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Australia has tried to get some of the way there with Nurse Practitioners. I'm in Tasmania, so here's the a PDF from the Tasmanian Department of Health Service
by TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
Australia has tried to get some of the way there with Nurse Practitioners.
I'm in Tasmania, so here's the a PDF from the Tasmanian Department of Health Services explaining what a Nurse Practitioner can do, including prescribing some medication and interpreting diagnostic test
https://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/64084/NP_Frequently_Asked_Questions_-_2008-03-12.pdf https://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/6408...
- Clewza313 6y agoThis is partly because in Australia, regular nurses can do virtually nothing on their own initiative. A friend of mine was an ICU nurse in Canada before moving to Australia. It was a long and painful process to get qualified again, and when she did, she found out she had been demoted from being able to meaningfully improve patient care (eg the prescriptions and diagnoses you mention) to a robot carrying out orders.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoI intentional refrained from ranting about the medical profession’s protectionism in Australia.