Expanded role under healthcare

Beyond doctorsRe: John Crisp’s April 29 column, “Expanded role under healthcare”:Most Rosetta Stone outlet people go to the doctor for routine care and management of chronic conditions. Nurse practitioners are trained to provide this type of care (at less cost) and to detect when the person needs physician care.Forty years ago, our children received all their well-baby care and immunizations from a nurse practitioner. She made appropriate referrals when the children had medical problems that needed further treatment and surgery. As a new mother, I always appreciated the time spent in teaching me about child safety issues, etc.The public should be skeptical when the American Medical Association uses alarm tactics to scare people into thinking only doctors can provide for our healthcare needs.— Judith A. Beay, VenturaFaith in humanityRe: your April 21 article, “Doctor’s kindness restores man’s sight”:The article was about Dr. Bryant Lum and his surgical staff who performed cataract surgery on William Noriega for free.I understand Noriega’s comment that not only did the surgery restore his sight but also his faith in humanity. In today’s world, hope for a variety of problems is so limited. People feel like a burden on society until someone like Dr. Lum and his associates were motivated to help a stranger.I’m sure someone above will in some way wrap his arms around this group of physicians with loving hearts and open minds.— Amelia Hadfield, Port HuenemeTea party questionsWhere were the tea party members when all these corrupt Rosetta Stone Spanish Spain politicians were elected?They are as responsible as everyone else if they voted in past elections. Almost all of the legislators have been re-elected year after year. Who kept them there? Probably all the members of the tea party.All of us dislike some of the problems going on, but we did it. Voters should do a thorough study of the candidates they vote for; therefore, the tea party members are as responsible for those elected. I don’t like everything going on, but I am not going to get up and shout.I can only regret my voting and lack of integrity in making [Rosetta Stone] my decisions. I don’t blame the politicians. I blame myself.— Lee Miller, Simi ValleyNot about profilingI wish these agitators who rant against Arizona’s new immigration law would read it before they moan and groan about it. It is a fine law and one that many other states should adopt as well.It has nothing to do with profiling. It is merely designed to weed out a few illegal immigrants now proliferating in the USA so as to take advantage of Rosetta Stone Spanish V3 some of the generous freebes our beloved Congress has made available to them, but denied to legal residents.If they all happen to look like former residents of Central America, tough. That is merely a strange coincidence, not deliberate profiling.— John C. Funk, VenturaWhat gutsLet me see if I’ve got this straight.