Scope of Practice

Politics.  Policy.  Ontario.

• Physicians protecting their territory from the nurses and pharmacists.  Time to round the troops, OMA!
• Nurse discharging without a doctor.  Reduce wait times by freeing up beds quicker but "OMA no like".
• Nurse shortages.  Not filling positions fast enough it seems.  lolwut?
• Doctor shortages.  No, we can't just steal them from places that need them.  We must "steal ethically".
• Pharmacists writing/renewing scripts on their own.  BC started this already.  OMA, though, no like.
• How far can we allow a PT to insert a finger into an orifice?  Up to first knuckle or second?  Why is this even up for debate?
• PAs?  What are those?  How far can they go?  What can they do and not do legally?  A new concept in Canada for the most part.

Can't we all just get along?  No, lets keep this disjointed communication and turf war going.

Not quite "in the news" yet, but we (the general public) might hear about some of these in the future.  For now, it's "zomgwtfbbq economy!"