It was crna not an rn.
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There are a lot of states that allow nurse practitioners have full practice rights as far as treating and prescribing medications independently.
If North Carolina was one of those states, I would agree with the ruling.
However, North Carolina is not one of those states. They need a physician oversight to prescribe, diagnose, and treat patients.
I believe the court made a bad ruling.
Thats the problem. Its puts the blame on the physician, who is given a regular workload, plus has to be responsible for midlevels. If the “ advanced practitioners” want to increase their scope of practice, then they should accept all the responsibility. Its a dumbing down of care, to the benefit of hospital CEOs because midlevels are cheaper. Yet, the patient is paying full price.