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

Ok I meant the comment generically to the thread crowd across on the other side of the volleyball net from me.

Accessibility is usually a word that implies having a prepositional phrase after it with an object to that preposition, so my question to you is... What's the object ? Accessibility to what

I assume you will say care. But the question that follows is --- is it safe? Will the patient potentially be harmed?

And the oath part is the whole reason we have this thread - namely, to keep the patients safe

The first rule... The very first rule - is do not harm the patient. No matter the situation, even if you have no idea what to do with the patient - you do not harm the patient.

It logically follows, that if we think this bill is not safe - which we certainly do feel that way- then we must oppose it - because we took an oath to do no harm.

And then I'll say it one more time because I think you're new to the thread.

I
Am
Not
In
Primary
Care.

The profit thing might affect someone in primary care but I think hopeful doc on here has refuted that point like 6 times too

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And then there's your problem with robots too. Where will you get the ethical/moral aspect to the robot?

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That's a retarded question from such a (supposedly) learned man. There's no question of ethics in an algorithm, only the most optimal solution to a problem.

As I said earlier, you're either ignorant or in denial about your own profession's future. So do the research and learn or find more compelling arguments to support your ignorance.

Wait now you want family doctors to make referrals to specialist NPs? Typically referrals are placed in a scenario where the person you refer to has deeper knowledge/training than your own for the question at hand

Unless... You want to have primary NPs refer to specialist NPs and then I guess you have a society there without doctors. I'm fairly sure the life expectancy of all the patients would shorten under those circumstances - sounds like a bad plan to me

So you're not a surgeon? Do you perform any physical duties or is it simply diagnosis and prescription?

My education next to yours would look like Yao Ming standing next to a wizard of oz munchkin

Yes surgery

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My education next to yours would look like Yao Ming standing next to a wizard of oz munchkin

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I'm aware. You've brought up your education more than a few times. But the simple fact is that a human brain can't retain and utilize that information as well as a computer. So if that's your thing, then you're likely to go the way of the matinee ticket seller and the toll booth attendee soon.

Specialist should know the answer unless it's really rare / narrow field with supersubspecialist

And it's not an obsession - more a passion for patient safety, defense of medicine, and a sense of the importance of advocacy --- and an appreciation of the danger of this bill