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Utilizing non-physician clinicians such as nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) at their maximum scope of practice can be instrumental to better distribution. However, improved oversight, graduate medical education and integration regarding how interdisciplinary teams that include both nurse practitioners and physicians can and should be use may need to come first.
Some reports show that nurse practitioners which “can prescribe, unlike PAs, and patients have similar health outcomes if treated by NPs compared with general practitioners (GPs) “ (While, 2015, p. 362). Unfortunately, physicians believe differently and with good reason. Their level of training is at the top of the list of reasons why. NPs and PAs train
Utilizing non-physician clinicians such as nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) at their maximum scope of practice can be instrumental to better distribution. However, improved oversight, graduate medical education and integration regarding how interdisciplinary teams that include both nurse practitioners and physicians can and should be use may need to come first.
Some reports show that nurse practitioners which “can prescribe, unlike PAs, and patients have similar health outcomes if treated by NPs compared with general practitioners (GPs) “ (While, 2015, p. 362). Unfortunately, physicians believe differently and with good reason. Their level of training is at the top of the list of reasons why. NPs and PAs train