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5 Risk Control Considerations as Nurse Practitioners’ Scope of Practice Expands

Minority Nurse

Driven by the need for increased access to care and the demand for more healthcare providers, recent legislative changes now allow nurse practitioners (NPs) in certain jurisdictions to perform a broader range of services, including diagnosing and treating patients independently. State Practice Environment.

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Starting A Practice: Questions Every Nurse Practitioner Should Ask

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Many Nurse Practitioners have built successful practices on a shoestring budget. Structuring the optimal service offering to meet your patients’ needs and your practice’s goals. Creating positive patient experiences, from scheduling appointments to follow-up care, to grow the practice.

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Nurse Practitioner Week recognizes easier access for primary care

Health Leaders | Nursing

Nurse practitioners are having a moment, and it’s worth paying attention to how they can benefit you and your family. As demand for medical care increased and doctors faced capacity challenges, more programs emerged across the United States to help meet these growing needs.

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Nurse practitioner authority approved in Senate committee

Health Leaders | Nursing

A panel of Pennsylvania Senate lawmakers approved a bill that gives more care authority to nurse practitioners.

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Specialties lure nurse practitioners from primary care

Health Leaders | Nursing

For many patients, seeing a nurse practitioner has become a routine part of primary care, in which these “NPs” often perform the same tasks that patients have relied on doctors for.

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Nurse practitioners wanting to practice independently spark Texas debate about patient outcomes

Health Leaders | Nursing

Texas requires nurse practitioners to have a physician oversee their patients’ primary care through a monthly check-in.

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Renewed push to give nurse practitioners more authority

Health Leaders | Nursing

There is a renewed push in Pennsylvania to release restrictions on nurse practitioners in order to make sure everyone can access health care. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to dump the requirement that nurse practitioners contract with doctors.