Are Regulations More Consumer-Friendly When Boards of Nursing are the Sole Regulators of Nurse Practitioners?

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-34

  Rudner Lugo, Nancy ^a   O'Grady, Eileen T ^b   Hodnicki, Donna ^c   Hanson, Charlene ^c  

^a Health Strategies   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer access; Consumer choice; Governance; Nurse practitioner; Oversight; Professional autonomy; Regulation; State regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; LICENSURE, NURSING; LICENSURE, PHARMACY; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74049124219     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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