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I was greatly disappointed to read and listen to this article today. This type of press is what continues to feed mistrust and oppression of the nurse practitioner workforce. While the article and podcast is largely about 2 online NP programs the headline and overall messaging is that people should not trust Nurse Practitioners as care providers, despite decades of data to support the safety of these providers. This article also highlights two sentinel events of personal accounts from nurse practitioners care. These are two examples of the 1B visits a year that NPs provide. Physicians also encounter these events and are sued at higher rates than nurse practitioners (but not mentioned in the article). The authors also highlight the necessary requirements of hours for training of NP programs but do not have any discussion on competency based education or DNP requirements. Schools of Nursing and NP program standards and curriculums are dictated by American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties I support the investigation of schools or programs which are not aligning with national standards but do not glamour your investigation with an overall mistrust of an entire profession. The US health care system is facing major challenges including physician shortages. We need to work toward uniting our professions to improve access and care for patients. I hope you all take a listen and voice your opinions. American Association of Nurse Practitioners Stephen Ferrara, DNP, FAAN

This article was interesting and has some valid points (ex NP education does require fewer clinical hours than MDs and DOs). However, much of the "evidence" of poor care was anecdotal and not necessarily indicative of a larger issue. Personally, I think the article and unnecessary battle between providers misses the mark. The larger and more damaging issue is a healthcare system that forces providers to provide comprehensive medical care in too little time. As expectations for care continue to increase due to technology advances, the time allotted to actually care for people decreases. Our healthcare system continues to prioritize profits and forces clinicians to practice in care models that do not optimize the chances of good outcomes. Many clinicians give up much of their personal time with their families to compensate for this gap in needed vs allotted time, which isn't a sustainable ask. #nursepractitioner

This is an interesting article, and certainly one where we shouldn't be so quick to devalue the the value of #NPs and paint them with a broad brush because of an (undoubtedly) tragic story. #AsANurse, it's hard to discredit an entire line of professionals based on this case, however, I do recognize that there exists a need to bring more NPs into the field. IMHO (and unlike PA-Cs), NP education should be an extension of foundational nursing practice for advanced responsibilities. Admitting non-nursing, bachelor's degree persons for a nursing position in an accelerated factor might need another look. However, what this article fails to do is speak to the oversight required for this NP in the ER, in a state that has had some questionable school-record, pass-rates and diploma mills in the past. Also, the author failed to mention the other parties involved who permitted the discharge home. Let's not cancel a much-needed healthcare practitioner and resource without examining the leading conditions. The truth of the matter is that the need for nurses, nurse professionals, nurse educators, and nurse practitioners - is real and compounded by a multitude of obstacles, barriers, and reasons on its own. What we CAN take away from this is the understanding that - the need to provide enough opportunities and skilled nurses (workers) remains a challenge, and balancing all these things is real. #NursePractitioner #Nurses #Nurse Kelly Ayala, DNP, APRN, RN Rebecca Love RN, MSN, FIEL

The business of healthcare and nursing education are both influencing these issues. I have been a nurse for almost 23 years, 11 of those years as first a diploma nursing graduate then as an RN- BSN graduate. I have served as a preceptor to many NP students and also teach clinical at the undergraduate level. My perspective is frontline.    - Healthcare is a brutal, emotionally taxing, and at times personality altering profession. I have always been a staunch nursing advocate even as a Nurse Practitioner. We have to understand what nursing has evolved into, it is the most abusive relationship you will ever be in. The business of healthcare has lifted nursing on a pedestal on their IG stories, commercials, and other media production. Ask a nurse if they feel that from the core… do they feel supported, heard or protected, most would say no. Yes there are unit managers out there turning themselves inside out to make a difference, but the non clinical administration push back on everything. Never mind the abuse nurses are being subjected to daily, physical emotional from patients and their families… No wonder every nurse wants to run away. Nurses including advanced practice nurses need a seat at the highest levels of the business of healthcare.         - The nursing education system is just another part of these complex problems. It is a problem as a profession that can be fixed by US. Graduate advanced practice degrees in nursing should have strict standards. If you are advancing your nursing career to an advanced practice level, you should have mastered that most basic level. You should have to have completed a standardized amount of time as a nurse. This is where we are going to debate… and that’s appropriate - that’s what we should do as a profession. You should have to have experience in certain specialty advanced practice degrees, such as behavioral health, or pediatrics. PUT THE NURSE BACK INTO NURSE PRACTITIONER.     - One more point on our education, educators please please please stop telling undergraduate nursing students that they should return to school to be a NP! They will never learn to respect the job that is so important for the advancement of healthcare. The healthcare industry stands on the shoulders of nursing, they should be proud, understand and know that they are IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY!!! I understand that nursing programs are underfunded, we need to change that! There are so many more views that I have about this, but as a profession we hold the power to change how we educate each other and how we advocate for each other at all levels of education.

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NNPEN Response to the Bloomberg Article. The National Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur Network (NNPEN) appreciates the discussion generated by the July 24th Bloomberg Businessweek article, “The Miseducation of America’s Nurse Practitioners.” We agree that inadequate numbers of suitable preceptors in nurse-led primary care settings are an absolutely critical part of the solution to the problem this paper highlights. Unfortunately, the article chose to focus on a biased opinion of a segment of nurse practitioners without consideration of the immense contributions the profession makes in the delivery of health care. Nurses are the most trusted profession, as noted by Gallup, 22 years in a row. (1).

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