A Failed Industry Experiment: The Overreliance on NPs in Health Care
In November 2024, Bloomberg Businessweek published an article titled “What Happens When U.S. Hospitals Binge on Nurse Practitioners” that documents how “the increasing reliance on ill-trained nurse practitioners is imperiling patients.” As stated in the article, “In effect, she was a part of an industry experiment testing whether nurse practitioners can do a physician’s job […]