Nurse Practitioner Support by whom?

Hello, All

Yes, the post presented did answer my question. The organization who is governing the rules and over see the nurse practitioners, do the organizations or state supports the nurse practitioner profession?

As one, knows the physician assistants have support by the physicians. The physician assistants ( P.A.) are govern by the medical profession which in turns supports, lobby, and tries to improve the P.A. professtion. Therefore, the P.A.s are not standing alone and medical profession are their driving forces.

Also, the unions supports numerous nurses in several states, unions support CNAs and the unions workers within the hospitals. The unions are there for the workers during a crisises and decision makings with the administration. Therefore, the union stands by each individual worker within the organization.

I would like to know who regulates the nurse practitioner and salary, what organization/s supports the nurse profession, and fights for the profession as a whole in each state. If no one is fighting for the profession as than how does the profession survives?

Buttons

wow,

i'm glad somebody finally asked this question. in my state, if not all, the pas are governed by the board of medicine. i know many nps who are working at the bedside, because they are unable to find gainful employment as nps. when i first became an np, there were differences between nps and pas, one very important distinction was that pas were to have on site supervision, whereas an np could practice independently. that is no longer the case. the pa, does, however, continue to practice under the md's liscense, whereas the np practices under his or her own.

the continuing education, as well, is very disheartening. in order to meet pharmacology requirements, if you have not prescribed in two years, you must pay $500.00 to a certain institution if you are an np. there are no alternatives in this state, as you must have an actual transcript from a "university". i don't feel like anyone is supporting nps at this point, even ourselves. but if we were, i'm not sure we would have much ground to stand on against our state's bom. i believe the physician's really want the control that they have over pa's, as opposed to aprn's who practice from their own discipline's model, or who are at least educated to.

now, working as an rn, i make more money (especially if you count it by the hour), control my schedule, and take no work home with me. however, working in a private hospital, i have become very saddened by the lack of respect that many of the md's have for the nursing staff... i have saved many a patient from a bad outcome, but not by being a "good little nurse", but a vociferous patient advocate.

Which state do you practice in? This makes a huge difference on how NP's view job satisfaction.

the pa, does, however, continue to practice under the md's liscense, whereas the np practices under his or her own.

actually. in most states pas get their own license and have a "supervising physician of record." so, this distinction isnt there anymore either. there are still some states that dance around the issue by "registering" pas new york is the only one i can think of though.