Earlier this week, Stephanie Bouchard, Associate Editor of healthcarefinancenews.com, detailed the unsuccesful attempt by nurse practitioner groups in Texas to expand scope of practice laws that would allow them to utilize the full extent of their training and expertise. Ms. Bouchard discussed how the Texas chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians thwarted an attempt to expand nurse scope of practice laws by claiming NPs don’t have enough medical training to practice and prescribe independently. While NPs in Texas were unable to have this legislation voted into law, they have indicated that they will attempt to pass similar legislation again this year, this time utilizing the IOM's Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report.
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"...claiming NPs don’t have enough medical training to practice and prescribe independently."
ReplyDeleteMedical education may be but not medical training. Somehow, nurses are even more experienced than doctors when it comes to practice and training, eh.
Thanks for the share,
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