Maybe, if scope of practice very tightly circumscribed - WMA resolution correctly emphasises “assistant”, not “associate”. We showed they can help in such circumstances
And good evidence that adding nursing assistants can make things worse. We just need more properly trained doctors and nurses. Cutting corners doesn’t work
Don’t follow. Nursing is a profession with a distinct body of knowledge different from but overlapping with medicine. Ergo nurse practitioners are professionals. The body of knowledge of PAs lies entirely within, but is much less than medicine (lacking scientific foundations), so not a profession
I know someone who is not a registered nurse or nursing associate, who uses the title nurse practitioner & wears the uniform of a senior nurse. There is a reason the title nurse needs to be protected by law
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