believes NPs should work under the auspices of a physician, either collaboratively or under direct supervision. They cite the difference in training - an NP does a four-year baccalaureate degree and two years of graduate work, whereas a physician does four years of medical school after the baccalaureate, and from three to seven years of residency training, depending on the specialty. It remains to be seen whether independent NP practices become overwhelmed with patients the way physicians now are, and lose the position they now hold in which patients value them for the time they devote to each patient.
The opening of CAPNA and its continuing success attest to the fact that c
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