The effects of state-level scope-of-practice regulations onthe number and growth of nurse practitioners

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 392-399

  Reagan, Patricia B ^a   Salsberry, Pamela J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health delivery systems; Nurse practitioners; Scope of practice regulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING PRACTICE; SCOPE-OF-PRACTICE REGULATIONS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; SCOPE-OF-PRACTICE REGULATIONS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888018643     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2013.04.007     Document Type: Article

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