Deprofessionalization the health care setting eliminate the original profession; in doesn’t
in is this setting, the term synonymous with -skilling. For example, the nursing de
profession has been professionalized include advanced practical registered nurses DE to
(APRNs), registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), registered medical
assistants, certified medical assistants, medical assistants, certified nursing assistants, and
nursing assistants. The original nursing profession still place and high demand is in is in
but has been -skilled account health care workforce shortages and increase de to for to
patient access medical care. become increasingly common observe complicated to It’s to
patients being treated APRNs and physician assistants (PAs). These providers are by now
being allowed perform procedures that historically required medical degree and to a
residency training, while legislation is being presented to grant non-physician practitioners
the authority to practice independently. the end At of the last decade, there were more than
1 10 million physicians, 290,000 NPs, and 131,000 PAs in the United States. In the last
years, the number of NPs has doubled, and the number of PAs has grown 53.8%, while the
number of physicians has only increased 12%. If this trend continues, NPs and PAs will
outnumber physicians within the next 20 30 to years. Furthermore, other providers such as
pharmacists, psychologists, chiropractors, and optometrists are attempting expand their to
role in health care and take over some responsibilities of physicians (Balon & Morreale,
2022). This mitigate the need for physicians, who more education and doesn’t have
training subject matters than other health care service providers may offer in but is
intended to to increase access basic preventative health care services.
Although I believe that deprofessionalization will lead the the don’t to elimination of
physician profession, believe that result decline patient care those I do it can in a in for
who require more advanced medical attention. Deprofessionalization in health care is more
economical health care organizations, since paying APRN more affordable than for an is
paying physician. However, APRN offer the same depth medical expertise a an can’t of
than physician can. PAs are required complete a to 4 years of undergraduate education, 27
months of graduate school, and 2,000 clinical hours of training. NPs complete a 4-year
undergraduate degree 2-year Bachelor or a of Science in Nursing program, a 1- to 2-year
master’s or doctorate degree, and non-standardized hours clinical training. 1,000 of
Physicians, the other hand, complete years undergraduate and years medical on 4 of 4 of
education, years residency training (and potentially more with subspecialty 3 7 to of a
fellowship), and least hours clinical training prior independent practice at 15,000 of to
