To What Extent Are State Scope of Practice Laws Related to Nurse Practitioners’ Day-to-Day Practice Autonomy?

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 66-87

  Park, Jeongyoung ^a   Athey, Erin ^a   Pericak, Arlene ^a   Pulcini, Joyce ^a   Greene, Jessica ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomy; legal regulatory policy; nurse practitioners; primary care; workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; NURSING RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85040659340     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558716677826     Document Type: Article

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