Scope of practice, who can do what to whom, is a contentious area. There is fighting between those with large scopes of practice, such as physicians, and those with a lesser range, like advanced nurse ...

The authors compare advanced practice providers’ education, training, scope of practice, and quality of care with that of physicians. A framework is essential to promote team-based primary care. Nurse ...

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are at the forefront of healthcare, blending clinical expertise with a deep commitment to patient care. Their scope of practice is rich and diverse, encompassing everything ...

As the debate around using nurse practitioners to stem the predicted physician shortage continues to heat up, a new policy brief from the National Institute for Health Care Reform points to barriers ...

Allowing autonomy for advanced practice practitioners continues to be contested state by state. At the beginning of this year, the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants ...

In recent years, debates over scopes of practice and titles have intensified among associations representing physicians, advanced practice providers and other healthcare professionals. For three ...

Gavel and stethoscope in background. Medical laws and legal concept. State-by-state differences in regulation processes cause nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to have different ...

Health care and the expansion of access to care is a hot topic these days, from the halls of the state Capitol to Washington D.C. Regardless of the various proposals to expand coverage, one crisis ...

Insight provides an in-depth look at health care issues in and affecting California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. California, long considered a national trendsetter in health care policy, has ...

A letter published on May 4 misrepresented and inaccurately described the consequences of House Bill 495. This bill would give nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives full practice authority ...