Patients at Risk New study: 7.4% of EDs are staffed by NP/PAs with NO physician on-site
Emergency physician Dr. Deborah Fletcher is an author of the first study to evaluate physician presence in Emergency Departments across the country. She discusses the findings, including that 7.4% of all EDs have NO physician on-site, and of those, 3% have no ability for the NP/PA staffing the ED to discuss patient care with a physician.
Emergency physician Dr. Mercy Hylton discusses the dangers of this practice, including concerns from nurse researchers regarding variability and lack of standards for nurse practitioners working in EDs, and her effort to help Indiana become the first state to require that all emergency departments must have a physician on-site.
https://www.jacepopen.com/article/S2688-1152(25)00008-6/fulltext
https://www.journalofnursingregulation.com/article/S2155-8256(22)00010-2/abstract
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