Here’s what almost no one in healthcare is talking about:
Countries facing doctor shortages (UK, US, India, Africa) are already experimenting with nurse practitioners prescribing independently.
In some regions, nurses manage hypertension, diabetes, even mental health patients entirely on their own with outcomes equal (sometimes better!) than physicians.
If this trend accelerates, the frontline of medicine may belong to nurses, not doctors.
Should PharmDs or dentists also push for similar rights before it’s too late?
Will doctors be forced to “share” authority permanently?
Or will this create a new healthcare hierarchy where nurses dominate primary care?
The shift is already happening the only question is, are we ready for it?
MBH/AB