So there's a position with PP that I am interested in. It's not a nurse position, but a healthcare assistant. I was reading the description of duties and responsibilities. One of them was educating the patient about abortion procedures/surgical procedures and obtaining informed consent...that's usually what a nurse does. For the job you just need GED/high school diploma, CNA preferred. Is this allowed? I had no idea an MA/assistant could obtain informed consent.
I read that and thought "my goodness, why am I even jumping through the hoops of keeping my license for nursing if a person could essentially do what I would like to do--public health/community health, without a license?" I am going to hang on to the license, but I am just flabbergasted at the amount of work and scope of practice of an MA these days. It almost sounds like they are the new nurse or at least the new LPN (no offense intended, my lovely LPN friends.)
