs have to become RNs, even if they haven’t yet worked in the field) and a master’s in nursing. In 27 states, licensed graduates are allowed to treat patients and prescribe drugs with no physician oversight, even if they have no prior nursing experience...
...Students must obtain 500 clinical hours to graduate. That’s less than 5% of the amount required of medical doctors before they can practice medicine."

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I'm an RN. We really need to tighten up NP training and education. An RN should have 5 years experience before starting NP school.  Clinical hours should be more like 1500-2000.

NPs aren't intended to practice with the same deep and broad scope as an MD.  They don't need as much as training as long as they stay in their lane. [/quote]

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