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0 pointsFireBeyond7mo ago0 comments

There are NP mills that will take you from high school, put you through an accelerated RN and prereqs and basically have you as an independent provider in just a few years out of high school (well, 4-5), that’s ridiculous.

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akavi7mo ago

Is there any evidence that _8_ years of post-secondary education (plus 3-7 years of residency at poverty wages) actually improves medical outcomes?

5 years could be plenty?

tptacek7mo ago

NPs are supervised, as are doctors on rotation, so it's 7 years before clinical practice for a doctor.

FireBeyondOP7mo ago

PAs might love to hear about that, since they’ve been lobbying about supervision.

Dozens (I gave up counting) of states have absolutely no supervision for NPs: https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/practice-and-career/ma... - they have full autonomy as providers.

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