[NPInfo] NYS Definition of NP's

[Calif NP]

Not True Steve-  NPs there in your home State do "practice medicine" under
the collaborative interaction with a physician and written practice
protocols.
The bizarre, expertly parsed, and otherwise tortured language of the New
York statutes not withstanding, Advanced Practice Nurses/NPs in NY is in all
objectivity the "practice of medicine".
Geeeeezzz guys!  It should be apparent that the various BSN run Boards of
Registered Nurses (who look to their marching orders from MDs & and
Politicos) around the country would, if they had their ways, likely banish
men from the profession (men are trouble makers), have all wear white
uniforms and caps, stand up when physicians enter the room, etc. etc. etc. -
why does anyone who is not pathologically into reading/writing harlequin
romance novels, or just really likes 18th & 19th century history, want to
cling to that?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <SGrtWhite at aol.com>
To: <npinfo at nurse.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 2:17 PM
Subject: [NPInfo] NYS Definition of NP's
> Hi All,
> I've been a long time  lurker on this board. Just to clarify New York
States'
> definition of NP's, here  is an excerpt from NYS Education Law 6902.3.a
>     1.  The practice of registered  professional nursing by a nurse
> practitioner, certified under section six  thousand nine hundred ten of
this article,
> may include the diagnosis of  illness and physical conditions and the
> performance of therapeutic and  corrective measures within a specialty
area of
> practice, in collaboration with  a licensed physician qualified to
collaborate in the
> specialty involved,  provided such services are performed in accordance
with a
> written practice  agreement and written practice protocols. The written
> practice agreement shall  include explicit provisions for the resolution
of any
> disagreement between the  collaborating physician and the nurse
practitioner
> regarding a matter of  diagnosis or treatment that is within the scope of
practice
> of both. To the  extent the practice agreement does not so provide, then
the
> collaborating  physician's diagnosis or treatment shall prevail.
> So in NY, NP's  technically do not practice "medicine."
> Take care,
> Steve, NP in  NY