Dead on arrival
by Clay Chandler
Published: February 6,2011
Tags: Legislature, Mississippi Nurses Association, Mississippi State Medical Association, nurse practitioner-physician relationship
Like most legislation the first time it is introduced at the Capitol, a bill that would have removed a signature provision in the nurse practitioner-physician relationship died last week. Rules governing nurse practitioners require that a “protocol,” or what amounts to a course of treatment for a patient, must earn the signature of a collaborating [...]
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