I am presently studying in quebec. Here Nurse Practitioners are very new... Very few are recognized as of yet. NP nephrology, NP cardiology, NP neonatalogy, NP primary care. I know they are working...
the clinical placement where I had to first do blood draws was a neurology - post stroke ward... everyone had massive peripheral edema.. or so it seemed so I was stabbing blind.. I couldnt feel a vein...