Amid a shortage of physicians on the VA staff, and against a bitter and long-term debate over the roles of physicians and nurses - specifically nurse practitioners - a VA proposal has further sparked the argument.
This arrangement ensures patient access to physician expertise, whether for primary care, chronic health management, anesthesia, or pain medicine, while allowing physicians, APRNs and other health-care providers to work in a team environment in which all providers can provide care to the full extent of their education and training.
This arrangement ensures patient access to physician expertise, whether for primary care, chronic health management, anesthesia, or pain medicine, while allowing physicians, APRNs and other health-care providers to work in a team environment in which all providers can provide care to the full extent of their education and training.