re: SB 435 would allow advanced practice nurses to not work under a physician

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I went straight through college, medical school, and residency and didn’t have independent prescriptive authority until age 30. A nurse I work with just finished becoming a nurse practitioner at age 24 and has full prescriptive authority and can practice independently after 3 years. Absolute insanity.

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To echo this, I didn't independently treat a soul until I was 32 years old. And I was scared shiteless when I got out of residency for at least a couple months. I don't see any healthy fear in NPs. They dump the bad shite out the door or up the ladder. They don't have to own their complications or honestly even worry about bad outcomes when they're under an MD. I'm afraid this mentality would carry on to their "independent practice" and be dangerous.

I don't post much on here, but this gets me wound up. It's simply a terrible idea. There are far, far better ways to solve the problem of decreasing numbers of PCPs. Widening scope without training isn't the correct one.