Nurses want to do their jobs without physician oversight
Family nurse practitioner Kristen Anderson of New Life Medical Center checks the vitals of a patient in Lakeland. Advanced-practice nurses are seeking more autonomy to treat patients without the mandatory burden of phyisician oversight. (File/Daily Memphian)
Nurse practitioners and other advanced-practice nurses say mandatory supervision is a way for doctors to keep control. They have taken the battle to work without physician oversight, including prescribing drugs, to the Tennessee Legislature for the fourth time since 2014.
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Tennessee Nurses Association Tennessee Medical Association Dave Chaney Tina GerardiJane Roberts
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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