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Old 04-28-2006, 12:41 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Suzz04
But, my concern still leans towards about blood work and x-rays. Who does that? Do they get the consult right and send you on to someone who can do this? Can you be admitted through to the hospital by them?
It's not a mini doctor's office, it's a clinic. No, you can't get bloodwork and xrays there. You have to see a doctor for those things. A nurse practitioner isn't licensed for that. And if by "admitted to a hospital through them," you mean "can they dial 911 for you and have an ambulance take you away?" or "can they see that you need medical care they can't provide, and compel you to visit a hospital?" Then yes.

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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
To pay the lawyers and the malpractice insurance premiums after Analog's nurse misses a diagnosis.
Do you know what a nurse practitioner's license allows them to do, and not do? Do you know the procedures a nurse practitioner is compelled by their license to follow when treating a patient without the presence of a licensed physician? Do you know how their scope of knowledge relates to how they diagnose patients, and the difference in the way a nurse practitioner diagnoses a patient vs a doctor's diagnosis?

I guess it's easier to be sarcastic in a passive-agressive way when you don't know what you're talking about. I have no idea where the gross lack of faith in these licensed medical professionals is coming from.

A nurse practitioner is not going to violate their license by telling you to go home and sleep it off. If they're not 100% on a diagnosis, they're going to tell you to see a doctor.
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