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- This essay was originally prepared for the Annual Meeting of the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, February 12, 1971. The abstract is taken from a more extensive Study of Nursing and Nursing Education began in 1967. The abstract explores the emergence of the PA concept and paradox in nursing, i.e., although the number of nurses had increased, less were working because high percentage were inactive. In summary, nurses needed more rewarding clinical roles and PAs should not limit this career advancement for nurses. In summary, the report calls for State Medical Boards to facilitate "the development of new and congruent roles between the two oldest health professions - not for the purpose of barring the development of new occupations - but to ensure orderly, rational, and effective emergence of needed health practitioners in place of a proliferation of idiosyncratic role developments."
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