Arlene Wright
Arlene Wright
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Sheriff’s officials said a 19-year-old woman stabbed a victim in the face at a home in Victorville. She was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
In 1994, five states allowed nurse practitioners full practice authority—meaning they didn't need physician supervision to test, treat and prescribe. Today, 27 states and Washington, D.C., do.
Arlene Wright is a doctor, but she doesn't want people to call her one. "I usually tell my patients 'your majesty' or 'your highness' is fine," she said.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. Wright has been a nurse for more than 20 years in Fort Myers, Fla. She began working in hospitals as a teenage candy striper in Upstate New York, progressing through an associate's degree in nursing, then a bachelor's, then a master's,
If passed, a Florida bill will stop nurse practitioners who have earned their doctorate from using the title "doctor."