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 ...

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 ...

Nearly half the states allow broad practice authority for nurse practitioners. Some of their limitations were also loosened in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. What restrictions, if any, do you ...

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 ...

Raising physician assistants’ scope of practice to align with that of nurse practitioners does not worsen patient outcomes, according to a report from New Hampshire legislators. In late July, New ...

Michael L. Barnett ([email protected]) is an assistant professor of health policy and management in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and a ...

New Hampshire’s nearly 1,340 physician assistants, the provider many patients see during a medical appointment, would no longer have to have a signed “collaborative agreement” with a physician for ...

Nurse practitioners are among the fastest growing jobs in the US — making about $113,930 per year — and are in high demand in rural areas with few doctors. Yet some state regulations, called scope of ...

Allowing nurse practitioners to deliver services for which they are licensed without physician oversight can help address ...