> As it stands right now, I have to disagree with letting nurses or PAs do more "doctor things". Their training isn't anywhere close to what it needs to be.

Sort of. What people in this thread refer to when they say nurses should do more "doctor things" is a nurse practitioner:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_practitioner

If you needed an experience ranking, it would look like this:

CNA -> Registered Nurse -> Nurse Practitioner -> MD

(think of an MD as a commissioned officer in the military, whereas a nurse practitioner is a non-commissioned office who rose through the ranks but is still slightly below a commissioned office in ranking)

Source: Mother was a registered nurse

TL;DR Leveling up nurses around the country to "nurse practitioner" and having them take on more traditional doctor responsibilities is a solid path to success versus churning out more doctors overloaded with debt