David Mitchell: Giving NPs full practice authority will greatly contribute to the availability of primary health care in our state.
But we can also consider less costly policies such as fully using our nurse practitioners. Nurse practitioners are fantastic health care providers, and Indiana could benefit from more of them.
One reason we rank so poorly is that Indiana does not have enough providers. When Hoosiers get sick — especially those living in rural areas — there aren’t enough primary health care providers. One cause of this primary care shortage is Indiana’s excessively restrictive medical regulation. These laws hinder qualified nurse practitioners from working independently to meet Hoosiers’ needs.
There are, of course, differences between physicians and NPs. Training for physicians is longer and more in depth. There are certain medical procedures that NPs do not perform.
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