In its third installment of the series, The Nurse Will See You Now, Bloomberg Businessweek covers the prevalence of nurse-only care during invasive procedures at medical spas.

Procedures including liposuction and breast augmentation are being done without anesthesia or physician oversight.

PPP has covered this topic before, pointing to the need for physician-led care for all surgery. Bloomberg’s excellent series has sought to expose “how the increasing reliance on ill-trained nurse practitioners is imperiling US patients.”

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