re: Defeat the Nurse Practitioner scope of practice expansion - Louisiana SB 187

Most surgeons hate telling me goodbye at around 5 pm on Friday while they slave through a 36 hr trauma call.

Meanwhile, I'm gonna go bathe my kids, eat popcorn and watch a little 30 for 30 and show up refreshed for Saturday morning at 125 per hr.

Nah really I'm telling the truth....and I'm good being a mid tier low level nurse.

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I'd chop my dick off before I'd be a general surgeon.

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frick

Have saved a life - thank u for your support

Interesting situation

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Pretty sure they're voting today

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My brother in-law said it's scheduled for floor debate today, he plans to vote for it.

This is about to get much worse for non surgeon doctors too.

All that training is pretty easily replaceable

We're gonna hear a lot of medical whining over the next decade about how important they are, but the truth is we'll all be better off once they're replaced.

I read a lot of it, it got pretty repetitive and monotonous pretty quick. But what I did read was a bunch of doctors blaming undiagnosed cancer on NP's and trying to scare people into supporting their racket.

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I did read was a bunch of doctors blaming undiagnosed cancer on NP's and trying to scare people

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no no no

You don't understand. My GP can tell I have dick cancer when I come in for an ear infection because he had 93 years of schooling. An NP would've missed that.

Docs are always competent and correct in their assessments and well worthy of the obscene prices they charge.


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Real talk, If we want to bring down the cost of medical care in this country then embracing NPs is a strong step in that direction. Though I think Docs are perfectly fine with the status quo of "hi how are you, hmmhmmm mmhhmm yep I'll write you a prescription for this drug and my secretary will write you a bill for $200. Have a nice day."

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would bet that computers will serve as collaborative databanks to the primary care physician and the mid-levels will be replaced by R2D2.

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Yeah no. If you have a computer that can diagnose more accurately (which they can now) and more cheaply than an overpaid egomaniac, you're gonna use the computer. It wouldn't make sense not to.

The only docs that will have jobs in ten years are ones who do more than diagnose and write perceptions. If you're not a surgeon, it might be a good time to invest in retirement or learn a new trade.