Physicians Practice December 2, 2022
As nurse practitioners gain more practice freedom, advocates for physician-led care debate the training differences.
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) will tell you that nurse practitioners (NPs) are qualified to handle primary care. They point to a long history of successfully caring for patients and a host of studies that back up their claims of quality. For most of that history, NPs were under the supervision of physicians. Now, however, many states allow NPs to practice independently, and some physicians are worried that NPs are not properly prepared and that patients don’t understand the differences between an NP and a physician.
“Alex,” not her real name and who requested anonymity for fear of workplace reprisal, was an experienced...
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