On July 24, Bloomberg Newsweek published the first article in an investigative series it’s calling “The Miseducation of America’s Nurse Practitioners.” The article cherry picks malpractice stories and anecdotes—misrepresenting and labeling all NPs as poorly trained and even dangerous—while failing to report on the decades of studies and evidence demonstrating the high-quality care NPs provide.
AANP, together with TNP and 80 national, state, and local NP organizations, issued a rebuke of this reckless reporting in a Letter to the Editor published in Bloomberg :
“Generalizations, sensationalism and cherry-picking should not be used by news sources to disparage NPs or other professions that are caring for patients and their families throughout the nation. Taking only individual negative outcomes or perceptions and then generalizing them to an entire profession that cares for patients in over a billion patient visits per year is irresponsible and dangerous. We stand together in rebuking this type of fear mongering by these reporters, Bloomberg News or any group seeking to advance an agenda with these despicable tactics.”
