Joanne Pohl, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan School of Nursing and former director of the U-M’s Adult Nurse Practitioner Program, testified before Michigan’s Senate Health Policy Committee to push Bill 481, which would allow nurse practitioners to widen their scope of practice. Kathleen Potempa, dean of the U-M School of Nursing, also supports the legislation.
Both experts believe nurse practitioners are barred from “using the full scope of their training and education to treat patients” and could help fill the void left by a physician shortage.
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