Since the ASCP took over the popular and progressive NCA in 2009, I have periodically received emails from medical lab professionals not happy with the merger for various reasons.  Prompted by this overwhelming response, I have previously blogged about this subject. I have also addressed the mixed response to the move. Recently I have ...

Over the years several healthcare professionals, especially nurses, have been successfully expanding their scope of practice. Generally these are professionals with additional training  and possibly advanced degrees-but not always. They perform tasks intermediate between say a registered nurse and a physician. To many people this is a ...