RALEIGH, N.C. — Nurses from across North Carolina gathered in downtown Raleigh Wednesday to push for changes to health care legislation, in particular rallying for legislation that would give advanced practice registered nurses more authority to treat patients — a move supporters say would save on health care costs by cutting down on needless red tape.
That suggestion has long been a top issue for nursing groups, and one that’s deeply opposed by doctors’ groups, who have succeeded in shooting it down in recent years. Lobbying groups for nurses, doctors and hospitals are often at odds with one another — since changes that could help one group might come at the expense of the others.
