Wow 😳… this is bad.

#MedTwitter
#StopScopeCreep
#NPsLead ????????? sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@TempletonPeckP1 @NewToTweets_Dr @RBlockMD @GallaherCaren @EmoryLise @Rebekah_Bernard @mamapsychmd @LeahHoustonMD Hate is not the point here. Patient choice is the point. As a patient I want my family and I to be able to choose a physician. Patients should also be educated to the significant training differences between NP/PA & physicians before making that choice. @TempletonPeckP1 @NewToTweets_Dr @RBlockMD @GallaherCaren @EmoryLise @Rebekah_Bernard @mamapsychmd @LeahHoustonMD I do not want to have to beg in the ER to see an actual physician because too few docs b/c NP/PA have been preferentially hired because they cost medical conglomerates less. I do not want my family told by the clinic receptionist that the NP is “just the same” as the doc.

Are independent NP able to provide equal care to physicians? Let’s take a closer look at the studies they say support this idea. In a word... “problematic.”
onlinenursing.baylor.edu/news/nurse-pra… Study 1: Nurse led phone triage. RN has capability to do this.

Study 2: 1978. 1 NP. Poor followup. No power calculation.